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 Battalion was based at Arsal in the Syrian foothills throughout May. With the Djedeide fortress in a reasonably advanced state, a period of exercises and manoeuvres commenced.
I Hanuere 1942, e whakaora ana, e whakawhiwhi rawa ana, e tereina ana te Patariana i Kabrit i muri mai o te whawhai tuarua i Ripia. Na te kokiri ohorere a Rommel i te wa mutunga o te marama, i pana mai te Eighth Army kia hoki mai ki Gazala.