TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pointer,Margaret
TI  - Niue and the Great War
SN  - 1988531233
AV  - D547.N58 P65 2018
U1  - 940.39626 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Dunedin, New Zealand
PB  - Otago University Press
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Participation, Niuean
KW  - Niue
KW  - History, Military
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. Background to war: a Pacific perspective -- 2. Preparation for war -- 3. Departure from Niue -- 4. Training at Narrow Neck -- 5. To Egypt -- 6. In France -- 7. Hornchurch, England -- 8. The return home -- 9Other Niueans who served with NZEF -- 10. The aftermath of war -- Afterword -- Appendix 1. Men from Niue who served in the NZEF 1914-18 -- Appendix 2. Shipping lists: overseas movements of men from Niue who sailed with the 3rd Maori Reinforcements 1916 -- Appendix 3. Claims for separation allowances for wives and children of Niue soldiers on active service
N2  - "The story of tiny Niue's involvement in the Great War has captivated people since an account was first published by Margaret Pointer in 2000. In 1915, 160 Niuean men joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as part of the Maori Reinforcements and set sail to Auckland and then Egypt and France. Most had never left the island before, or worn shoes before. Most spoke no English. Most significantly, they had no immunity to European disease. Within three months of leaving New Zealand, over 80 per cent of them had been hospitalised and the army authorities withdrew them. Margaret Pointer became involved in research to trace the lost story of Niue's involvement in World War I while living on the island in the 1990s. The resulting book, Tagi Tote e Loto Haaku: My Heart is Crying a Little, was published in 2000. Her research has continued since, and Niue and the Great War contains much new material together with new photographs. This moving story has now been set in a wider Pacific context and also considers the contribution made by colonial troops, especially ̀coloured' ones, to the Allied effort"--Back cover
ER  -