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February 1942 was spent re-equipping and training, the Battalion regaining its vitality. Read the war diary for February 1942 here
Aquitania sails from Wellington, 1940
The British troop ship Aquitania draws away from Pipitea Wharf, Wellington, on 2 May 1940. The ship was carrying the main body of the 28th (Māori) Battalion and more than 2000 other men of the 2nd Echelon of 2NZEF.
At the time this fast and luxurious Cunard White Star liner (45,647 tons) was the biggest merchant ship ever to have visited New Zealand. Launched in 1913, it served as a hospital ship during the First World War and as a troop ship throughout the Second World War, safely carrying tens of thousands of Allied personnel across the world's oceans.
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference: PAColl-5927-35
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Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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Great scene
Sat, 30 July 2011 - 02:46pm