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Sadly, three of the four men identifiable in this photo were killed in action in the following two years, and they lie buried under the North African sand on which they so splendidly performed. Only one came home, the man in the foreground.
They are (left to right): John Manuel, Maaka ‘Bill’ White, Te Kooti ‘Scotty’ Reihana and Rangi Henderson.
John Manuel died on 15 December, 1941, at the attack on Point 152, Libya, when he was killed by artillery fire.
Bill White, of Hicks Bay, died on 23 November 1941 when he was shot during the approach to Sollum Barracks, Egypt. Scotty Reihana, of Rangitukia, East Coast, was wounded in action but survived the war and died in 1973. Rangi Henderson was killed by machine gun fire on 26 March 1943 in fighting at Tebaga Gap, Tunisia.
Τότε, που η παραφροσύνη, στέρησε την ζωή, και όχι μόνον την ζωή με την έννοια ζώ / αναπνέω, αλλά με την έννοια της χαράς - εργασίας - οικογένειας - θαλπωρής - δημιουργίας, από εκατομμύρια ανθρώπους.
Να τα βλέπουμε εμείς, σαν μαθήματα, πόσο κακό κάνει ένας πόλεμος, και γιατί πρέπει να αποφεύγεται.
