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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
NZ grave of Ben Tumataroa
This is the NZ-based grave of Ben Tumataroa. He was killed in Tunisia on May 15, 1943. One day after his brother John. Another of his brothers, Ken, was killed two years earlier in Crete.
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Photograph taken by Brent Kerehona during a research trip to Hawkes Bay in Dec 2007-Jan 2008.Submitter:
Submitted by bornforwar on Mon, 05/10/2009 - 03:25. 
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