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27 October
27 October
1943
First opposed New Zealand landing since Gallipoli
New Zealanders of 8 Brigade, 3 New Zealand Division, helped their American allies clear Mono Island in the Solomons of its Japanese defenders. Forty lost their lives in weeks of fierce fighting.
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