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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

Caricature of T. M. Weepu, 1941 by Arthur Duggan Stalag XVIII-A

Arthur Duggan created caricature drawings of his fellow POWs in Stalag XVIII A - Austria. The original caricature of Private Tangihaere Weepu is in a photograph album containing a series of letters and pictures leading up to the death in 1942 of Arthur Duggan in the camp. The album was in the possession of his daughter, Eileen who died last year.

Eileen's neighbour, Bernard Newton had submitted the caricatures to The Wartime Memories Project website on her behalf when she was alive. 

 

Reference:

Arthur Duggan, Artist Stalag XVIII A 1941-42
With permission of Bernard Newton (18th February 2011)

War Times Memories Project

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