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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
Looking down on Sollum, Libya
Looking down on Sollum. One of the Battalion's objetives was to capture the road intact. This photograph was taken in 1942 several months after the Battalion's attack. The pier and Beacon Point can be seen in the centre.
(Soutar, 2008, Nga Tama Toa, p. 189)
Reference:
Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F-2736-1/-DA
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
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Submitted by mbadmin on Tue, 08/11/2011 - 10:25. 
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