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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
Erecting a marquee at military camp
Māori soldiers erecting a marquee at a military training camp, probably at or near Kaikohe. This photograph was taken on or around 11 February 1942 by George Stephenson.
Reference:
Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference: PAColl-8983-20
Photographer: George Stephenson
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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Submitted by mbadmin on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 13:37. 
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