Niue

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  1. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    I came across this piece and wanted to weep ! .......

    The military parade in Auckland's Queen on February 4, 1916 was unusual: among the 1500 men that day were 140 from Niue. The men were part of the 3rd Maori Contingent and, along with 50 recruits from the Cook Islands, they were being sent to make up the numbers needed to maintain the Maori Contingent which had suffered heavily during the Gallipoli campaign the previous year.

    The Poor Mouth: From Niue to a grave in Hornchurch

    Name - VASAU
    Nationality - New Zealand
    Rank - Private
    Regiment/Service - New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
    Age - 22
    Date of Death - 11/06/1916
    Service No - 16/1177
    Additional information - Son of Aitagi, of Alofi, Niue Island, New Zealand.
    Casualty Type - Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference - I.
    Cemetery - HORNCHURCH (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

    Name - MOKI
    Nationality - New Zealand
    Rank - Private
    Regiment/Service - New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
    Age - 21
    Date of Death - 30/06/1916
    Service No - 16/1088
    Additional information - Son of Pokihega, of Fatian, Niue Island, New Zealand.
    Casualty Type - Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference - I.
    Cemetery - HORNCHURCH (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
     
  2. CTNana

    CTNana Active Member

    What a sad story!!

    Whilst taking photos for Spidge and Sniper (where is he by the way?), I have noticed a few shared graves but assumed that this was expedient to the circumstances of their death or by family request.
     
  3. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    And now Niue is in danger of being wiped out by rising sea levels - their vulnerability to the politics of the outside world continues.
     
  4. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

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