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Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One / Howard Weddell ; edited and produced by Peter Cooke, Defence of NZ Study Group.

Title
Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One / Howard Weddell ; edited and produced by Peter Cooke, Defence of NZ Study Group.
Author
Weddell, Howard, 1951-
Publication
  • Wellington : Defence of New Zealand Study Group, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Cooke, Peter D. F.
  • Defence of NZ Study Group issuing body.
Description
254 pages : illustrations (some colour); 27 cm
Summary
During World War One over 1,000 men from Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Samoa and Norfolk Island volunteered to join the New Zealand Military Forces. Their service included Gallipoli, France, Egypt and Palestine. As time passes it becomes increasingly difficult to uncover and piece together details of their identities, where they came from and what their experiences were. Though official records are extremely useful they do not fully describe the man or put their service in the wider context of their lives. Despite the fact that 107 of these men died of disease or enemy action, 73 were wounded in action and three became prisoners of war, their story has been untold. They served New Zealand and this is their story.
Subject
  • New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • 1900 - 1999
  • World War, 1914-1918 > New Zealand
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Pacific Islanders
  • Soldiers > Oceania > History > 20th century
  • Soldiers
  • New Zealand
  • Oceania
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Registers (Lists)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The beginning -- The contingents -- To the Front -- Return home -- Conclusion -- Biographies of the soldiers from the Pacific -- Appendices: A. Movements of Pacific Island contingents from New Zealand ; B. Nominal rolls of Pacific Island contingents, NZEF ; C. Badges.
ISBN
  • 9780473338305
  • 0473338300
LCCN
^^2015514137
OCLC
  • 931534789
  • SCSB-11027603
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library