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Brigader George Dittmer, CBE, DSO, MC, m.i.d.; Notable New Zealand Military Commander first commander of the famous Maori Battalion Born Maharahara, Hawkes Bay NZ, 4th June 1893; Regular soldier; Died 11th August.1979 Auckland Regiment 1914–19 (Officer Commanding 1 NZ Entrenching Bn); Commanding Officer 28 (Maori) Battalion November 1939-February 1942; wounded 23 November 1941; Commander 1 Infantry Brigade Group (in NZ) Apr 1942-Aug 1943; 1 Div, Aug 1942-Jan 1943; Fiji Military Forces and Fiji Infantry Brigade Group, September 1943-November 1945; Camp Commandant, Papakura Military Camp, 1946 A street in this suburb of Auckland City = is named after him as are streets in Wellington and Palmerston North ; Commandant, Central Military District, 1946–48

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