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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
Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia
Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Victoria Cross recipient Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu is one of the 22 soldiers of the 28 Māori Battalion buried here. In total there are 177 New Zealanders buried at Sfax War Cemetery who were killed at Tebaga Gap. Of this total 172 are named and 5 are "Known Unto God".
Find out more about this cemetery, including images and cemetery plans (CWGC).
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