BRAVE, STRONG, AND OF GOOD HEART." 
Mrs Whare Carroll has received the following letter from Tuahae Carroll (who is serving with the Maoris at Gallipoli), written at Anzac, August 26th: "We have been through two attacks now, and there are less than half of us left, but we beat the Turks badly both times and took their trenches. Our last attack on Saturday was the worst; bullets were falling all around us just like hail, and they had their machine guns and big guns trained on us. We started the attack with 100 men, and only 52 of us got into their trenches, the rest being either killed or wounded. I am sorry to say August Paku was killed—he was hit by shrapnel and killed instantaneously. He died for his country, and T. Halbert and I gave him a decent burial one night shortly afterwards. All our officers are away sick, and we are split up among the different New Zealand Regiments now. The Gisborne and Wairoa boys are with the Otago Infantry. The Ngatiporou and Te Arawa are with the Wellington Infantry. In writing to his mother (Lady Carroll), from Gallipoli, on September 1, Tuahae states: "I am well and in the best of health. Etera and Rangi Rua are away in Egypt, sick, but I got a letter from them, saying they were getting better. Our contingent have had a great time, and have come out of it bravely, as we are only boys, but when we get in the firing line we are all tried men. Our officers speak very well of us. We have tried to remember the good advice you gave us before we left. 'Be brave, be strong, and be of good heart.' I think we have fulfilled what you told us to do. The Maoris have secured a great name for themselves here, and I think we have upheld the good name of our ancestors as fighters. There are only 160 of us left now the remainder have been either killed or wounded. Our only officers on Gallipoli are Dr. Buck and the Rev. Henare Wepiha, they are very brave and strong. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13821, 22 October 1915, Page 3

Anihera Carroll