Featherston Military Camp

Featherston Military Camp, on a "windswept grassy plain" 3 kilometres north of Featherston, New Zealand, was built after the announcement of National Registration of all military-aged men to supplement Trentham Military Camp on the other side of the Rimutaka hill.

The National Registration actually took place in October and November 1915, but the bill empowering conscription by the government did not pass until 1 August 1916.

In the centre of each hutment there was a concrete-built space with a stove and wire netting for drying clothes and gear overnight.

[5] Buildings demolished by a special contractor produced 50,000 feet of totara, matai, kauri, rimu and hardwood timber auctioned in August 1922.

[6] Dalgety & Co were instructed by General Headquarters, Military Forces, Wellington to sell by public auction on Friday 26 November 1926 the following temporary wooden structures with Malthoid roofing: