Kua hinga te totara i Te Waonui-a-Tane.
Moe mai rā, e te rangatira.
"The last surviving member of the Māori Battalion has died.
Sir Robert Gillies, known universally as Bom (Koro Bombom to his mokopuna) passed away on Thursday November 7 in Rotorua. He was 99.
In recent years, Sir Bom strongly advocated an anti-war stance, describing in various interviews the futility of war."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360478700/last-surviving-maori-battalion-member-dies
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