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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

Albert Hapi

Serial No: 
25858
Surname: 
Hapi
Forename(s): 
Albert
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mrs A. Hapi (mother), Horohoro, Rotorua, New Zealand
Rank: 
Corporal
Address on enlistment: 
Horohoro, Rotorua, New Zealand
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Private Hapi speaks at Welcome Home

Te Awhi Manahi commented:
Thu, 18 November 2010 - 10:03am

The following article was found in The Evening Post, 1 March 1945:

Maori Soldiers Welcomed

A welcome home to about 30 men of the Maori Battalion who recently returned after service in the Middle East and Italy was given last night by the Ngati-Poneke Young Maori Club in Wellington.  There was a large gathering presided over by Mr. M. R. Jones, Secretary to the Native Minister, who extended a welcome to the guests.  Mr Hapi Love, father of the late Colonel T. Love also extended a welcome.  Others present were the Native Minister (Mr. Mason), Mr. E. T. Tirikatene, member representing the Maori race on the Executive Council, and the Director of Rehabilitation, Colonel F. Baker. Speeches of welcome were replied to on behalf of the soldiers by Colonel R. Young and Private Hapi, of Rotorua. Others who spoke were Captain W. Awarau, Father Riordan, on behalf of the churches, and Mr. Hone Heke Rankin, Maori member on the Rehabilitation Board.

'Maori Soldiers Welcomed'. The Evening Post,  1 March 1945.  URL: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

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