New Zealand World War Two soldiers of Maori Battalion, and barrels of mutton birds, Italy - Photograph taken by George Kaye

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Title

New Zealand World War Two soldiers of Maori Battalion, and barrels of mutton birds, Italy - Photograph taken by George Kaye

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Three New Zealand Maori Battlion soldiers looking over the tops of barrels of mutton birds for Christmas dinner, Senio River, Italy, during World War Two. Photograph taken circa 23 December 1944 by George Kaye. The subjects have been identified as: Robert John Dixon or Tom Poki (left), Wiremu Potatutatu Ruru (middle), and Rodney Dean Pitt (right). Isabel Dixon identified her father John Robert Dixon and Wiremu Potatutau Ruru (21 June 2007). Rodney Pitt is identified on NZHistory website htt...

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Format

Image

Date created

[ca 23 Dec 1944]

Creator

Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23142025

Locations

Italy

Related subjects

Dixon, Robert John, 1924-1990 / New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF. Battalion, 28th / Ruru, William Potatutau, 1921-1985 / Armies / Commissariat / Huahua / Māori (New Zealand people) / Food / Sooty shearwater / World War, 1939-1945 / Military personnel, New Zealand / Italy

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