Member of Maori Battalion NZEF rugby team which won the NZ Divisional Rugby championship in Tripoli in 1943. From Rotorua. Information transcribed from back of file print of negative DA-02908. Serial No. 25858
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Hapi, Albert, 1923-2001
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Group portrait of a 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force rugby team, Tripoli
Date: 2 March 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010
Reference: DA-02908-F
Description: Group portrait of a New Zealand Expeditionary Force rugby team in Tripoli, 2 March 1943. The team won the New Zealand Divisional Rugby Championship by defeating the "Div. Sig's" in the final at Tipoli. From left to right, back row: Captain Taiapa (coach), Lieutenant J Smith, Private W Te Purei, Private Aratema, Private Henderson, Sergeant Tait Taite, Lieutenant Wordley and Private Kingi (Coach). Front row: Sergeant Takarangi, Private Hapi, Private Tumataroa, Private Rautahi, Private Hohepa, Private Hakaraia and Sergeant Matenga. Taken by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).