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