MAORI VALOUR
RECALLED IN ENGLAND MEMORIES OF GALLIPOLI AND FRANCE. 1 FORMATION OF BATTALION WELCOMED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) RUGBY. October 5. The fine record of the Maori race in the last war is recalled in England following the announcement that New Zealand has authorised the formation of a Maori battalion. Mention is made of Gallipoli, where many Maoris gained distinction, and France, where the Maoris also showed an extreme daring.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1939, Page 6
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75MAORI VALOUR Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 October 1939, Page 6
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