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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
Featured soldier
Horton Oliphant Stewart
Serial No:
4183
Surname:
Stewart
Forename(s):
Horton Oliphant
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Address on enlistment:
32 Landing Road, Whakatane, New Zealand
Date of death:
27-May-41
Place of death:
Suda Bay, Crete
Notes:
Horton's brother Second Lieutenant Donald Stewart also served in the Māori Battalion.
Corrections and addition (wife's maiden name) to next of kin information made at request of whanau. Address at time of enlistement was 32 Landing Road. Due to housing developments it has now become 38 Landing Road.
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