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Members of the New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion take a break from trench improvement work, near Gommecourt, France, 25 July 1918.

The New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, largely made up of Maori troops, carried out important labour and construction tasks on the Belgian battlefields. Major changes were made to the nature and form of Maori military service in late 1915 and early 1916. The Native Contingent that had fought at Gallipoli ceased to exist and was replaced by the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, sometimes referred to now as the Pioneer Maori Battalion.

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http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/maori-pioneers-take-a-break
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