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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
Routine Order 94, October 1941
Routine orders issued for 1st October 1941. Routine orders are notices put up everyday in the camps and contains all the news and information that soldiers need to read and know. Item 3 refers to the 'Kaponga Box' - the 10 mile road they were building as part of the Nile valley defences.
See the October 1941 diary for more details about the Battalion's activities.
Reference:
Archives New Zealand = Te Rua Mahara o te KāwanatangaRef: 28 NZ (Māori) Battalion Diary, WAII 1 1664 DA 68/1/22, p.6.
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Submitted by mbadmin on Thu, 22/09/2011 - 12:28. 
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