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70 years ago this month
February 1942 was spent re-equipping and training, the Battalion regaining its vitality. Read the war diary for February 1942 here
Watching tug of war in Cairo, 1941
Soldiers of the Māori Battalion cheering on tug-of-war participants at an athletics meeting in Farouk Stadium, Cairo, Egypt, on 5 August 1941.
Standing at the centre is 2/Lt Hupa Hamiora and kneeling in front is Private Rangitepuru Waretini (Sonny Sewell).
Can you identify any of these men?
Reference:
Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference: 1/4-01362-F
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image
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Submitted by mbadmin on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 14:57. 
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