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70 years ago this month
May 1942 the Battalion is still at Arsal in the Syrian foothills undertaking exercises and manoeuvres. Major Tiwi Love becomes the first Māori commander of the unit. Read the war diary for May 1942 here
Featured soldier
John Sonny Baker
Serial No:
64195
Surname:
Baker
Forename(s):
John Sonny
Also known as:
Jacky
Rank:
Lieutenant
Address on enlistment:
Ruatoria, New Zealand
Notes:
Nga Tama Toa p 380 lists him as a Major. On p337 it describes the action where he earned a Bar to his MC clearing a path through a minefield in Italy.
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