serreroad Posted 29 June , 2014 Share Posted 29 June , 2014 Does anyone have any additional information on the Maori Bn (was there just one or several)? I periodically see their headstones on the Somme and elsewhere and I'm never sure whether they were a pure Maori contingent and whether they were pioneers or infantry or both? Any info appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony osborne Posted 29 June , 2014 Share Posted 29 June , 2014 I may be very wrong but I believe the Maoris were used as pioneers? No doubt a more learned forum member will be along soon to answer your question with more confidence. Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 29 June , 2014 Share Posted 29 June , 2014 Check this out http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/free-tagging/maori-pioneer-battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwibarb Posted 29 June , 2014 Share Posted 29 June , 2014 Yes, they were a "pure" Maori Batallion, both wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles222 Posted 10 July , 2014 Share Posted 10 July , 2014 Kia Ora from NZ .the Maori Battalion was ww2 .the Maori Pioneer Batt was ww1. Some Maori enlisted under English names ,i know of one from our town George Morgan.(Whare Reihana) Also my gt uncle was in the Auckland Reg.As his father was English and mother maori he had the English name Woodgate, his mother Ngai Tahu &.Te atiawa iwi also his cousins. Watson, Norton. Aldridge. all had maori mothers .But English fathers. In ww2 you had to trace back to an iwi. You are always considered maori if you are a maori descendant and can give the whakapapa (familyTree) back to the full blooded maori tribe larry22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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