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- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- Foreword
- List of Maps and Diagrams
- CHAPTER 3 — Egypt
- CHAPTER 4 — The Western Desert
- CHAPTER 5 — Baggush Box
- CHAPTER 8 — Campaign in Greece
- CHAPTER 9 — Reorganisation on Crete
- CHAPTER 11 — Back to Egypt
- CHAPTER 12 — The Division in the Desert
- CHAPTER 13 — Baggush to Syria
- CHAPTER 14 — Back to the Western Desert
- CHAPTER 15 — Infantry Into Armour
- CHAPTER 16 — Egypt to Italy
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Alam Halfa and Alamein
- Bardia to Enfidaville
- Battle for Egypt
- Chaplains
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps and Diagrams
- CHAPTER 4 — Concentration of the Division
- CHAPTER 8 — Return to Egypt
- CHAPTER 9 — The Cyrenaican Offensive
- CHAPTER 10 — Syria
- CHAPTER 11 — Minqar Qaim
- CHAPTER 12 — A Hard Summer
- CHAPTER 16 — Final Campaign in Africa
- CHAPTER 18 — The Struggle for Cassino
- [section]
- HEADQUARTERS 13 CORPS — SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY BY COMMANDER 13 CORPS
- Index
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Index
- 89 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington)
- 90 — The Minister of Defence to General Freyberg (London)
- 91 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 93 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 96 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 97 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence [Extract]
- 99 — Note for the New Zealand Division from General Wavell
- 222 — General Freyberg (London) to the Prime Minister
- 237 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 240 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 242 — Memorandum from Headquarters, New Zealand Division, to Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt — DETACHMENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND DIVISION
- 243 — Memorandum from Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt, to Headquarters, New Zealand Division — DETACHMENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND DIVISION
- 244 — Memorandum from Headquarters, New Zealand Division, to Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt — DETACHMENTS FROM NEW ZEALAND DIVISION
- 247 — Memorandum from Headquarters, British Troops in Egypt, to Headquarters, New Zealand Division — NEW ZEALAND DIVISION—TRAINING
- 251 — The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs to the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom (Wellington)
- 263 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 320 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo) to the High Commissioner for New Zealand (London)
- 323 — Letter from General Headquarters, Middle East, to General Freyberg
- 392 — General Wavell to General Freyberg
- The Importance of the Weather and Climate
- Desert now not an Impassable Obstacle
- Modern Armies require Machines, not Men, to Counter them
- Immediate Defence of Egypt
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Index
- 7 — General Wavell, General Headquarters, Middle East, to General Freyberg
- Crete
- 50 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 66 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 95 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 98 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 100 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 102 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 121 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 123 — The Prime Minister of New Zealand to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 131 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence — [Extract]
- 132 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 133 — The Prime Minister to General Freyberg — [Extract]
- 134 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 135 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 136 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 142 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 143 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 144 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 147 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 150 — The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 153 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence [Extract]
- 158 — General Froyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 163 — Letter from General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 167 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 171 — The Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, to the Chief of the General Staff (Wellington)
- 230 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 382 — General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Italy Volume II : From Cassino to Trieste
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- FOREWORD
- INDEX
- 4 Field Ambulance Moves to Western Desert
- Wavell's Offensive Begins
- Maadi Becomes Base Camp
- 2 General Hospital Arrives
- 4 Field Ambulance Dressing Stations
- [section]
- The Field Ambulances
- [section]
- Life in the Desert
- Desert Hospital at Gerawla
- 2 General Hospital at Gerawla
- Christmas in Hospital
- Return to the Desert
- 1 General Hospital Hard-pressed
- Voyage Across the Mediterranean
- Disbandment
- 4 Field Ambulance
- 2 General Hospital
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 7 — The Crusader Campaign
- CHAPTER 9 — The Western Desert Railway
- CHAPTER 18 — Cassino
- CHAPTER 22 — To the Senio
- [section]
- [section]
- Divisional Engineer Units
- 18 Army Troops Company
- Railway Units
- SURVEY AND RAILWAY OPERATING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES
- 18 Army Troops Company
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- [section]
- [section]
- Railway Construction and Maintenance Group
- 18 Army Troops Company
- 21 Mechanical Equipment Company
- The Army Troops Companies
- [section]
- [section]
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
- Contents
- CHAPTER 1 — Prelude to War
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations over Many Fronts
- CHAPTER 3 — Western Desert—The Second Year
- CHAPTER 4 — Western Desert—The Third Year
- CHAPTER 5 — Algeria and Tunisia
- CHAPTER 8 — Italy
- Appendix I — PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND — MEDITERRANEAN CAMPAIGNS 1940–45
- Bibliography
- Index
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Index
- Appreciation of Hospital Requirements Overseas
- Defence of Egypt
- Field Ambulance Equipment and Training
- Food
- Developments at Base—Changes in Administration
- NZ Base Hygiene Section
- 2 NZ General Hospital, Helwan
- New Zealand Medical Stores Depot
- Division at Helwan Camp
- Climate
- Health of the Troops
- Venereal Diseases
- Medical Units
- Final Embarkation
- General Health
- 3 NZ General Hospital, Helmieh
- Re-equipment
- Divisional Units in Canal Zone
- Maadi Camp Hospital
- 1 NZ General Hospital Takes Over Helwan Hospital
- Provision of Mobile Surgical Unit
- [section]
- Medical Arrangements at Baggush
- 2 NZ General Hospital at Garawla
- Detachment 3 NZ General Hospital, Alexandria
- Work of NZ units at Alexandria and Garawla
- 5 Field Ambulance Returns to Western Desert
- Formation of Casualty Clearing Station
- Infectious Diseases
- Enemy Attacks in Western Desert
- The Division Returns to the Desert
- Arrangements for Medical Units
- Medical Arrangements
- Work at Base Hospitals
- 2 NZ Field Transfusion Unit
- Return of Brigadier MacCormick
- General Situation, December 1942
- [section]
- Staffing of New Zealand Medical Corps
- Medical Arrangements for Sangro Crossing
- Medical Layout
- Petrol Company
- Political and External Affairs
- Prisoners of War
- Problems of 2 NZEF
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER 2 — The First Year Overseas
- CHAPTER 3 — The First Three Campaigns
- CHAPTER 4 — Defeat and Victory
- CHAPTER 12 — Field and Base
- Appendix V — 2 NZEF — Casualty Statement—All Campaigns — Figures as at 2 Jun 45
- Index
- [section]
- DISCIPLINE
- THE MARGINALLY UNFIT
- [section]
- JOINING INSTRUCTIONS
- Sport 8: Autumn 1992
- Supply Company
- The Home Front Volume I
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- List of Illustrations
- War Diary ADDS, 25 March 1940:
- Reallocation of Personnel
- War Diary ADDS, 8 March 1941:
- Rebuilding the New Zealand Dental Corps in the Middle East
- [section]
- War Diary ADDS, 30 December 1941:
- Extract from a Survey of Dental Services within the NZ Division by Major Middlemass
- No. 2 Mobile Dental Unit is Formed
- [section]
- Preparations for the Italian Campaign and Scheme WAKATIPU
- CHAPTER 31 — Maxillo-Facial Injuries
- The Relief of Tobruk
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- CHAPTER 2 — The Second Echelon
- CHAPTER 3 — Third Echelon joins the First
- CHAPTER 4 — The First Libyan Campaign, 1940–41
- CHAPTER 5 — Assembly and Training of the New Zealand Division
- Suggestion that New Zealand Troops be Sent to Crete
- The New Zealanders and Australians Continue to Prepare Their Positions
- 11 April: Fighting in the Klidhi Pass Area
- General Wavell visits Greece, 11–13 April
- The Decision to Evacuate
- New Zealand Units in the Desert
- The Importance of the Campaign
- Part I. GREECE
- Part II. CRETE
- OFFICIAL
- War Surgery and Medicine
- Foreword
- FORWARD SURGERY: CLINICAL FEATURES — Treatment of Wounded in the Field
- PROBLEMS OF SHOCK FROM THE CLINICAL ASPECT
- EVACUATION FROM THE FORWARD OPERATING CENTRES
- RESULTS OF TREATMENT
- CHAPTER 23 — Health of Maoris in 2 NZEF
- Index
- SECOND WORLD WAR
- [section]
- [section]
- New Zealand VD Treatment Centres
- GENERAL OUTLINE OF TREATMENT
- Desert Sores
- External Factors
- Conservancy
- Water Supplies


