Soldiers from the Pacific
Subtitle: the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One
By: Howard Weddell ; edited and produced by Peter Cooke, Defence of NZ Study Group
Publisher: Defence of New Zealand Study Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Wellington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780473338305
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Pacific Islanders Participation; Soldiers; History; New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force; World War (1914-1918) fast (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180746
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.