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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

Medals - Henare Waenga

65484 Henare Waenga's Medals

From Top left: 1939-1945 Star, The Africa Star 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943, The Defence Medal, The War Medal 1939-1945, The New Zealand War Service Medal.

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For more information here is link: http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/default.htm

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Submitted by janaru on Thu, 05/11/2009 - 19:19.

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mētara

cherene commented:
Fri, 06 November 2009 - 06:03pm

kia ora whanau does anyone know what are the names of the medals, as my uncle also recieved 5 medals but they are in a cabinet in a muesuem it would be interesting to know what they are? Cherene Neilson-Hornblow

New Zealand Defence Force

janaru commented:
Fri, 06 November 2009 - 06:56pm

Hi, I'm not sure, you should try this website http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/default.htm

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cherene commented:
Sat, 07 November 2009 - 07:10am

i have a 28th battalion calender which has colour photos of the medals and names you can buy this from any RSA member top left 1939-45 star (only 7 awarded) bottom left is 1939-45 war medal bottom right is 1939-45 war service medal Cherene Neilson-Hornblow

Thanks

janaru commented:
Sat, 07 November 2009 - 10:54am

Kia Ora for that, I went onto the Defence Force website and they have every medal there too I had to search for the exact ribbon colours to match my Grandfathers medals. Thanks again

ka mau te wehi

cherene commented:
Sat, 07 November 2009 - 11:10am

Cherene Neilson-Hornblow