[28 Māori Battalion. R.H. Thomson and songs]

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Year
1943
Reference
41338
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1943
Reference
41338
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:28:34
Broadcast Date
1943
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Thomson, R. H. (Richard Heyward), Speaker/Kaikōrero, New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28
New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28, Performer

A compilation of two audio cuts.
1. Story by Colonel R. H. Thomson about how Māori soldiers killed a pig and removed it from under the noses of the owners. Colonel R. H. Thomson went on to commend the engineers in Greece and Crete, in close association with the Māori Battalion.
2. Songs sung by the 28th Māori Battalion, Italy 1943:
‘Māori Battalion march to victory’
‘Ko Te Hokowhitu’
‘Kua mutu te rongo i te haruru’
‘Au e Ihu’ with Billy Keepa as lead singer
‘Tēnei mātou’
‘Ngāti Porou e waiata nei’
‘Ka rongo te pakanga e’
‘Whakarongo e te ao e kori nei’