Hei tohu mo te 70 huri tau mō ngā mahi a te Rua Tekau Mā Waru Patariana i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, kei te whakaputaina ā rātau kōrero ā marama. I tikina atu ēnei kōrero mai i wā rātau ake wātaka. Kātahi ano ka whakaputaina.
The Māori Battalion spent the first half of the month out of the Alamein line rehearsing desert warfare tactics and maintaining fitness through route marches.
The Battalion remained in Syria for the first half of June. They enjoyed a week’s vacation at a ‘Change-of-air’ camp on the coast near Beirut before returning to the Djedeide fortress.