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70 years ago this month

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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George Frederick Bertrand

Serial No: 
10
Surname: 
Bertrand
Forename(s): 
George Frederick
Next of kin on enlistment: 
G. Bertrand (father), Urenui, New Zealand|G. Bertrand (father), Urenui, via Waitara, New Zealand|Mrs K. Bertrand (wife), 12 Bell Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Rank: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Address on enlistment: 
Urenui, Taranaki, New Zealand|Unknown address|12 Bell Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Date of death: 
1958
Place of death: 
Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Obituary from Te Ao Hou

GEORGE F BERTRAND

The death occurred at Palmerston of Mr George F. Bertrand, aged 66. Born at Urenui, Taranaki, he was a member of the Ngati Mutunga tribe. Mr Bertrand was educated at Te Aute College and Wellington Teacher's Training College. He taught at the New Plymouth Boys' High School between the two World Wars and again after World War II. Mr Bertrand served overseas in both wars and at the outbreak of the Second World War he was appointed second in command of the Maori Battalion with the rank of Major and served in the desert, Greece and Crete. He was later recalled to New Zealand to take command of the second battalion as Lieutenant Colonel. He was also in charge of the Maori Training Unit from 1942–1944. Mr Bertrand was awarded the O.B.E. and also held the Efficiency Decoration. He was a member of the Ngarimu Scholarship Fund Board.

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