Western Desert Force
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- 242 — Memorandum from Headquarters, New Zealand Division, to Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt — DETACHMENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND DIVISION
- 245 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 247 — Memorandum from Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt, to Headquarters, New Zealand Division — NEW ZEALAND DIVISION—TRAINING
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- To Greece
Image Gallery
.jpg "New Zealand signalmen, Western Desert Force Signals, Sollum, Christmas Eve 1940")
.jpg "Underground exchange at Western Desert Force Headquarters—F. L. W. Stubbs testing and J. W. Bateman on telephone")
.jpg "Western Desert Force Signals' camp at Baggush, 1940")
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For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC collections are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for Western Desert Force as: "Western Desert Force". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Western Desert Force":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
