Major Wales sends greetings to the Maori Battalion

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Major Wales sends greetings to Colonel Dittmer and the Maori Battalion, he was in charge of training.

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MC:  Major Wales will now send greetings to Lieutenant Colonel Dittmer, the officers and men of the Maori Battalion.  Major Wales is in charge of the training of the Battalion and also the Reinforcements in Papakura. 

Major Wales:  Colonel Dittmer, officers, NCOs and men of the 28th Maori Battalion.  Tena koutou, tena koutou.  We here in New Zealand training the reinforcements send you greetings and we tell you that the boys who are coming forward to reinforce your Battalion are some of the finest of the young men of New Zealand today.   They are men of whom you will proud and we say it with pride that they are men who are worthy to represent the Maori race with its wonderful fighting tradition.  Tena koutou, tena koutou, kia ora.

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