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Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War / Christopher Pugsley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Maori Language: English, mri Publication details: Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 1995.Description: 147 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9780790004396
Other title:
  • Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Hokowhitu a Tu.DDC classification:
  • 940.393 20
LOC classification:
  • D767.851 .P84 1995
Contents:
Introduction -- 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 940.393 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00418963

In English with some Maori.

"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"--Page 9.

Reprinted as pbk.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (page 145) and index.

Introduction -- 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.

Contains text in Maori.

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