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=== Sir Peter Buck ===
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With the Maori Contingent - Egypt, 1915
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Transcription and handwritten report describing the contingent's experiences in Egypt including a protest by the contingent being posted to garrison duty instead of being sent to the front. <ref name="Buck">[https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.305897 Sir Peter Buck - Documents of biographical interest], Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-0196-340A).</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 03:25, 24 March 2017


New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion
Years active:
Country: New Zealand
Service: New Zealand Army
Branch: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: unknown
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Created:
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Alternate names: Māori Contingent
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Disbanded:
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Personal narratives

Sir Peter Buck

With the Maori Contingent - Egypt, 1915 Transcription and handwritten report describing the contingent's experiences in Egypt including a protest by the contingent being posted to garrison duty instead of being sent to the front. [1]

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References

  1. Sir Peter Buck - Documents of biographical interest, Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-0196-340A).