The New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_unit
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| gptkbp:activeDuring |
gptkb:World_War_I
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Maori_Battalion
gptkb:Native_Contingent |
| gptkbp:awarded |
battle honours
|
| gptkbp:branch |
New Zealand Army
|
| gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
gptkb:Auckland_War_Memorial_Museum
gptkb:National_War_Memorial,_Wellington |
| gptkbp:composedOf |
gptkb:Pacific_Islanders
Māori soldiers Pākehā officers |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:New_Zealand
|
| gptkbp:disbanded |
1919
|
| gptkbp:formedIn |
1915
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion
|
| gptkbp:notableCommander |
gptkb:Lieutenant-Colonel_George_Augustus_King
gptkb:Major_Peter_Buck |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
first major Māori unit in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force
|
| gptkbp:participatedIn |
gptkb:Gallipoli_Campaign
gptkb:Western_Front |
| gptkbp:role |
pioneer (engineering and construction) tasks
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:The_Hauraki_Regiment
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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