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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
2nd Lieutenant Ngārimu, VC
Moana Ngārimu was the only member of the Māori Battalion to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. It was awarded posthumously as he was killed in action at Tebaga Gap in Tunisia on 26 March 1943. The decoration was presented to Ngārimu's parents in a huge ceremony held at Ruatōria on 6 October that year. See the full citation.
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference: DA-11264
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Submitted by mbadmin on Mon, 22/06/2009 - 12:46. 
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