Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū (The Māori Battalion) training in the Western Desert, Egypt

Māori Battalion in the Western Desert, North Africa, World War II.

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Māori Battalion advancing in battle area under fighting conditions in the Western Desert during World War II.

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Māori Battalion training with Bren guns, Maadi, World War II, 1943.

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The Māori Battalion training at Maadi, Egypt, World War 2.

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Māori Battalion route marching training at Maadi, Egypt, World War II.

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Māori Battalion training in tank hunting in Egypt, 1941.

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Members of the Māori Battalion training in tank hunting in Egypt, 1941.

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Māori Battalion being trained in the use of weapons, in a desert camp in Egypt during World War II. Photograph taken in 1941 by an unidentified photographer.

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Māori Battalion kneeling behind the makings of a mortar, during World War II mortar bomb training in Egypt. Photograph taken in 1941 by an unidentified photographer.

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Soldiers of the Māori Battalion on a practice manoeuvre in Egypt during the Second World War. They are depicted leaping over barbed wire entanglement with their rifles

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Soldiers of the Māori Battalion training in the Western Desert, Egypt.

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This photograph taken in an actual battle area under fighting conditions gives some idea of what an advance by Māori Infantry looks like to German and Italian troops fighting their vain rearguard action in the Western Desert during World War II. Taken circa January 1943 by an official photographer.

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