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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
Maori Battalion and fallen comrades
Padre Huata leads members of the Māori Battalion in prayer and song at the graves of Māori Battalion soldiers at Sangro, Italy on 12 October 1945.
Earlier in September 1945 Padre Huata and other members of the battalion returned to Crete to hold a commemorative service for their comrades who had died there in 1941.
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Reference: DA-10053-F
Photographer: J Kennewell.
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of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te
Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this
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Submitted by mbadmin on Wed, 12/10/2011 - 08:47. 
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