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Niue and the Great War
- Title
- Niue and the Great War / Margaret Pointer.
- Author
- Pointer, Margaret
- Publication
- Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- 216 pages : illustrations (some colour); 22 cm
- Summary
- "In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the 3rd Maori Reinforcements and set sail to Auckland and then Egypt and France. Most had never left the island before, or worn shoes before. Most spoke no English. Most significantly, they had no immunity to European disease. Within three months of leaving New Zealand, over 80 per cent of them had been hospitalised and the army authorities withdrew them. Margaret Pointer became involved in research to trace the lost story of Niue's involvement in World War I while living on the island in the 1990s. The resulting book, 'Tagi Tote e Loto Haaku: My Heart is Crying a Little', was published in 2000. Her research has continued since, and 'Niue and the Great War' contains much new material together with new photographs. This ... story has now been set in a wider Pacific context and also considers the contribution made by colonial troops, especially 'coloured' ones, to the Allied effort"--Back cover.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Background to war: a Pacific perspective -- Preparation for war -- Departure from Niue -- Training at Narrow Neck -- To Egypt -- In France -- Hornchurch, England -- The return home -- Other Niueans who served with NZEF 1914*18 -- The aftermath of war -- Afterword -- Appendices: 1. men from Niue who served in the NZEF 1914-18 -- 2. Shipping lists: overseas movements of men from Niue who sailed with the 3rd Maori Reinforcements 1916 -- 3. Claims for separation allowances for wives and children of Niue soldiers on active service.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-703
- ISBN
- 9781988531236
- 1988531233
- LCCN
- 2018400096
- OCLC
- 1048887800
- Author
- Pointer, Margaret, author.
- Title
- Niue and the Great War / Margaret Pointer.
- Publisher
- Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Expanded version of (work): Pointer, Margaret. Tagi tote e loto haaku.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-703