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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

Edward Clayton Pohio

William Henry Lennard

Serial No:

802378

Surname:

Lennard

Forename(s):

William Henry

Next of kin on enlistment:

Mrs W. Lennard (mother), Pipiwai, New Zealand

Rank:

Private

Address on enlistment:

Pipiwai, New Zealand

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William Lennard (Leonard)

oriwaedwards commented:
Mon, 25 April 2011 - 05:35pm

On family birth certificate we are Leonard we do not use Lennard apparently our grandmother Wairere Lennard could not spell she got someone else to write for her and she just left a mark. She only spoke maori so when she tried to say Leonard it sounded like Lennard so thats how they spelt it. My Dad did not want to tell her so, so he left it like that.