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.
I te marama o Noema 1941 ko te whāinga a te Patariana i raro i ngā whakarite a Operation Crusader, ko te kokiri kia riro mai i a rātau te puni hoia i runga ake o te taone o Sollum.
Kua neke atu te Patariana Māori mai i Te Pouaka o Kaponga ki Mersa Baggush, a, kua noho tenei puni hei papakainga tōmua mo ngā hoia o Niu Tirena. Kei te tereina, kei te whakareri rātau mo te pakanga kei te whakatata mai ki roto o Ripia.
Ko te Patariana Māori e tata ana ki El Alamein (Ihipa) e hanga ana i Te Pouaka Kaponga, he 10 maero te whānui me te rori e hono ana i ngā āraitanga i hangahia i roto i te riu o te Naira.