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Daily Telegraph (Waihi); printer; circa 1914-1919; Wellington
Overview
Roll lists the names of the men from the 6th Hauraki Company of the Auckland Infantry Battalion. The booklet has a soft dark blue cover and contains 12 (double sided) pages.
The 6th Hauraki Company of the Auckland Battalion, Main Body New Zealand Expeditionary Force, was recruited in the No. 2 Area Group of the Auckland Military District, comprising the localities of Coromandel, Thames, Paeroa, Morrinsville, Rotorua, Opotiki, Whakatane, Tauranga, Katikati, Waihi. The quota of men required was 2277, exclusive of the headquarters staff, The company was divided into four platoons, Nos. 5, 6, 7 8, each containing between 50 60 men, led by a Lieutenant. Each platoon was made up of four sections of about 14 men, in charge a non-commissioned officer. The order in which the roll is made up is that in which the men were associated together in camp life, and in which Company was paraded. The Roll itself is supplied by an officer of the Company present at the landing at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Sunday, 25th April, 1915. A number of men of the Main Body in hospital were for the time being replaced by others from the reinforcements; the former later took their places in the firing line, but were not present at the landing.