An edition of Te Hokowhitu a Tu (2015)
Te Hokowhitu a Tu
the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
By Christopher Pugsley
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Publish Date
2018
Publisher
Oratia
Language
eng
Pages
150
Description:
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.