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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

Jack Martin

Jack (Jackson) Martin of D Company who embarked with the Main Body.

This detail is from a larger image, see the full photograph here. 

Reference:

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: Detail of PA.000038

Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from Te Papa through its Collections Online website.

Permission of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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Submitted by mbadmin on Wed, 01/02/2012 - 15:42.
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Great Grandfather

rihiatamaki commented:
Fri, 03 February 2012 - 12:31am
Kia ora - this is my great Grandfather, its so great to finally put a (correct) name and face to him. Does anyone know who identified this photo?

Tena koe Rihia,Your

mbadmin commented:
Fri, 03 February 2012 - 08:58am

Tena koe Rihia,

Your grandfather was identified by Major Rangi Logan who was D Company's Company Sergeant Major (CSM) at the time the photo was taken.

Noho ora mai,
Leanne (Content Officer - 28 Maori Battalion website)

My Granddad

bianca commented:
Mon, 12 March 2012 - 09:55pm
This is my lovely granddad, who i affectionately call 'Koko'. He passed away in 1996.. I used to ask my mum (Val) if she ever knew where he fought or if he ever told her stories of the war.. She said he never liked to talk about it, so until now I have never known anything about the courageous battle my koko fought. Thankyou guys, for recognizing my Grandfather and acknowledging all these wonderful people =)

How?

bianca commented:
Mon, 12 March 2012 - 10:00pm
How do I get a copy of this photograph? I went on to the Collections Link, and cant find where to go?

Photo query

mbadmin commented:
Tue, 13 March 2012 - 03:01pm

Kia ora,

Click on the link, cut & paste into the search box at the top the image reference PA.000038 and then the image should come up.  Now click on the image, and in the bottom left you'll see Picture Library - Buy or Licence Image. This should give you the information you need.  Now, it's the image of the whole Company, not just of your whanaunga.  We did the crop ourselves from the larger image.  Nga mihi 

Certain?

rihiatamaki commented:
Tue, 24 April 2012 - 05:06am

Kia ora Bianca,

 Are you certain this is your koko?  The reason I ask is we are trying to trace my great grandfathers war history, and if this is my great grandfather (as my Aunties and Uncles say it is) then he died in 1988, aged 86.  He had near 24 children (some whangai) - Molly Martin being one of them, this is my grandmother.  WOuld love to hear from you and try to establish exactly who this kaumatua is. :-)

Angela 

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