 In April 1945 the battalion returned to the front line to take part in the final stages of the war . On 1 April the battalion entered the line near Granarolo along with the rest of the 5th Infantry Brigade and for the next month they were involved in five main battles along the Senio , Santerno , Sillaro , Gaiana and Idice rivers as the Allies pursued the Germans back towards Trieste . It was in Trieste that the Māori Battalion 's war came to an end . Their involvement in the final stages of the fighting in Italy had cost them 25 killed and 117 wounded , while losses for the entire Italian campaign were 230 men killed , and 887 wounded . 
