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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 Pomare Tauri

Serial No:

39028

Surname:

Tauri

Forename(s):

William Pomare

Next of kin on enlistment:

Mr E.B. Tauri (brother), Box 88, Whangarei, New Zealand

Rank:

Private

Address on enlistment:

Care of J. Ormsby, Pirongia, New Zealand

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Photo of my uncle Bill Tauri

Mare Rahere Tauri commented:
Mon, 04 October 2010 - 11:29pm

There is a photo of William Pomare Tauri in the Maori Battalion Book on Parade in Maadi, he is on the left of the photo.