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Frontispiece |
General Freyberg inspects 23 Battalion, July 1941 |
D. F. Leckie collection |
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Following
page 150 |
Second Echelon units at
Burnham Camp give the General Salute |
Green and Hahn,
Christchurch |
Entraining at
Burnham for overseas, 1 May 1940 |
T. Graham collection |
On the wharf at
Lyttelton |
Green and Hahn |
Boxing match on the
Andes |
T. Graham collection |
The
Andes at
Gourock, June 1940 |
N. M. Gleeson |
King George VI visits 23 Battalion at
Mytchett, 6 July 1940 |
T. Graham collection |
Mr Churchill inspects the
Second Echelon, 4 September 1940 |
NZ Army |
The
Cameronia arrives at
Piraeus, March 1941 |
D. F. Leckie collection |
23 Battalion men march past the
Acropolis to entrain for
Katerini |
D. F. Leckie collection |
Warrant officers and sergeants travel first class |
R. D. Minson collection |
Bren carriers and crews on ‘flatties’ |
D. F. Leckie collection |
The oldest and youngest members of the battalion—Les Wilson and Jim Lydiate—at
Katerini |
A. Ross collection |
View from A Company headquarters tent in the
Olympus Pass |
D. F. Leckie collection |
German paratroops drop over
Maleme, 20 May 1941 |
E. K. S. Rowe |
Galatas, a photograph taken before the battle |
D. F. Leckie collection
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Following
page 216 |
Sgt A. C. Hulme, VC |
NZ Army |
Pte A. Freeman and L-Sgt C. McIntosh, who escaped from
Crete by barge |
NZ Army |
D Company lunch queue,
Kaponga Box, September 1941 |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
The battalion in desert formation on the move into
Libya, 14 November 1941 |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
A Company bayonet charge at
Capuzzo, 27 November 1941 |
D. P. McGovern |
Fort Capuzzo, looking towards
Musaid and
Sollum |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
Captains Ted Richards and Dick Connolly |
A. J. H. Jeavons collection |
‘The parcels which saved our bacon.’ At Fort Capuzzo, 8 December 1941 |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
At Gazala: some 11 Platoon men play cards before the battle |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
After the battle: B Company plays HQ Company at rugby |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
Christmas dinner at
El Adem |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
Peter Norris and Herbie Black at
El Adem, March 1942 |
D. F. Leckie collection |
23 Battalion officers at
Maadi, April 1942 |
D. F. Leckie collection |
Sergeants' mess,
Maadi, April 1942 |
D. F. Leckie collection |
C Company men and Turkish guards meet on the Turkish-Syrian border |
R. Wilson collection |
In the Alamein Line, August 1942 |
H. K. Kippenberger collection |
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Following
page 282 |
10 Platoon men wait for transport behind the front line, September 1942 |
R. W. S. Stone collection |
5 Brigade begins the long journey westwards after the breakthrough at
Alamein, 4 November 1942 |
H. K. Kippenberger collection
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C Company cooks serve Christmas dinner at
Nofilia, December 1942 |
R. Wilson collection |
Another C Company meal as men wait to enter
Tripoli |
R. Wilson collection |
Takrouna from the start line |
J. C. White |
5 Brigade sector,
Takrouna 8 Platoon before
Takrouna |
R. D. Minson collection |
L-Cpl P. M. Kerr, Pte B. O'Hagan and Sgt C. F. Rose, Bren-carrier platoon, at
Takrouna |
P. M. Kerr collection |
The battalion's cricket team,
Maadi, 1943 |
D. Milne collection |
Fred Marett leads the field in the mile at the battalion sports, August 1943 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
C and D Company men on the wharf at
Alexandria prior to embarking for
Italy |
J. C. Rogers collection |
Looking west from
Castelfrentano towards
Orsogna |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The approach to
Cassino |
F. H. Williams collection |
14 Platoon after
Cassino |
R. Wilson collection |
12 Platoon comes out of the line at
Terelle, May 1944 |
D. M. Leckie collection |
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Following
page 414 |
General McCreery decorates Pte W. E. Green with the BEM |
D. M. Leckie collection |
Outside the battalion RAP,
San Donato, July 1944 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
16 Platoon, on a 19 Regiment tank, enters
Florence |
W. H.
Stirling collection |
Mr Churchill drives past 23 Battalion |
D. M. Leckie collection |
Platoon
casa,
Faenza |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
‘Brewing up’,
Faenza |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Looking towards the
Senio |
D. M. Leckie collection |
‘Chinese attack’ |
NZ Army |
Bren-gun post, January 1945 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)
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Spring on the
Senio, 8 April 1945 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
By ferry across the Po |
D. M. Leckie collection |
By pontoon bridge over the
Adige |
D. M. Leckie collection |
B Company baby show,
Trieste |
A. Revie collection |
23 Battalion convoy halts in the Fabriano Gorge |
A. Revie collection |
Lt-Col A. S. Falconer |
NZ Army |
Lt-Col D. F. Leckie |
D. F. Leckie collection |
Lt-Col C. N. Watson |
NZ Army |
Lt-Col R. E. Romans |
NZ Army |
Lt-Col E. A. McPhail |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Lt-Col W. B. Thomas |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |