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Contents

• Chapter 1—Introductory: The Maoris offer for Service Abroad 1
• Chapter 2—Recruiting and Organisation of the Maori Contingent 9
• Chapter 3—The Maoris at Anzac, Gallipoli, 1915 24
• Chapter 4—The Battle of Sari Bair, Gallipoli 34
• Chapter 5—The last weeks at Gallipoli 59
• Chapter 6—Formation of the Pioneer Battalion 70
• Chapter 7—Arrival of the Pioneers in France (1916) 76
• Chapter 8—Maori Raiding Parties (1916) 81
• Chapter 9—The Pioneers' Work on the Western Front (1916) 88
• Chapter 10—The Pioneers' Work on the Western Front (1917) 103
• Chapter 11—Cook Islanders in the Field 106
• Chapter 12—The Pioneers in the Battle of Messines (June, 1917). 108
• Chapter 13—The Pioneers' Work in Flanders (July-September, 1917) 116
• Chapter 14—The Third Battle of Ypres (October, 1917) 124
• Chapter 15—Work on the Western Front (January-May, 1918) 132
• Chapter 16—The Summer of 1918—Western Front 139
• Chapter 17—Final Stages of the War, 1918 143
• Chapter 18—The Capture of Le Quesnoy—The Armistice 151

Appendices

• The Maori Roll of Honour 162
• List of Decorations 172
• The Maori Contingent after Sari Bair 175
• “Te Ope Tuatahi”—A Maori Recruiting Song 179
• Index 182