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New Zealand Maori Contingent
New Zealand Maori Contingent
The Maori Contingent, later the Maori Pioneer Battalion, served as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Around, 2227 Māori and 458 Pacific Islanders served and of these, 336 died on active service and 734 were wounded. Other Māori enlisted (and died) in other units. Details above from New Zealand Government website at https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/maori-units-nzef. Some wounded or sick Maori were referred to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital in Hornchurch, Essex. Those service men who died, including some from the island of Niue, are buried in war graves at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Hornchurch, or within the churchyard of the parish church of St. Andrews. This community also includes men who are listed in 'The Maoris in the Great War' by James Cowan. This was originally published in 1926 by the Maori Regimental Committee. The book lists not only those who lost their lives but also a list of honours and awards gained by members of the N.Z. Pioneer Battalion. This project closed before I was able to complete individual lives and add the relevent nominals to each man's profile. The men of the N.Z. Pioneer Battalion were awarded many instances of the following: D.S.O, M.C., DCM., M.M., M.S.M.,M.H.S., Croix de Guerre (French and Belgian), Serbian Order of the White Eagle, B.M. (Italian decoration) and of course those who were Mentioned in Dispatches.
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/1353
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Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/371 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1238 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 20787 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1184 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1896
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1181 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1919
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 84543 Rarotongan Contingent
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Born 1898
Died 1919
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19960 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/480 Private First Maori Contingent, A Company
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Born 1893
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/450 Private New Zealand Maori Contingent 4th Waikato Maori Reinforcements
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Born 1889
Died 1939
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/457 Serjeant Ist Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/87 Private Maori Contingent Gisborne East Coast Section
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Born 1894
Died 1972
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1275 Private 3rd Pioneer Battalion New Zealand A Company
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