 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 <unk> 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 . 
