Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau kotahi mano tekau mā rima, i whakaaetia e te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa kia whakaputaina he hītori mōhiohio hei tuhi i ngā takoha a te New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. Ko te kairipoata pakanga mana, ko Malcolm Ross, i whakawhiwhia ki te kohikohi i nga korero hitori e hiahiatia ana. Ko Ross, he kairīpoata whakangungu i pūrongo i runga i te hopu o Hāmoa
I mua i te pakanga, i Gallipoli i te taha o Charles Bean, te kairipoata pakanga mana o Ahitereiria, a ka kite ano hoki i te wehenga o Aotearoa i te pakanga i te taha ki te Hauauru.