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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

Thomas Himiona Rakau

Serial No: 
65458
Surname: 
Rakau
Forename(s): 
Thomas Himiona
Next of kin on enlistment: 
Mrs L. Rakau (wife), Taupo, New Zealand
Rank: 
Corporal
Address on enlistment: 
Waireka No. 1 Camp, Kaingaroa, New Zealand
Date of death: 
19-Mar-44
Place of death: 
Italy
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Sarndra Lees commented:
Tue, 18 October 2011 - 06:17pm
Howdy I just came across an item from the Rotorua Review; page 3 for 5 October 2011 about researcher Kerry Bell trying to locate relatives so that 2 Memorial Crosses can be returned to his family. They were found during a cleanup of a rental property in Sunset Road about 15 years ago and then put in to storage. The journalist for the story was Simon Earle and I saw it on a media round up for Museums Aotearoa but cannot see the article online unless it is a paid for view. I cannot show the article on here due to copyright. Cheers Sarndra - Auckland, NZ. www.sarndra.com Blog: http://invokinglibitina.blogspot.com/ Twitter: Magna_Quies Flickr.com: sandyem
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