NEW COMMANDER
THE MAORI BATTALION
(0.C.) WELLINGTON, this day. Appointed to command the Maori Battalion with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Temporary Lieutenant : Colonel F. Baker succeeds the late Lieutenant-Colonel E. T. W. Love, who was the commander of the battalion after Brigadier (then Lieutenant - Colonel) G. Dittmer D.5.0., M.B.E.
Prior to his going overseas with the Maori Battalion. LieutenantColonel Baker held a commission in the Waikato Mounted Rifles. He joined the Maori Battalion as a lieutenant and was promoted to captain in 1941. For distinguished service in the Middle East he was mentioned in dispatches, and he was subsequently promoted to the rank of major.
The battalion's second-in-com-mand. Major I. A. Hart, is a member of the legal firm of Daniel! and Hart. Masterton. Major Hart was a Wellington and Wairarapa Rugbv representative player.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 241, 12 October 1942, Page 4
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