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Te Kōrero mō te 28

  • About the 28th
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O Rātou Kōrero

178 nga korero Ope Taua orite kua tapirihia ki raro o te wharangi .

  • Official and unofficial correspondence relating to the 28th Māori Battalion.

    Greece and Crete

    • 26 June 1941 - Fred Baker reflects on Battle of Crete 
    • 24 June 1941 - Fred Baker reflects on the bayonet charge at 42nd Street, Crete
    • 12 August 1941 - Ngata writes to Dittmer concerning the good response at home to the actions of the Battalion
    • 14 April 1953 - Wiremu Herewini on what happened to Reinforcements Company in Crete
    • 29 August 1953 - Major Humphrey Dyer gives his account of the bayonet charge on 42nd  Street, Crete
    • no date - Paratene Kohere describes the counter-attack in Crete (Pt I)
    • no date - Paratene Kohere describes the counter-attack in Crete (Pt II)

     

    North Africa

    • November 1941 - Rangi Royal updates Ngata on the events of November 1941
    • 9 November 1941 - Padre Harawira writes to Ngata with a personal update on the Battalion
    • 25 November 1942 - Wharetini Rangi writes to Ngata during the battle of El Alamein
    • 14 May 1943 - Ngata writes to Wharetini Rangi

    Italian campaign

    • 1944 - Padre Huata writes to the Bishop of Aotearoa

    Life in the Battalion

    • 11 December 1940 - Henare Ngata writes to Maraea Te Kawa
    • 20 July 1941 - Dittmer writes to Sir Apirana Ngata
    • 22 May 1942 - Panapa updates Ngata on training at Taiamai (Ohaeawai)
    • 30 May 1942 - Ben Rata writes home to his mother from Syria
    • 2 June 1942 - Tuakana Ngata updates his father Apirana about training at Ohaeawai
    • 8 June 1942 - Ace Wood writes to Dyer with an update on the Battalion
    • 5 August 1942 - Wharetini Rangi writes home to his wife
    • 2 February 1943 - Wharetini Rangi writes to Ngata from Tripoli with an update on the Battalion
    • 16 February 1943 - C Company officers write to Ngata about their concerns
    • 30 March 1943 - Ngata writes to the Prime Minister concerned about high Battalion casualty rates
    • 18 March 1944 - Rangi Logan writes to his parents
    • 27 March 1946 - AT Ngata writes to Judge Carr about a history of C Company
    • no date - Ben Rata writes home to his mother


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O Rātou Kōrero

  • Letter from C Company officers, February 1943

    Officers from C Company write to Sir Apirana Ngata in February 1943 about the state of the Battalion - notably the need for reinforcements and compassionate leave.
    Pānuihia tonuhia
  • Te rātaka a te Taua Māori - Aperira 1942

    At Aarsal in Lebanon,the Battalion train, strengthen defences and carry out reconnaissance.  Their rifle companies guard ammunition and bomb dumps and prisoners.
    Pānuihia tonuhia
  • Te rātaka a te Taua Māori - Maehe 1941

    The Battalion reach Port Tewfik after leaving England in January.  Most of the month is spent adjusting to the new environment including getting fit enough to cope with the hotter climate
    Pānuihia tonuhia
  • Te rātaka a te Taua Māori - Maehe 1942

    The Battalion has left Egypt for Syria travelling through Palestine and Lebanon.  At Arsal they improve their defences.
    Pānuihia tonuhia
  • Māori Battalion diary - February 1942

    Like the previous month, February 1942 was spent re-equipping and training, the Battalion regaining its vitality.
    Pānuihia tonuhia

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