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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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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/621 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/240 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19860 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/802 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/634 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 20678 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/643 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Maori Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/10 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1491 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/629 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1185 Private New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/680 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion
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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19634 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 20715 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 4/112A New Zealand Pioneer Battalion attached to Royal Flying Corps
More about George Masters -
Born 1892
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/189 Maori Contingent
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Died 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/810 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1378 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1919
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25556 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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Died 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/809 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
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