Native Contingent soldiers depart Wellington

Māori soldiers of the Native Contingent waiting to board the troopship HMNZT Warrimoo, Wellington wharf, 14 February 1915. In addition to standard army service caps (tucked into the left shoulder) they wear the British Wolseley-pattern sun helmets which the rest of the NZEF had been issued on arrival in Egypt.

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Keywords

WW1

gallipoli campaign

wellington city

native contingent

maori in war

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 1/2-011079-F
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