Petrol Dump in the
Western Desert, 1940 |
NZ Army
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Frontispiece
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Following page
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Trentham Camp, 1939 |
J. J. Hunter collection
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Petrol Company lines ready for inspection |
J. J. Hunter collection
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March past,
Trentham Camp, October 1939 |
J. J. Hunter collection
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D (Workshops) Section,
Trentham, December 1939 |
W. B. Ross collection
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Petrol Company about to embark on the
Orion at
Wellington |
Evening Post,
Wellington
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Workshops Section with the Vauxhall chassis which was used for lectures en route to the
Middle East |
W. B. Ross collection
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The first mail arrives at
Maadi Camp |
F. W. Howell
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Lionel Stubbs, Jerry Lyon and L. H. Lawton at
Qasaba |
G. W. Lyon collection
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Jack Plumtree, an English soldier and Ivan McCullum meet the Queen (now Queen Mother) at the Union Jack Club,
London |
J. S. Plumtree collection
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In Greece: a motor transport convoy on the road between
Elevtherokhorion and
Dholikhi |
J. M. Twhigg collection
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New Zealand provost on point duty,
Olympus Pass |
T. A. Goodall
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Bill Ross, ‘Snowy’ Guy and ‘Hurricane’ Harrison near
Elasson |
W. B. Ross
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Marathon Beach |
A. S. Frame
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A German troop-carrier from which parachutists were dropped over the prison in
Crete |
W. B. Ross
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At Galatas, 20 May 1941 |
W. B. Ross
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The Gaol, looking towards
Galatas |
—from a German publication,
Kreta—Sieg Der Kühnsten |
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‘The Galatas Heights’ from the
Alikianou-
Canea road, looking north-east |
E. A. Vedova
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Civilian prisoners were used by the Germans to bring up supplies |
—from a German publication,
Kreta—Sieg Der Kühnsten |
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Divisional Petrol Company at
Helwan after evacuating
Crete |
J. S, Plumtree
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Crown and Anchor cloth, embroidered and autographed at Stalag VIIIB by all the Petrol Company prisoners of war taken in
Crete |
Lee Hill
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Company area at
Helwan |
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The 5th Reinforcements arrive at Port Tewfik |
NZ Army
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Workshops Section—blacksmiths' shop,
Helwan, 1941 |
W. B. Ross collection
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Coming through the ‘Corridor’, 1 December 1941 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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C Section men in
Tobruk, 2 December 1941 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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Cookhouse at
Fuka, Christmas Day, 1941 |
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General Freyberg's caravan made by 13 Section, Workshops |
W. B. Ross
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‘Hori’ Perston breaks away in a rugby match at
Fayid, February 1942 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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66
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Petrol Company on the way to
Syria, March 1942 |
W. A. G. Waskbourn
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66
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Workshops' cook truck stuck fast in soft sand in the
Sinai Desert |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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66
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The upper reaches of the
Orontes River |
G. W. Lyon
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66
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Water seller |
G. W. Lyon
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66
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Dinner-time in
Syria |
W. B. Ross collection
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134
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Pulling out from
Asluj, June 1942 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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134
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Petrol Company group in the
Western Desert |
W. B. Ross collection
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134
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Workshops detachment at
Amiriya |
W. B. Ross collection
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134
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Mick Hall, George Ellison, Don Craig, Doug Meurk and —Hutchison |
R. D. Janes
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Don Craig and Laurie Butters bedded down beside their truck |
R. D. Janes
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Loading supplies |
W. B. Ross collection
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134
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Mud at
Sidi Haneish, November 1942 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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134
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Indians unload petrol from a lighter at
Bardia |
G. W. Lyon
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166
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Tobruk, December 1942 |
G. W. Lyon
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166
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Convoy arrives at
Saunnu, December 1942 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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166
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Padre Holland conducts a church service at
Nofilia on Christmas Day, 1942 |
C. A. Churchill
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166
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14 Section outside
Tripoli, March 1943 |
NZ Army (H. Paton)
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166
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On the edge of the Sahara |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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166
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Maurie Smylie produces a batch of scones, April 1943 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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166
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‘500’. A game under the olive trees in
Tunisia |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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266
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Marble Arch. Petrol Company convoy on the way back to Egypt |
G. W. Lyon collection
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266
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‘Jerricans by the acre’—a petrol dump in Southern Italy, November 1943 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)
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266
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17 Section at
Archi, November 1943 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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266
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Montefalcone
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W. A. G. Washbourn
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266
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A bridge near
Gissi |
M. A. Knyvett collection
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266
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Trucks wait to cross the low-level Bailey bridge over the
Sangro, December 1943 |
M. A. Knyrett collection
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266
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Bert Davis and Dick Davies, I Platoon, in the
Atessa area |
M. A. Knyvett collection
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266
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After a heavy snowfall in the
Sangro area, January 1944 |
M. A. Knyvett collection
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266
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ASC personnel march past
General Freyberg, January 1944 |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)
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282
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3 Platoon dispersed off Route 6 near
Mignano |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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282
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Hove Dump
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NZ Army (G. R. Bull)
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282
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Petrol point at
Alvito, June 1944 |
W. A. G. Washbourn
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282
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Ancona
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M. A. Knyvett collection
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282
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Petrol Company vehicles in
Forli |
M. A. Knyvett collection
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282
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Crossing the
Po River, April 1945 |
H. W. Barnett
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282
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Maj A. C. Dickson |
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282
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Majors G. G. Good and G. S. Forbes |
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282
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Brigadier S. H. Crump |
NZ Army (G. R. Bull)
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282
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Maj W. A. G. Washbourn |
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282
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Maj H. W. Barnett |
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282
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