Te rātaka a te Taua Māori - Whiringa ā rangi 1941

Kaiwhakamaori: Professor Patu Hohepa (Ngā Puhi, Te Mahurehure)

Te Paerangi

I runga i ngā pēhi kaha a Winitana Churchill kia tīmata te mahi, i te Whiringa ā rangi, ka whakatika te Rōpū Koraha Hauāuru, kua ingoa hōutia ko te Ope Tauā Tuawaru, ki te kōkiri tuatoru ki te unu i te whakapaeanga o Tobruk, i tāmia tonu hoki i reira tētahi ope Tiwihana o Āhitereiria mai i te marama o Paenga-whāwhā. Mā taua “Huaki Crusader” ( he ingoa i tangohia mai te tohu i te Waka Tauā hōu o Ingarangi), e hurupoki ngā pā whawhai o Tiamani me Itari i te takutai tata ki te Ihipa-Ripia wehenga kia pakaru mai ai te ope o Tobruk, i tāmia . Ko Tianara Tā Claude Auchinlech te rangatira hou o te Koraha Hauāuru hei tuari i te nuinga o ana hōia, kei roto i tēnei Te Whare o Aotearoa (arā, te Tiwihana Tuarua) hei amio i te rohe i waenga o Pātia me Tobruk, nā, ko ana waka tauā e 530 pea, hei wero atu ki te tuawhenua ki te rapu ki te turaki i te Afrika Corps a Rommel.

Ko te whāinga tuatahi a Te Hokowhitu a Tū ko ngā pā hōia i te taone o Sollum, tata ki te wehenga raki o Ihipa me Ripia. Orite pū ana ki te nuinga o te Tiwihana tō rātou āhua māia, e kore e hoki taurite ki tō Kāriki kōaro koretake; i tēnei wā, he nui ngā pūrepo, ngā momo taonga pakanga, me ngā wakarererangi tautoko.

I te tīmatanga o Whiringa-ā-rangi 34 ngā āpiha o te Hokowhitu a Tū, he rata, he minita, me te kanohi o te YMCA kua hono atu hoki.

• Kānara Tuarua: George Dittmer
• Meiha: Humphrey Dyer
• Ngā Kāpene: Tiwi Love, Doug Harvey, Rangi Royal, Parekura Tureia, Chris Sorrenson
• Kāpene taupua: Charles Bennett
• Ngā Tēneta: Ben Porter, Reta Keiha, Terry Gilroy, Dan Urlich, Tiwha Bennett, Reta Keiha
• Tēneta Tuarua: Peta Awatere, Don Stewart, Henry Toka, Ariari (Addie) Mitchell, Hone Green, Jim Matehaere, Pine Taiapa, Aubrey Rota, Mervyn Mitchell, Paki West, Jack Reedy, Rangi Logan, Jim Tuhiwai (Ngaro atu mō te kotahi marama ki tētahi akomanga), Ruhi Pene (kei FGCM), Tutu Wirepa, Ted Pohio, Wai Awarau, Jack Ormsby.
• Whakarapa atu: Kāpene M Kronfield (RMO), Kāpene-Minita Kahi Harawira (minita hāhi o te ope), Charles B.Bennett (YMCA).

I te paunga o te marama kua memeha iho ki te 25 ngā āpiha o te Hokowhitu a Tū.

Nga Rātaka

• 1 Whiringa-ā-rangi (Rāhoroi): aua whakahaere taunga. 0700 haora, ngaro atu ana he ope āpiha me te rangatira tuarua o te Hokowhitu, ko Meiha Dyer te tumuaki, mā runga waka kawenga ki te tiro i te rohe mua. He wai, he kai, he penehini, he aha atu tā te ope mō te whā rā. He ōrau iti nō te Hokowhitu i wehe atu mā tereina i te ata nei ki te whakatā mō te whitu rā, ā, i te ahiahi ko ngā Nokoihi (NCOs) i tohua e ia Kamupene i haere ki te tirotiro i te mahi patu waka tauā a tētahi o a mātou Patariana. Hei tīmata i te hōtoke i te Kōraha Hauāuru, ko te wā tākaro i riro ki te whakataetae hutupaoro i waenga i ngā parahuunu i runga i ngā papa tākaro waerenga nei. Tēneta Tuarua Wirepa i hīkoi mai i te hohipere ki tana Kamupene Kaupoi. Ko te kaha o te Hokowhitu i te mutunga o te wiki ki te kotahi o Whiringa-ā-nuku, waiho ki tāhaki ngā āpiha, e 760 ngā hōia, e rua atu i te tatau kua whakatakotoria ( kei roto i te tatau i rapa mai – 1 haihana taonga pakanga, 1 haihana hakauru, kotahi hōia hakauru, kotahi kaimahi hū, 1 NZCD). 34 ngā āpiha, tokotoru i rapa mai, engari ko Tēneta Keiha i hōhiperetia, ka heke iho ki te 33 ngā āpiha. Ka nekea ia ki te x(ii) rārangi.
• 2 Whiringa-ā-rangi : 0640 haora, he kāhui Nokoihi me te āpiha kotahi, hei kaititiro i ngā mahi whakamārama ki te puhipuhi waka tauā. Ko aua rārangi karakia anō i whakatūria, hei haerenga mā te Minita ki ia wāhi.
• 3 Whiringa-ā-rangi : 0930 haora, aua whakahaere kua whakatūria e ai ki te tohutohu whakarerekē, Tēneta Tuarua Wally Wordley me Tēneta Tuarua Hati Rangiuia kua hono mai ki te Ope mai i te Whare Whakaako Tahi. Tokorua tāngata no te FFS kua honoa ki te PirikeetiTuarima kua tonoa mai e te Tiwihana ki te āta tirotiro koa i te Hokowhitu. I tūtaki rawa ki ngā āpiha maha, ka mauria hoki kia kite i te rohe o te Hokowhitu. Hōhonu rawa nei te tirotiro i ngā wāhi haupū hāmanu, tiaki penehīni hoki. Ko te mea tuatahi kua āta tanumia ki raro, ko te tuarua, kāhore he wāhi. Ko te tuku penehīni mai e 300 kārani ia rā, ka wehewehea i te oroko taenga mai, nā tēnei i kore ai he wāhi puriti. Ko ngā tiriwāhitanga o ngā wāhi waka he tino pai, nā, i muri i te kaiawatea, i te tino mutunga rawa o te mahi tirotiro, he rahi te whakanui mai o ngā manuhiri nei i te pai o te takoto o te waerenga Hokowhitu Māori. 1700haora, te hokinga mai o te ope tiro mua i tō rātou haerenga tata ki te 270 maero (434 kiromita) – ko te pae haerenga atu i te tihi o Pakuihi ki Bir el Khamsa, ka huri ki te raki ki Sidi Barrani, ka hoki ā-huarahi mai mā Mersa Matruh.
• 4 Whiringa-ā-rangi : 0615 haora te whakaaraara me te whakatikatika mo te whakatūtū whakahaerenga mana a te Pirikeeti hei whakahōnore i te Tino Tumuaki o ngā Huinga Toa o Waenga Rāwhiti – i a Tianara Tā Claude Auchinlech. 0830 haora, hīkoi atu ngā Matua ki te marae huinga. 1120 haora te mutunga o te rangatū. Ka tukuna mai e te Tumuaki mai i te Kānara, te tino ātaahua o te rangatū a te Hokowhitu. Ētahi atu o ngā hunga haere okioki i wehe atu ma runga i te tereina ata. Kīhai i whiwhi wā okioki ngā Āpiha me ngā Nokoihi. Ko ngā kairapu tohu Āpihatanga i patapatatia e Kānara Tuarua Dittmer.
• 5 Whiringa-ā-rangi: ngā whakahaerenga anō. He whakawhiti kākahu ōrite – hoatu he kākahu pakanga wūru, whakahokia ngā hāte raumati me ngā tarau poto KD ki te toa a te Matatoa. 1915 haora ka puta he pikitia i te te wahanga whakaahua whakatere a te YMCA o Aotearoa i te waerenga o te Hokowhitu. Wehe atu ngā kairapu tohu Āpiha ki te Wharenui o te Tiwihana.
• 6 Whiringa-ā-rangi: he whakaakoranga nui ki te kōkiri waea i akona e tētahi o ngā Patariana o te Pirikeeti. I whakamahia he pouaka paoho hei whakarātā i ngā wāhanga o te kōkiritanga. He wā tohutohu i te ahiahi nā te Pirikeeti, hei harikoa ki te katoa. He kaukau i muri i te kaiawatea. 1400 haora. E rima Āpiha, ko Kāpene Royal te tumuaki, i haere ki te whakarite i ngā mahinga autō o ngā kāpehu.
• 7 Whiringa-a-rangi: 1100 haora. Aua whakahaere anō. He kauhau whai mana tā Kānara Tuarua Dittmer ki Ngā Keri Kāpia (Kamupene A), te Whare Kamupene, me te Whare Hokowhitu, e pā ana ki te mana rahi o te pakanga kōraha. Ka tino ākina te mahi kōkiri, te kakama me te whakaaro e ia, kia puritia ia kupu e ngā hoia. Ka kī ētahi i muri mai he nui te pā painga, ā, i tau mai i te wā tika. I roto i ngā wāhanga katoa anō nei kei te hiki haere ngā wairua; he whakaaro he tumanako e puāwai ana e kore e roa ka tīmata.
• 8 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Aua whakahaere anō. I tae mai te Meiha o te Pirikeeti ki te kite i ētahi o ngā kamupene, ki te tirotiro koa i ngā āhuatanga tūtei. Ka kite anō hoki ia i ngā akoranga rapu waka tauā ki Ngā Ruku Kapa (Kamupene B) i tō rātou rohe. Ka tae mai hoki te Apiha Tūtei o te Whare Tihiwana ki te kite i a mātou. I tana whakapātanga ki te Mataara o Ripia, e ai ki a ia he iti noa iho te tohenga, kāhore rānei. 1420 haora. Whakataetae Whutupaoro ā taiao ki te XV o Awherika Tonga, i te papa i Te Whare Tiwihana, he toa iti nei tā Aotearoa Tiwihana. He ōrau āhua nui o te Hokowhitu i tae, tino ātaahua nei te whakataetae ki o rātou tirohanga. He huinga tāngata hei pānga reka mo tētahi waka rererangi taipara, engari kāhore te tiamana e mōhio he rā taurima tēnei e whakahōnore ana i te whakataetae tākaro nui ā ngā iwi. Ko te ūa marangai nui o te wā i tāheke iho i ōna wā i te rā nei. Kua kohikohia ngā pēneti a te Hokowhitu ka tonoa kia whakakoingia. Ko te kaha o te Hokowhitu i te mutunga o te wiki i te 8 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, waiho ki tāhaki ngā apiha, e 747 hoia (me ngā tokorima hononga). E ono atu tānga ka hiahiatia kia tae ai te Hokowhitu ki tōna tatau tika. 35 ngā apiha, tokotoru hononga.
• 9 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Ngā rārangi karakia anō. Ngā Kaihautū o ngā Kamupene katoa i haere ki te wānanga i te Whare Tiwihana o ngā Patariana i te rā nei, ko te Wāhanga Tutei i haere ki te FGCM o te Pirikeeti, ka utaina ki te LOB. Pānuitia te reta a Minita Harawira ki a Tā Apirana Ngata.
• 10 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Kua oti i ngā. Hōia ngā kaupapa mo ngā whakahaere Tiwihana. I taua pō ka maringi iho anō te ua, he tohu pai hoki ki ētahi o ngā hunga o te Rua Tekau Ma Waru. Ka hīkoi mai a 2/Tēneta H.Maloney mai i te rārangi x(iii) ka uhia ki te LOB. Ka hoki mai a Tēneta Tuarua Ruhi Pene mai i te FGCM ka uhia ki te LOB.
• 11 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0600 haora te Aranga, ka whakatika te Hokowhitu ki te haere tahi me te Pirikeeti Tuarima ki ngā whakahaere Tiwihana, ka mutu te rā ki te kerihanga iho a te rārangi. Ko te Rōpū Rererangi Roera te whakamaru mo te rārangi.
• 12 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Ko te Aranga i te uranga o te rā, na he wānanga ta ngā Kaihautū Kamupene i te wā e nekenekehia ana ngā waka hei whakaiti i te puarenga ki te huakitanga mai i te rangi. Ka tanumia ngā wīra mua o ngā taraka, ā ka whakakoi ake ngā hōia ki ngā keringa rua wāwāhi. Ahatia rā, ka okioki te Hokowhitu i taua rā. 1200 haora, he hīkoi iti, e rua taraka, i whakahokia ki te WP (Wai Puriti) tata ki Mersa Matruh – kotahi he taraka mau wai, ko tētahi he taraka e toru tana me ōna kurawai 300 kārani. He hīkoi tino āta haere i te tini o ngā waka e haere ana ki te hauāuru. Ka hoki mai te hīkoi i mua i te 0730 haora.
• 13 Whiringa-a-rangi: Ko tēnei rā he wā māmā nei ngā mahi a te Hokowhitu, ko te nuinga he ako pohū, ā-rākau pohū, me te mau pēneti.
• 14 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Ko aua mahi anō i te wā ka kauhautia ki ngā āpiha me ngā Nokoiho te āhua pakanga. He nui ngā mahi i taua rā a Te Wāhanga Mōhiotanga ki te tohu atu kei hea ngā hoariri. Ka utua te Pirikēeti.
• 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0500 haora te Whakaaranga, ka neke tahi Te Hokowhitu me te 5 Pirikeeti, me te Whare o Aotearoa. Ko te haerenga tuatahi tēnei o te Pirikeeti Tuarima me te Whare o Aotearoa, ko te Pirikeeti Tuarima kei mua i te rārangi o te whakatau koraha. Itemea he haerenga awatea, he pai te haere. Ko Ngā Kaupoi me Ngā Walkabout kei mua, ko Ngā Kaupoi kei te taha matau. Ko Ngā Keri Kāpia me Ngā Ruku Kapa kei muri, ko Ngā Keri Kāpia kei te taha matau. Ko te Whare Kamupene me te Whare Hokowhitu e marara ana i waenga – e rima taraka e rarangi ana i waenganui o ngā kamupene i mua me muri. Ko te taha māui o te Hokowhitu ka tiakina e te rake a ngā taraka e toru e mau pū perene ana. Ka hīkoi whakarārangi te katoa o te Pirikeeti me ngā hōia hono – ngā Patariana 21 me te 22 ki mua, ko te 23 me te 28 Patariana ki muri, te mea mutunga nei ki muri, to mua atu ki te taha māui. Ko te whakaahua o te Pirikēti 5 e haere waka ana he tino ātaahua. I te hīkoinga ka rere atu i runga rawa o te katoa tētahi waka rererangi hoariri, ā, e toru ngā hōta i pūhia e tētahi o a mātou pūrepo Bofor. Koianei te kitenga tuatahi o tētahi waka hoariri e rere ana, he pai hoki te tiaki a te taua rererangi roera i a mātou. Ko te kaha o te mātua tira i te mutunga o te wiki 15 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, waiho nei ngā āpiha ki waho, e 752 hōia, tokorima hoki i rapa mai. E ono atu ope tānga ka tae ki te kāhui tika o te Patariana. 36 ngā apiha, tokowhā i rapa mai. Kei roto i te tatau nei ko ngā apiha tokoono me ngā 56 hōia i kuhua mai. Tirohia te tatauranga.
• 16 Whiringa-ā-rangi: He rā māhaki hoki tēnei , he wā e tatari ana te Patariana i te wā e kōkiri mua ai. He hui poto tā ngā kaihautū a ka mahi nui te Kāhui Mātauranga ki te rarangi i ngā mapi a ngā apiha. 1640 haora, kua neke anō te Patariana. 2330 haora kua rauika te Patariana i te tūtakitanga ka whakakikī i te rārangi. Ko tēnei kōkiri ko te mea tuatahi i oti i te pō mai i te tīmatanga o te hīkoitanga a te Tiwihana, ā, i āhua tihahutia te rārangi e ngā poka onepū ngāwari i te huarahi. Ko ngā taraka 8cwt, 15cwt, i uaua te pupuri i te wāhanga haere na ka āhua tihahu katoa.
• 17 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0430 haora te whakaaranga. 0600 haora kua neke te Patariana ki te wāhi wehewehe, ā, i te 0645 haora, i te āta whitinga mai o te rā, ka keri iho ngā kamupene whakamua, anga ana ki te hauauru. Mai i te rā nei, ko ngā nekenga waka huarahi ka tāmitia. 1649 haora ka tīmata anō te haere whakamua a te Patariana i waenga i te 5 Pirikeeti e taki ana i te Whare o Aotearoa. Whakahirahira rawa taua haere whakamua i te pō nei i te tūtakitanga o te Tihiwana ki te tūpuhi uira āhua nui, mai i te pouritanga tae noa ki te mutunga o te haere. Kāhore i ua, engari wāwāhi ana te rangi i ngā hikohiko uira, whakamārama ana i te rārangi waka anō nei he awatea. He tini kua whakaaro e papātia ana mātou e ngā pūrepo hoariri, nā, ka mārama he t1upuhi kē. I waenganui pō ka tae te Patariana ki te mutunga o te hīkoi, i te wāhi o Trig 198 i Haytahet el Tarfis, i te haerenga mo te 28 maero (45km).
• 18 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0500 te whakaaranga, ka hui ki te wāhi tūtakitanga. 0530-0630, ka tau ki raro te Patariana. 1200haora, hui a ngā Kaihautu Kamupene. 1700 haora, i te tata ki te rohe o Ripia inaianei, ka hōmai ki raro i te whakahaere a te Whare o Aotearoa me te Tihiwina 4 o Inia te 1 Waka Tauā Pirikeeti, ā, ka hono mai te Tihiwana Waka Tauā 4 i te hīkoi a tēnei pō e whakawhiti ai i te waea. Tirohia te whakaahua o te rohe. Kei te whakatika ngā Kaihāngai o Aotearoa i te wāteatanga 300 iari (274m) i waenga i te waea rohe ko te Tiwihana Kawari o Aotearoa hei whakamarumaru i te whakarārangitanga o te Whare o Aotearoa i te rohe hou. 2200haora ka hui atu te Pataria ki te waea, karo atu i waenga i ngā pou waea e rua, ahatia i tata rakuraku ētahi o ngā waka huarahi i a rātou, ka whakawhiti te Patariana i te rohe pōtae kahore he raruraru kino, anā, kei Ripia mātou inaianei. Ka moe te Patariana mo te pō i muri tonu mai. Ko Kamupene B te kaitiaki rāwaho i te taha māui, hono atu ana ki te ngā kaitiaki rāwaho o te 22 Patariana, na, i muri na Kamupene A i whakatū kotahi paratūnu hei tiaki i te rōpū.
• 19 Whiringa-ā-rangi: I te atapō, i muri i te taunga ki raro, ka nuku te Patariana ki to rātou wāhi whakakotahi, roa nei kātahi anō ka keri iho i te takiwā o Pt 184. E rua ngā waka rererangi hoariri i mā runga ake i te rohe o te Patariana engari kāhore he pōma i taka mai. 1500 haora ko ngā tohu whakahau ka pānuitia, ā, i te 16oo haora, kei te kōkiri whakamua tonu anō mātou. 1740 kua pahure te kāhui i Trig 187, ā, i te tōnga o te rā ka takoto whakatā i te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Garet el Doma. Puta noa i te pō e kitea ana ngā muramura pō e 3 ki te 4 maero (5-6km) ki te raki o te wāhi whakatā.
• 20 Whiringa-a-nuku: Ka atatū, ka tīmata te neke ki te wāhi hīkoi, ā, ko te 12 maero (19 km) i haeretia i āhua nui atu i te wāhi kua hōmai, nā, ka hoki muri 1500 iari (1370m) te hokowhitu, raki-a-rāwhiti o Tohu 187. Ka tae mai ngā pūrongo kua pā atu Te Whare o Aotearoa ki ngā hoariri tata ki Sidi Omar, ā, i turakina ētahi waka tauā hoariri. Ko ētahi a o mātou rōpū rererangi ka rērere ki te takiwā o ngā hoariri i te hauauru. He pakanga waka tāuā kei mua i a mātou, engari ka noho te Hokowhitu i te rā nei i tēnei wāhi, kāhore hoki i hīkoi whakamua atu. Ko ngā marumaru tiaki rawa kua uhia. Ko ngā waka mau pū mīhini kei waho o te rohe Hokowhitu e huri haere ana, me ngā pū repo nunui atu o ngā hōia whakapā hei tautoko, ā, ko ngā kaitaki e huri haere ana i te pō.
• 21 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0530-0630 haora te whakaaranga. 1130 haora te hīkoi whakamua ā-rārangi whenua koraha i ngā whakahua tono mai a te Pirikeeti. Ko te Hokowhitu ka haere tahi me te 5 Pirikeeti GPHO, ko ētahi atu Patariana ka hoatu he mahi hei taki mā rātou. E 8 maero (13 km) mai i te `wāhi tīmatanga ka pahure i ētahi o ngā wehenga o te 4 Tihiwana Iniana me o rātou pū nunui, ko to mātou tohu haerenga e 20. 1405 haora, kua huri te hikoi ki te haerenga 10 tata nei. E toru ngā taipara i pahū i te taha o te rārangi matau o te hīkoi nei, engari kāhore tētahi i whara, ka pūhia atu e te Rōpū pūrepo o konei ētahi pāmu ki te takiwā o Sidi Omar. 1629 haora ka tū te rōpū hīkoi, kitea tata tonu atu a Bir el Hamarin. Kua tīmata te marangai kaha, engari kua tīmata anō te hīkoi. Kotahi maero (1.6 kiromita) i tua atu o Bir el Hamarin ka pahure i tētahi puna wai kua kī i te wai, a, i te 1630 haora ka whakatā poto i tētahi wāhi kua otaotatia e ngā taonga hoariri. Ko ngā hahunga i te whenua e tohu ana he pakanga waka tauā i konei i ngā haora i mua tata i tō mātou taenga mai. Pūranga ana i te wāhi ngā pouaka matā pūrepo, ngā kēna penehīni, wai hoki, he waka mau matā kua kainga e te ahi, me ngā anga matā .303. I taua takiwā nei i uru tuatahi ai te Hokowhitu ki te whenua tino repo, ā, tekau pea o mātou waka i wehe atu i te hīkoi i te hōhonu o te titinga paru. Kīhai i hono mai anō ki te Hokowhitu awatea rāno. Ko te wāhi i tū ai te Hokowhitu me te 5 Pirikeeti GPHO i te ahiahipō i Bir Bu Tabel.
• 22 Whiringa-ā-rangi: I te atatū ka neke anō te Hokowhitu ki te wāhi tino tata ki te 5 Pirikeeti GPHO me Bir Bu Tabel, ka keri i reira. Ko ngā kamupene C me D e hāngai ana te titiro ki te hauauru me te raki, ko B me A kei muri e āhua titiro nei ki te hauauru me te tonga. Kei waenga o te takiwā o te Hokowhitu e hora ana ngā waka, kua ūhia kahatia. Ko te kamupene A, kua keri porohita i a rātou i te tohu 206. i te tapawhā 50593824 hei tino tiaki mārika. He tini ngā mahi haereerenga i taua wāhi i te rā nei. Ko ngā tohu pakanga hoki kua mārama nei. Kua mutu te mahi a te Patariana 23 i ngā pō o 21/22 Whiringa-ā-rangi, ā, i te nuinga o te ata ka kite mātou i te rārangi o ngā waka tauā o Itaria, me ngā mauhere o Capuzzo Pā, e uru mai ana. 1600 haora, ka haere a Kānara Tuarua Dittmer me ētahi āpiha ki te tirotiro i te rohe i tua atu o Capuzzo Pā, ka tae ki Musaid ka titiro ki Sollum Barracks, i tohutia hei te whāinga tuatahi o te Hokowhitu i tēnei wāhanga pakanga. Na te Patariana 23 i pei te Kōhanga Itariana i Capuzzo, a, kua keri ki mua atu o te pā, i te huarahi ki Musaid, wāhi ana i te huarahi ki Bardia, Sollum me Halfaya. Ka mōhio te Rōpū tirotiro i ētahi o ngā Patariana 23, kāhore he hunga i Sollum Barracks, tino torutoru noa iho rānei. Kua pō te wā hokinga mai o te Rōpū tirotiro, ka mōhio kua whakatika rārangi rawa kē te hokowhitu mo tana mahi – te eke i a Sollum Barracks. Ko te tatau o te Hokowhitu i te wiki mutunga ki te 22 Whiringa-ā-rangi, waiho ngā āpiha, 685 hoia (tokowha i rapa atu). Me hiki ake kia 46 atu hoia, kia 7 atu apiha ka rite te tatau tika mo te Hokowhitu. Kua memeha kē te Hokowhitu kia 29 apiha, tokowhā i rapa mai.
• 23 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0000haora ka hikoi atu te Hokowhitu i runga anō i ngā tononga whakahaere, ko kamupene C me D i mua, ko B me A, i muri mai, ko HQ me B Eherona i te whiore. I puritia mo te wā poto i te haerenga e ngā whenua repo, engari ka tae atu ki te huarahi matua Capuzzo-Bardia hikoi tika tonu te Hokowhitu i ngā rārangi haere tae noa ki te wāhi tauranga pahi. 0230 haora kua tae ki Ridotta (pā) Capuzzo ka noho atu ko Eherona B. Ka haere tonu a Eherona A. Ko ēnei ko te waka haere o te Kaihautū Matua, ngā Kaihautū, ngā waka haere 8 cwt, ngā waka 3 tana kaimau hōia, me ngā waka mau pū miīhini, haere tonu atu ana ki Fort Musaid, te wāhi tauranga pahi. 0330 haora, kua tau iho te Hokowhitu, ka wehea he wāhanga waka mau pū mīhini he tialki i ngā tahataha o te Hokowhitu. Tirohia te ekenga o Sollum Barracks.
• 24 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0645 haora, kua pakū atu a mātou pūrepo ki Halfaya ka tau mai tā ngā hoariri ki tētahi wāhi o ngā Barracks. 915 haora, e toru Mauhere Itariana kua mauria mai e Kamupene D e puta whakapiri ana. He pū mīhini tā rātou i te taha raro o ngā Barracks e pupuhi hōta pahū ana. Tae ki te mutunga o te rā, he whakawhiti pakū noa iho te mahi. I ngā taha o te tauranga waka moana i te taha raro o Sollum kei te puriti ngā hoariri i ētahi whare me ngā matā pahū me ngā pū mīhini. Te tini – kotahi, e rua rānei rārangi. Kāhore he tangata i ngā whare e karapoti ana i te hōhipere, engari kei ngā riu i raro o Halfaya Pass, e kī ana i te waka pakanga takitini, e kitea ana ngā hoia e haereere ana. Ka tiakina rātou e a rātou pū pupuhi tawhiti. E toru e whā rānei a rātou pūrepo kei ngā pararahi tata ki te moana, ko ētahi atu, kei runga o te Hipa. He tono mai i te Pirikeeti kia tukuna atu ētahi atu hoariri mauhere, ka kōwhiritia he rōpū hei mahi i Lower Sollum – ko Tēneta Tiwha Bennett me tētahi rārangi o Kamupene B, me Tēnata Tuarua Ormsby me tētahi rārangi no Kamupene D. 2000 haora ka riro atu te rōpū nei, engari i mua atu i te taenga ki ngā wāhi tika, ka whiua kia hokimuri e ngā pupuhi taimaha mai i Halfaya, i tīmata pea i te 2350 haora. Tau tonu ngā hōta nui mo te kotahi haora, ko te waenga o taua puhipuhinga ko te huarahi ki Sollum me ngā whare e takahuri ana i te wāhi tirotiro atu o te Hokowhitu. Tokorua ngā hoia i whara.
• 25 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0645 haora, he puhipuhinga anō mai i te takiwā o Halfaya, puta noa i taua rā. Kāhore i noho puku a mātou pūrepo, ka pūhia atu ki ngā whare i te tauranga waka, tau tika ana ki te whare ware. 1500 haora ka tonoa a Kamupene B ki te tautoko i te mahi whakakapi i te āputa i waenga i te rārangi o te Hokowhitu me te Patariana 23 i Fort Musaid, ka waiho hei te Kamupene D hei whakakī i te wahanga i whakarerea nei e B. I te tōnga o te rā ka tukuna mai anō he puhipuhi taimaha mai i Halfaya ki te rohe o Kamupene A me C. He mea pai tata ki te 10% o ngā hōta a ngā hoariri he mea koretake, inā rā, ka nui atu ngā hunga ka whara.
• 26 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0700 haora ka pūrepotia e mātou a Lower Sollum i te Tauranga Waka (Pier Point) mo te hāwhe haora. Tirohia te whakaahua. 0730 haora ka kitea atu te paoa me te puehu a te pūrepo taimaha i Halfaya Pass, kei te pūrepotia reira e tētahi o a mātou rōpū. Ka tīmata te 3 inihi mōta a te Hokowhitu ki te pupuhi i te takiwā o te tauranga waka, ko te hunga pū mīhini o Kamupene C ka tuku matā pahūnga atu ki Beacon Point me te Tauranga Waka. Koina rawa hoki ka tukuna mai ngā pāmu mai i Halfaya ki te rohe o Kamupene C. Pēnā tonu pau noa te rā, ka honoa atu ki te hau tino makariri e karawhiu nei i te rohe, ka mōrikarika te āhua o te rangi. I te ahiahi, i te tōnga, ka tae mai te pūrongo a Kamupene A he nekehanga waka kai i Halfaya Pass, mai hoki i te Wāhi Tirohanga o te Hokowhitu, i te 16.10 haora, e rua waka ka kitea e neke ake ana i te huarahi o te Pass (Whakawhitinga). 1620 haora ka rangona ngā matā raiwhara i te takiwa o Kamupene C, tekau meneti i muri mai ka peia mātou kia whakarere i te Wāhi Tirohanga e te pahūtanga matā takitini whakaharahara. Mai i te rohe o Kamupene C, ka hoki ake te kōkiri pakanga, pakō ana ki te whare i te kāhiwi i mua o ngā Barracks, kei reira nei te Wāhi Tirohanga. Ka pūrepotia hoki a Kamupene A, ka pōuri rawa kātahi nei ka mutu. Ko ngā pūrongo o muri mai i whakatau he rārangi hoariri kei te whakarere atu i Halfaya (Point 207) atu i Fort Musaid. Tau tahi mai hoki ki te pūrongo a Kamupene B i te rā i muri mai, i te 1600 haora i te ahiahi nei i kite te Patariana 23 i te rārangi hoariri e whakatumatuma mai ana. He atāahua, engari kāhore he patanga, te whawhai atu a Kamupene B me ngā 3 inihi mōtā a Patariana 23 i te taha matau. Tirohia ngā tuhinga mo Kamupene B me te kōkiri waka tauā tuatahi. Ka hoatu e Kāpene Roera tana whakamīharo nui me tana whakawhetai ki te katoa o ngā hōia i raro i tana maru mo te manawanui me te aukaha i roto i taua wā uaua. I taua pō nei, i Sollum Barracks, ka mahia e te Kaihautū tautoko e Kāpene Tiwi Love kia kaha atu te pai i mua, e hāngai atu ana ki Fort Musaid.
• 27 Whiringa-ā-rangi: Ko aua whakawhitiwhiti pūrepo anō i te roanga o te rā. E rua ngā mauhere Tiamana i taria mai, i mau i a Kamupene D. E kauhoe ana i waho o Biv el Quattra, 500 iari (460m) i te raki o Beacon Point. He wāhi pū mīhini i tāia i taua wāhi, ka mauria mai he pūrepo 77mm, me ngā hōta, i tōia mai i reira ka mauria ki muri o Kamupene A i te taha matau. Ko ngā nekehanga hunga kei Lower Sollum anake, i te rohe o te tauranga waka. Tokoono pea tāngata e haere ana mai itētahi whare ki tētahi. 1500 Haora B Echelon i Fort Musaid i kite anō nei he rārangi waka Patariana hōia e haere mai ana i Bardia. Tēneta Dan Urlich, te tumuaki o te Kamupene Whakahaere me te kaihautu o B Echelon, ka whakatika tonu ki te tūtaki i te hunga pakanga. Engari, kei te tautokona te rārangi e haere mai nei e ngā waka tauā, me ngā hoia whai pāmu mōtā. Ko te parekura ki a B Echelon, ahakoa i kaha te pakanga atu kahore nei he kaitautokoi waho atu i SA, ka whakahauraro. Kotahi noa iho te āhua pakanga, inā ka whiua atu e ngā waka tauā ngā pōma rapa ki roto i ngā rua pāpaku nei a ngā toenga kaiwawao. I puta ētahi i roto i te mura o te ahi, engari i mua atu i te pōnga, kua raru te katoa a o ngā kaiwhawhai i te rārangi Tiamana. Ko ngā mauhere e 43 no ngā wāhanga katoa, me TēnetaTuarua Ted Pohio, ngā tāngata pūkenga, ngā kai taraiwa waka, me ētahi o te Patariana 23. 2000 haora, ka waihotia ngā mauhere i te wāhi e 5-6 maero (8-10 kiromita) mai i Capuzzo. I whakarērea rātou e ngā Tiamana. Neke atu i te 40 o rātou, ngā Tiamana, i mate. Ko o tātou, tokorima o ngā hōia i mate. Ko Tēneta Urlich i whara, me ngā 2 atu. I roto i te hunga i mate ko Haihana L. Wilson, ko te haihana tiaki pū o tēnei ope mai i te wā i Papaioea.
• 28 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0630 haora iti nei e neke ana i Lower Sollum. 1040 haora, ngā pūrepo e pupuhi ana Nohoanga o Kamupene C me D mo te hāwhe haora, kāhore i whara tētahi. 1209 haora ka puhipuhi anō ngā hoariri mo te hāwhe haora. 1410-1510 haora, kua tīmata anō te puhipuhi. 1520 haora ngā pāmu pahū kaha i runga o Halfaya. 1600 haroa Paratūnu 18 o Kamupene D, ko Tēneta Tuarua Matehaere te tumuaki o te ope, ka huaki ki Beacon Point, ko te wāhi he RAP kei raro i te whenua i te rekereke o te kūrae. Ka tautokona e te 3 inihi mōtā me ngā pūrepo, tīmata atu te huaki i te waea haere tika ana ki te pararahi i te raki o te hurihanga o te huarahi. Ka pāhitia mai e ngā pūrepo kaha mai i Halfaya me ngā pū mīhini o te Tauranga moana. Kāhore he hoariri i Beacon Point, ka waiho tētahi rārangi o 18 Paratūnu ki reira pupupuri ai, ka hoki whakamuri te paratūnu ki te tīmatanga i raro i te kahu o te pouri, I kitea i tēnei huakitanga, ka whakamahia ngā rama e te hoariri hei tīmatanga, hei whakamutu i te papā pupuhitanga mai i Halfaya. Kāhore he mate. Ko te kāhui waka pū mīhini o te Hokowhitu i raro i a Tēnaeta rua Jack Reedy, kei te mahi i te raki o ngā Barracks, ka uru atu i te waea o te tonga o Bardia, ka ākina e tētahi kāhui Itariana. Ka mauheretia taua kāhui: kotahi Haihana e 9 hōia no te Gruppo Mitraglieri Cavalleria 4. Ko te Haihana – hōia nama 53476 – te ingoa Violante Italian – i te wā i uiuia ai, i kī :”He hunga kāinga au no Genoa. I haere mai au ki te pakanga mai i Itari ki Tripoli, ā, ki Bardia. Kei Bardia taku ope e noho ana. I mahue atu a Bardia i te 1300 haora ki te tirotiro i te rohe o Sollum kia kitea mehemea kei te puritia tonu e ngā Itariana. Ia pō, mai i te pānui rongo o Itari, tae mai ki tērā pō, e whakaatu mai ana kei roto tonu a Sollum me Sidi Omar i o mātouringaringa. Kotahi Breda, kotahi pītara me ngā pū kei a mātou. O mātou mate – kotahi hoia i mate.” Ko a mātou mahi i te rā nei me ngā rā i mua tata atu ki te whakapā atu ki te Wāhi o te Pirikeeti kāhore he patanga. Ko te pūrongo mutunga mai i Sidi Azeiz. Ko ētahi pūrongo atu e mea mai ana kua tapahia te huarahi kai, a, kia kohikohia e mātou ngā kai katoa kei ngā Whare Barracks. Harakoa pai itemea he maha ngā momo kai kua kitea i te toa QM o ngā Itariana, e toru kawenga waka o ngā pihikete pakeke, tini kai, tini mīti, kafe me ngā pēke makarone i mauria ki te QM toa o te Hokowhitu i te pō. He nui hoki te inu ārani me ngā kehi wai paeroa. He wai pai i kitea i mua atu o te taha matau o Kamupene A, engari, rite p u nei ki ngā momo kai, kia pouri rāno ka taea te tiki. Ko ngā haereere i te wā mārama ka pāhitia e ngā pūrepo o Halfaya.
• 29 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0630 haora tokoono ngā tāngata i kitea e haereere ana i te tauranga moana me Lower Sollum. 0745 haora ka rangona te haruru taimaha i Halfaya Pass. 0825 haora kua puta ake he mea pēnei i te waka ruku wai e haere tata atu ana ki te tauranga. Ka tīmata te pupuhi atu a te rōpū pū mīhini me tētahi 3 inihi mōtā, ka hoki whakamuri, ka whakangaro atu ki te huarahi ki Bardia. Ka tīmata te pakū mai o ngā pūrepo i Halfaya ki te rohe o Kamupene C mo te 15 meneti. Kāhore he whara. Ko te hua mo te aki i a Beacon Point, inanahi ka haere ngā hunga o Kamupene C ki te kaukau i Biri el Quattara. Ka hoki mai me te mauhere Tiamana e huna ana i tētahi ana. Ka kitea hoki e toru taraka, me ētahi atu kua whakarērea i te huarahi ki te tauranga. Ko ēnei take e here ana i te whakapae ko ngā ō e tae mai ana, ka mauria mai e ngā waka ruku moana ki hea rānei o te takiwā nei. 1430 haora. Kamupene D, kotahi rārangi e ngaro ana, kua kohikohia nei ngā maina Itariana i te Barracks, ka whakatakotoria he rārangi maina e waho o o rātou pou wehenga e hāngai ana ki te hauauru, i waenga i a rātou me te pourewa paparerenga. E rua ngā āputa i tohungia e ngā tahā rino maroke hei haerenga waka, ko te papawhenua ka tohungia e ngā taramu penehīni. Ko Kamupene B, i hoki mai i Fort Musaid, i te whakaokiokitanga e te Patariana 22 inanahi, kua keri i a rātou ki te taha matau o Kamupene D. Kua māhaki a Lower Sollum, engari waiho ra ngā puhipuhinga mai i Hakfaya kua taunga hoki, kei te rangimārie te katoa. Ko te kaha o te Hokowhitu mo te wiki ka mutu i te 29 Whiringa-ā-rangi, 684 hoia (me ngā tokowhā rapa). E 47 nokoihi, e 7 ngā apiha hei whakahoki i te Hokowhitu ki tōna tatau tika. Kua memeha te Hokowhitu ki te 29 apiha, tokowhā he rapa.
• 30 Whiringa-ā-rangi: 0745 haora, ka puhipuhia mai te rohe o Kamupene C e ngā pūrepo, he iti nei i tau ki roto i ngā nohoanga. Ka hoki tētahi waka ki Halfaya Pass atu i Lower Sollum. Ko te Whare Tiaki (HQ) or Pirikeeti 5 kua whakahoutia i te whakapae inaianei kua mauherehere kē te Whare Tiaki o Pirikeeti 5 i ngā hoariri. Kānara Tuarua Andrews, VC, kua tohungia hei Kaihautū noa o te Pirikeeti. Ko Tēneta Rua Awatere, te Apiha Punenga o te Hokowhitu, i haere tapuwaetia hei tumuaki mo te Rōpū Punenga o te Pirikēti HQ. Ka whakarērea e mātou tēnei takiwā, e ka tae mai ngā Buffs, he Rehimeneta o te Tihiwana Iniana 4. Ko te wawao o te Patariana kua whakakahatia atu i te whakataunga e toru o ngā 75mm pūrepo Wīwī ki te rohe o Kamupene D. I tōia ake i te riuroa i Lower Sollum me ōna kariri. Ko ngā rama anake i māpura mai i tēnei pō i te rangi o te tonga-mā-hauauru me te rangi hauauru, ka tāea te kī kua kati te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi, kāhore nei he raruraru atu. Tirohia tā Kāpene Rangi Roera tuhinga o Whiringa-ā-nuku 1941.