January 22, 2018
Pioneer Battalion photos surface
Hundreds of previously unpublished photos will feature in a new book on Maori in the First World War.
Historian Monty Soutar says he's finished the manuscript for Whitiki, which is part of a series of authoritative print histories on New Zealand and World War 1 produced jointly by Te Manatu Taonga, Massey University, the New Zealand Defence Force and the RSA.
The book will be similar in size to Dr Soutar’s acclaimed Nga Tama Toa – The Price of Citizenship, about C Company of the Maori Battalion.
He says many of the photos, including those of about 700 Pioneer Battalion members, come from private collections handed down through the generations.
Images can be sent to monty.soutar@mch.govt.nz
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