Te rātaka a te Taua Māori - Hūrae 1941

Kaiwhakāmaori: Mohi Apou - Ngā Rauru, Whanganui, Te Āti Awa.

Tirohanga whānui

Kua tata tau te tōpū tāngata kia 780 tōna rahi, ka whakatakatū Te Hokowhitu ki te riri takaro ki ngā hau tipua o Tū mata-uenga – koia tērā ngā kakari whakaoreore i te koraha o Afrika ki te muri. Ko te tikanga ki ngā riri takaro, ko te whakararata i te tangata ki ngā rākau tipua o te riri, waihoki he whakamārōrō hoki i te tinana o te hōia kia waia ki ngā tini āhuatanga o te koraha. I whakauru i ngā tākaro whakataetae hei whakaueue tinana, hei here i te ara whakawhanaunga i waenga tonu i ngā ope tauā.

I te tīmatanga mai o Hūrae he 29 ngā āpiha kei ngā wehenga.

• Rūtene Kānara: George Dittmer
• Ko ngā Meiha: George Bertrand, Humphrey Dyer
• Ko ngā Kāpene: George Weir, Tiwi Love, Doug Harvey, Rangi Royal, Whetu Werohia, Paul Te Punga
• Ko ngā Rūtene: Charles Bennett, Ben Porter, Reta Keiha, Terry Gilroy, Chris Sorrenson
• Ko ngā Rūtene Tuarua: Peta Awatere, Don Stewart, Henry Toka, Ariari (Addie) Mitchell, Aubrey Rota, Hone Green, Jack Reedy, Jim Matehaere, Atanatiu Te Puni, Ruhi Pene, Rangi Logan, Jim Tuhiwai, Paki West
• Ko ngā tautāpiritanga: Capt. M. Kronfield (RMO), Capt. Kahi Harawira (minita)

Rātaka

• 1 Hūrae: Ka whakapahū pū a kamupene A, B rātou ko HQ ki te whenua taupuni o Garawi. Ko te toenga kē atu o Te Hokowhitu ka whai i ngā kaupapa whakataki i whakarārangi kē mai.
• 2 Hūrae: Ka whakapahū pū a kamupene C me D ki te whenua taupuni o Garawi, ko te toenga kē atu o Te Hokowhitu ka whai i ngā kaupapa whakataki i whakarārangi kē mai. I te 1530 i hikitia ngā kauhau mō ngā rū kōkiri ki Crete nā te ngaronga mai a Rūtene Kānara Dittmer ki tāna whakatā e 7 rā te roa. Ka takatū kē ngā kamupene ki ngā mahi mātakitakitanga i ngā kete me te tuku atu i ngā ō rokiroki.
• 3 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu.
• 4 Hūrae: Nā te mahi rōrā a ngā hōia ki te whakapāhu pū ka kapi katoa te ata ki SAT. He whakangungu tonu hei tērā ahiahi
• 5 Hūrae: Ka ara rangatū pūkaka, he huri ara tapatoru te āhua o te haere. He haurua o Te Hokowhitu kua whai te ara me he karaka, ohai tērā atu haurua o Te Hokowhitu ka anga kē atu te haere.
• 6 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu.
• 7 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. Kei te ahiahipō kua tae atu te nuinga o ngā āpiha ki tētehi kauhau mō te ture ki te wharekai 21 o Te Hokowhitu
• 8 Hūrae: Haunga ake te whakangungu, kei te haora tuatahi i muri mai i te tū ngārahu o Te Hokowhitu, ka hau mārōtia ki te kawa whakatūtū tangata, ka pērā anō te āhua i te 16.30 ngā hāora. Mai i te 0930 ngā hāora ki te 1215 ngā hāora ka ara rangatū pūkaka ngā kamupene. I te 1400 ngā hāora ka karanga a Rūtene Kanara Dittmer i tētehi hui me āna kaihautū ki te wawautia ngā take: a) he aha te take i mahue mai ai tētehi pai hēneti o Te Hokowhitu ki muri ki ngā toenga kamupene, ko te tikanga hoki kua matike katoa rātou ki te ara rangatū pūkaka; b) Ko te tū mai ngā hākinakina whakataetae me te pikiniki o Te Hokowhitu i te rā o muri mai. I tū tētehi kauhoe nenei ki Helwan ā, e whai ake nei ngā tāngata o Te Hokowhitu nānā i toa. Te kautere 100 ngā iari – 2/ Rūtene Ruhi Pene. Te kautere 50 ngā iari - Hōia Haane Manahi. He 10 ngā taurere tānga tāngata mō te kapu o Freyberg – 28 Bn i tau tuatahi mai, 7 Anti-tank i tau tuarua mai. 18 Bn i tau tuatoru mai. Ko te tīma tēnei ko 2/ Rūtene Pene o Rotorua, rātou ko 2/ Rūtene Rangi Logan o Waipaoa, ko Hōia Rangi Chase o Danniverke, Hōia George Harrison o Taranaki,ko Jack Mikaere, ko Pine Timihou, ko John Pene, ko Ceylon Wickliffe, ko Haane Manahi ko Wi Heretaunga. He hōia katoa ēnei o Rotorua. Tirohia ngā whakaata o te rōpū tānga tangata. Te kautere 50 ngā iari – Hōia Jack Mikaere i tau tuarua mai ki a Lt Noel Crump. Te kautāwhitiwhiti 100 ngā iari - Hōia Ceylon Wickliffe i tau tuarua mai. Te kautiraha 50 ngā iari – Hōia Mikaere i tau tuarua mai, Hōia Heretaunga i tau tuatoru mai.
• 9 Hūrae: 0840 ngā hāora. Ka haria te pikiniki o Te Hokowhitu mā runga pahi ki te whenua karapū o Whitoria. 1000 hāora te taenga atu. 1030 ka timata ngā hākinakina. Ko ngā hua i puta: te tahutihuti 100 ngā iari – kamupene D, te tūpeke – kamupene HQ, te hītoko, te takahanga me te tarapeke – kamupene B, te maka pāoro rino – kamupene A, tenehi – kamupene HQ, te tahuti 220 ngā iari – kamupene B, te kauhoe – kamupene B, te tauronarona – kamupene C.
  1500 ngā hāora ka haria e ngā taraka ētehi rahi o Te Hokowhitu ki te wāhi mātai kararehe. 1630 kua hoki ngā tāngata ki te wāhi taupuni. 1950 ngā hāora te taenga atu ki te taupuni. E whai ake nei ngā āpiha i ara rangatū pūkaka ki te kura whakangungu-tahi ki Maadi: Kāpene Love o Te Whanganui ā-Tara, rātou ko Rūtene Bennett o Rotoruako Rutene Keiha o Tūranga nui ā-Kiwa , 2/Rūtene Reedy o Ruatoria, 2/Rūtene Te Puni o Te Whanganui ā-Tara ko 2/Rūtene Logan o Waipaoa.
• 10 Hūrae: 0530 Whakaaraarahanga. 0600 ka torohē te tū ngārahu. 0820 Ka tū ngārahu anō Te Hokowhitu, ka anga atu ki te wāhi piriketi, katahi ka mātakitakina e te kaingārahu a Brig. James Hargest. 1000 ka oti. He 10 minitī nō muri tata mai katahi a Rūtene Kānara Dittmer ka tohutohu i āna kaiārahi kamupene kia mātū atu Te Hokowhitu ki te rangatū ara pūkaka. Hei te 1030 ka tatū ngā whakaritenga mō te ara rangatū pūkaka katahi ka timata. 1230 ka mutu. 1630 Ko te tū ngārahu o Te Hokowhitu, me ngā kawa whakatūtū tae atu ki te 1830 ngā hāora. 1900 Ka aro ki te wharehui a ngā tāne.
• 11 Hūrae: 0530: Whakaaraarahanga. 0600 Ka torohē te tū ngārahu ō te kamupene. 0745 He whakatūtūtanga mō Te Hokowhitu. 0800 ka ara rangatū pūkaka ki te wāhi piriketi arā ko te Fifth Brigade, kapi katoa Te Hokowhitu i te 21, 22, 23 me te 28. 0820 Kua mātakitakina kua mihia e te kaingārahu a Brig. James Hargest. 1030 He whakangungu tonu ā, ka tineia te ahi.
• 12 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. 0830 Ka mātū atu katoa ngā āpiha me ngā āpiha kore whai kōmihana ki te whare pikitia o “Shafto’s” ki Helwan ki te kauhau a te kaingārahu a Puttick, koia tērā “Ko ngā rū kōkiri o te ranga Matua o Aotearoa ki Crete”. Katahi ko te werohanga tuatoru mō te ngāngara ‘Typhoid’ ki ngā tāngata katoa e tika ana kia werohia. Ko te nuinga o ēnei tāngata he ranga tuawhā i tae mai ki te pakanga. He whakangungu tonu mō te toenga ake o ngā hōia. He 15 ngā pai hēneti o te rā ahiahi i toha atu hei wā whakatā.
• 13 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. 09030 ngā hāora ka manatū atu a Haihana George Katene o Te Whanganui ā-Tara, rātou ko Haihana Wananga Haig o Tikitiki, ko Hōia Hurae Marsden o Awanui, ko Haihana Mita Francis o Rotoiti, ko WOI Ace Wood o Whakatū ko Haihana Pani Manawatū oŌtautahi ki te Matua Whare ki Helwan ki tētehi Poari Whiriwhiri tangata hei kaitono mō te OCTU. He toha ahiahi anō hei whakatā, he 15 pai hēneti te rahi. E whai ake nei ngā āpiha i uru tomo mai ki te taupuni: ko Kāpene Fred Baker nō Hokianga, rātou ko Rutene Gordon Ormond o Mahia, ko 2/Rutene H. T. Maloney o Temuka, ko Jack Ormsby o Te Kuiti, ko Tutu Wirepa o Wharekahika, ko Tony Tikao-Barret o Lyttleton, me Pine Taiapa o Tikitiki. He kapi katoa mō te wiki ka piki te kaha o Te Hokowhitu ki te 22 ngā āpiha (he āpitihanga ētehi tokorua nei)
• 14 Hūrae: 0530 Whakaaraarahanga. 0715 He tū ngārahu o Te Hokowhitu. 0720 ka ara rangatū pūkaka Te Hokowhitu ki te wāhi pirikēti arā ko te Fifth Brigade. 1850 ka mātakitakina te pirikēti e te Tianara a ‘Tiny’ Freyberg. Ka oti ngā mātakitakitanga ka heke Te Hokowhitu. Kua whakawātea te pirikēti e te GOC mō te rā.
• 15 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. 0915 Ka mātū atu ngā āpiha me ngā āpiha kore whai kōmihana mā runga taraka ki te kite atu i ngā take rapu wakataua ki Dhobi. Tirohia ngā whakaata o taua wā. 1105 ngā hāora, ka hoki ki te wāhi taupuni. 1600 ngā hāora he hui ā ngā Kaiārahi me ngā āpiha. Ka kōrerotia e ngā kamupene ngā māhere, ngā takitakitū, me ngā tātai rauhanga mō ngā rū kōkiri hei te pō ō muri mai nei.
• 16 Hūrae: He mahi tonu. Ka wehe te ranga hāpai i raro i a Rutene Terry Gilroy ki te kura whakangungu o Kabret. I mātū atu a Kāpene Royal ki te kura Rauhanga o Aotearoa ki Maadi, ka whakawhiti atu a Kāpene Werohia ki Helwan.
• 17 Hūrae: 0700 ngā hāora i matakitakina ngā kātū waka e te Kaingārahu a Hargest . I kō atu i tērā he whakangungu tonu. 1130 ngā hāora, ka urutomo ā-kamupene Te Hokowhitu ki te teneti korohū.
• 18 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu.
• 19 Hūrae: 0845 He kauhau ki te wharepikitia o Shafto’s ki Helwan mā ngā āpiha katoa me ngā āpiha kore whai kōmihana. Ko ‘ngā mahi ki Crete’ nā te Kaingārahu a Hargest. Ki kō atu i tērā he whakangungu tonu. Ka urutomo mai a Rūtene Dan Urlich o Ahipara ki te Taupuni.
• 20 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. Ka tuhi te Kaiārahi a Geaorge Dittmar i tētehi reta ki Tā Apirana Ngata me te whakamārama atu i ngā whakakaha ki Greece me Crete. Tirohia te reta.
• 21 Hūrae: Ka whakatūria ngā kēmū, ka hikitia ngā mahi. He whakangungu tonu.
• 22 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu waihoki ka whakatūria ngā rū kōkiri mō te pō
• 23 Hūrae: He whakangungu tonu. Ka hikitia ngā kēmū ki te rā o muri mai.
• 24 Hūrae: 0600-0700 ngā hāora, he mahi tōnu. 1830 He tū ngārahu a Te Hokowhitu. 0930 – 1200 ngā hāora he whakangahu
• ki te rapu wakataua. 1630 ngā hāora ko ngā hākinakina mō Te Hokowhitu ki te whenua whakatūtūtanga. 2100-2300 ngā hāora ko ngā rū kōkiri mō te pō
• 25 Hūrae: 0600 – 0700 ngā hāora he kawa whakatūtū mō te kamupene. 0820 ngā hāora he kawa whakatūtū mō Te Hokowhitu. 0930-1130 ngā hāora he rapu wakataua mā ngā kamupene. 1200-1300 ngā hāora he nenei ā-tauronarona. Ka toa te ‘tima B’ o HQ. He tuku whakamatuatanga motuhake mō te 50 pae hēneti o Te Hokowhitu.
• 26 Hūrae: He mahi tonu. 0800 ngā hāora He tū ngārahu mō Te Hokowhitu. 0830-1130 ngā hāora he ara rangatū pūkaka mō te kamupene. 1330-2200 ngā hāora ka tuku whakamatuatanga ki te toenga 50 pai hēneti o Te Hokowhitu. 1800 ngā hāora i tae mai ngā whakahau kia nukuhia ki tētehi atu taupuni anō. He kapi katoa mō te wiki ka puta te kaha o Te Hokowhitu ki te 748 o ngā tāne: arā he 32 ngā āpiha, he 64 ngā āpiha kore whai komihana me ngā haihana tokorua-ko tētehi kaiwhakamau me tētehi kaiwhakapukupuku mai i NZOC, he 652 ngā hōia, he kaiwhakamau tokorua nei mai i NZOC, me tētehi hōia mai i te tari o ngā minita o Aotearoa.
• 27 Hūrae: Ko tā whakahautanga mō te nuku. Ka tae i te tōnga o te ahiahi. Ko te takiwā kei Kabrit. Tirohia te whakaata ā-tuhi.
• 28 Hūrae: I tuku i tētehi kaupapa whakataki motuhake mō tēnei rā hei whakaritenga mō te whakangungu mō te rū kōkiri ngātahi me te Taua moana. Ka heke haere te kaha i te wā i wehe atu ngā āpiha ki te Taupuni matua ki Maadi: Ko Rūtene Ormond rātou ko 2/Rūtene Wirepa, ko Ormsby, ko Tikao Barret.
• 29-31 Hūrae: He mahi i te kaupapa whakataki i whakarārangi mai