Ngarimu Te Tohu Toa Author : Andrew Burdan

Product Details: ISBN: 9781775500087 Format: Paperback Pages: 40 Dimensions: 297mm x 210mm Pub Date: 15-6-2012 Pub Country: New Zealand Condition: NEW ITEM

Product Description: This graphic novel is the story of how Second Lieutenant Te Moana-nuia-Kiwa Ngarimu of 28 Maori Battalion won the VC during World War Two. On 26 March 1943, two weeks before his 24th birthday, Ngarimu led an attack on Point 209, a vital hill at Tebaga Gap in Tunisia. Under intense mortar and machine gun-fire, he led the assault up the hill, personally destroying two German machine-gun posts on a crest of the hill. Despite being wounded twice during the night, he and his men defended their position from several counter-attacks. The following morning during a particularly strong counter-attack, Ngarimu was killed. Later the same day, the Germans still on Point 209 surrendered.

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