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For most of June the Battalion are at Arce, north-west of Cassino. CO Lt-Col Young is keeping them occupied and out of mischief. The American’s have occupied Rome. Read the war diary for June 1944 here.

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Posing with a crashed Messerschmitt 109	Returning soldiers at Pipitea Wharf	Inspection of Māori Battalion, 1945	Peter Awatere, 'the Muktar'
Māori Battalion tug-of-war team, 1943	C Company perform Ruaumoko with Sir Apirana Ngata	Singing outside the wharenui. C Company March 1940	Ann Tia and Arapeta Awatere - Aotearoa Folklore Society
Sonny Waru and Peter Awatere - mid 60's	Officers of the 28th Maori Battalion 14 Nov 1940	Battalion Senior Officers Trieste 1945	Ngata writes to Judge Carr about a Māori Battalion history

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