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Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
147 pages :

illustrations, maps, portraits.
Contents include: 1. Te Ope Tuatahi: the first Maori contingent -- 2. The war party sails -- 3. The Maori contingent on Gallipoli -- 4. Forming the New Zealand pioneer battalion -- 5. The New Zealand pioneer battalion in France -- 6. The diggers on the Somme -- 7. The pioneers in 1917 -- 8. The New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion -- 9. Digging to victory -- 10. The return -- 11. The king's colour of the New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion -- The nominal rolls of the Maori contingents and reinforcements 1914-18 -- Honours, awards and casualties of the New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion.
Summary: The New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion was formed as a Maori unit on 1 September 1917. Its forerunners were the Maori contingents, the first of which, Te Hokowhitu a Tu ... sailed from New Zealand in February 1915 and the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, which was formed as a unit of the New Zealand Division almost exactly one year later.
In English with some Maori.