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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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Born 1897
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19779 Private Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
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Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19281 Lance-Corpl New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1897
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/598 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/576 Private 1st Maori Contingent, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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British Army Second Lieutenant Pioneer Battalion/New Zealand Troops
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British Army 16/161 Company Serjeant Major Maori Contingent/New Zealand Troops
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Born 1893
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1178 Private New Zealand Maori Contingent, 3rd (Niue Detachment)
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Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/145 Lance Corporal 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent
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Born 1894
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 20752 Lance Corporal Corporal 8th Maori Pioneer Battalion & Rarotongan Company
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Died 1919
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 84501 Private Rarotongan Contingent, 4th
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Born 1894
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/185 Maori Contingent, 1st
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Born 1890
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/1522 Sergeant Otago Mounted Rifles, NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & O.C. No2 NZ Entrenching Btn
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Born 1882
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/284 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/284 Private New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent
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Born 1896
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/564 Maori Contingent, 1st
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Born 1897
Died 1974
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28th Maori Battalion
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1396 Private 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Btn
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Born 1890
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/418 Private New Zealand Maori Contingent
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Born 1886
Died 1935
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/935 QM-Serjeant Canterbury Infantry Regiment New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1981
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Sergeant 11th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion,
British Army 26156 Corporal 17th New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1961
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/212 Corporal First Maori Pioneer Battalion
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