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Originally Posted by pukman
Thats Brent for your knowledge about patches.
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Iain, I wish I could claim to have great knowledge, but really its just that I have a better database of information, or more precise, I have the two books (New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911 - 1991) by Malcom Thomas and Cliff Lord.
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Originally Posted by pukman
So more than likely to be a soldier from the Maori Pioneer battalion,given those dates.The Cook Island company were in Palestine around then.
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My thinking/guess is that the soldier in question is probably wearing a 'red' 3rd Reserve Battalion diamond patch that was worn by the Canterbury and Otago Regiments, as many of the New Zealand Pioneers were drawn from the Otago Regiment.
I also assume he has just been posted from the3rd Reserve to the NZ Pioneer Battalion, issued with a set of NZ Pioneer badges and had his photo taken on his final leave before being sent to the front.