The extraordinary feat of arms displayed at Takrouna, Tunisia on the night of 19–20 April 1943 by Sgt Haane Mānahi and his section of B Company 28 (Māori) Battalion is finally brought to the big screen. #Maumahara #AkeAkeAke #Māori #WW2 #film #history youtu.be/IlHjW9KYSUQ?...

Sergeant Samuel Forsyth, VC, painted by Richard Wallwork in 1920. Reference: AAAC 898 NCWA 458 National Collection of War Art, Archives New Zealand

On this day in 1918 4/400 Sgt Samuel Forsyth NZ Engineers destroyed enemy machine-gun posts during an attack on the French town of Grévillers before being killed in action later that day. He was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. #Maumahara #Remember #Grévillers #Somme