Not content with having balked the New Zealand advance, Gen. Guido Boselli of the Bersaglieri d’Africa Division ordered an attack on ANZAC Day to re-capture Point 141, what the Italians called the crest of the Djebel el Srafi. With strong artillery support provided by their own formation and German batteries, the few remaining Young Fascists engaged the Kiwis with fixed bayonets.

Intense fighting raged all around the hilltop, and it soon became hand-to-hand with neither side willing to give up the otherwise worthless piece of ground. Young Fascist Private Stefano David had been wounded and captured by the New Zealanders, who prodded him forward at bayonet point to mislead the defenders. When Italian soldiers left their dugouts to help him, he shouted, “Second Company, fire! These are enemies!” Machine-gun fire killed David and at least a dozen of his captors, earning him Italy’s highest award for military bravery. The New Zealanders handed over their positions to British troops soon afterwards; the Italian division would hold Point 141 until the Axis surrender on 13 May, and it would be the last point where resistance ceased in Tunisia.