MAORI BATTALION
EAST COAST ENROLMENTS MEN ANXIOUS TO SERVE (0.C.) GISBORNE, Wednesday The list of voluntary enrolments of Maoris from Gisborne and the East Coast for service overseas with the Maori Battalion to-day passed 1000. I There are approximately 12,000 Maori | people of all ages in the area, and the ! enrolments thus represent one for every !12 men, women and children. Enlisti ment has been carried on entirely on a | voluntary basis, and repeatedly the district has found drafts for the Maori Battalion, frequently filling shortages of other districts. Even with this additional drain it has been possible to build up a reserve I of 68 men fit and ready to serve when called up. Married men form the majority of this group, and they are now forcing the pace by inquiries as to when they can expect to be called into a mobilisation camp. The recent distinction won by the Maori Battalion in the Grecian campaign has quickened interest noticeably, and the Maoris of the district are anxious to see that the roll of the battalion is sustained.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23965, 15 May 1941, Page 8
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