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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

Cecil (blokie) Hayward's ( pilot raf rnzaf fighter wing) grave site.

Cecil Hayward's ( raf rnzaf) grave beside his other brothers at Ohinemutu war veterans cemetary Rotorua.

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hayward family rotorua,denis clough archivist

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Submitted by aircrew on Tue, 29/06/2010 - 09:48.

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Blokey Hayward was my

Robert Norton commented:
Fri, 20 May 2011 - 03:16am

Blokey Hayward was my grandfather and I grew up in his house in Salisbury Rd,Rotorua.He was a very knowledgeable and talented man and from childhood to manhood I listened to all the wonderful stories he had to tell(especially of the war days)