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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
Fort Capuzzo
The'gaunt ghost-like remains' of Fort Capuzzo were reached at 2.30a.m. "I felt cold and miserable," wrote on young man, "but full of excitement mingled with fear."
(Soutar, 2008, Nga Tama Toa, p. 184)
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Alexander Turnbull Library,Reference: DA-1553-F
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Submitted by mbadmin on Tue, 08/11/2011 - 10:41. 
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