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Promotions and changes of command during the period covered by the author's narrative have, in the majority of instances, precluded the indication of military rank in the Index.

Abbott, Brian (Bunny), 101, 102, 233, 343, 351, 352.
Acre, 124.
Adams, Ron, 143.
Afrika Korps, 136, 250, 251, 274.
Afrine, 117.
Agar, R. E., 79, 87, 100, 107.
— —, 149.
Agedabia, 249.
Agheila, 114.
— line, 246-59.
— marshes, 246.
Agia Reservoir, 51, 57.
Agio Goannino, 59.
Aitken, J. D., 17.
Ajax, H.M.S., 46.
Alamein, 138-55, 221-37.
— line, 136.
Alam Halfa, 205.
— Nayil, 141, 219.
— — Ridge, 156, 196, 205, 208, 214.
Aleppo, 116-19, 121, 123.
Alexander, Field-Marshal Viscount, of Tunis, 267.
Alexandria, 15, 16, 77, 106, 112.
Aliakmon, 18, 20, 22.
Alife, 348.
Alikianou, 51.
Alinda, 205.
Allen, Sam, 113, 127, 129, 137, 139, 142, 144, 146, 150, 153, 164, 171, 172, 176, 357.
Allison, J. S., 96-8.
American 34th Division, 351.
Amiriya, 14, 77, 78, 125, 127, 134, 138.
Andrew, Les, 113.
Andrews, G. R., 65.
Apennines, 322.
Arawa Maori Company, 202, 218.
Arielli, 342.
Arnold, — (Medical Orderly 20 Bn.), 100.
Askipho, 71.
Atessa, 325.
Athens, 42.
Attica, 43.
Auchinleck, General Sir Claude, 139. 195.
Auchinleck's offensive, 81.
Auckland Battalion, see Eighteenth New Zealand Battalion.
‘August’ Battery, 138, 156.
Awatere, Peta, 213, 285, 331.
Ayto, W., 17, 43.
Azizia, 262.

Baalbek, 116, 117, 122, 123.
‘Bacon’, Operation, 160, 163.
Bagush, 6, 15, 79, 106, 107, 159, 241, 242.
— Box, 14.
Bailey, Arthur, 309.
Bain, J., 17.
Baker, —, 96, 97, 100, 101.
— F., 178, 201-3, 213, 214, 236.
Bardia, 14, 87, 90.
Bassett, Brian, 49, 54, 60, 64, 65, 76, 100, 107, 137, 146.
‘Battle-axe’, Operation, 79.
Beale, Harry, 12, 107.
Bedding, G., 21, 23, 48.
Beersheba, 116, 124.
Beirut, 116.
Belhamed, 93-111, 115, 249.
Ben Gardane, 277.
Benghazi, 108.
Beni Ulid, 261.
Bennett, Charlie, 214, 236, 248, 257, 263, 264, 270, 273, 274, 286, 287, 289, 304, 315.
Bianchi, 265.
Bir Chleta, 90, 91, 121.
Bir Ez Zemla, 87.
— Hacheim, 115, 249.
— Khalda, 127, 128, 132.
Bizerta, 319.
Black, Herbie, 152, 315.
— Watch Regiment, 78, 234.
Blackburn, A., 12, 48, 69.
Bliss, H. C., 64.

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Blundell, Denis, 247, 270, 284, 288, 316, 322, 333, 336, 351.
Bolwell, E. W., 107.
Bosphorus, 120.
Boyle, Paddy, 85, 92, 95, 101, 102, 104, 106.
Bramwell, Jack, 195, 233.
Breconshire, L.S., 16.
Brennan, Pat, 335.
British and American systems of command compared, 349-50.
British Armoured Brigade, 41.
Brown, G. A., 17.
Burg el Arab, 221.
Burnham, 1.
Burrows, Brigadier Jim, 2, 15, 16, 17, 24, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 58, 63, 69, 71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 134, 146, 149, 157, 170, 174, 210, 360; brings battalion to Ryakia, 18; with advance party through Olympus Pass, 20; with orders group at Lava, 26; reports to Brigade, 44-5; in command of 20 Bn., 46; takes command of 19, 20, and 28 (Maori) Bns., 74; promoted, 79; memorandum on V.C.s, 80; with reinforcements to Bagush, 107; takes over 4 Bde., 131; at Kaponga Box, 137; ordered to move back, 151; false report of death, 172; news of escape, 173; writes to K. from Maadi, 180; returns to 20 Bn., 192.
Butland, W. C., 226, 233.

Cairo, 13.
Cameron, Dave, 15, 17, 25, 37, 39, 44.
Campbell, Jock, 106, 195.
— Tom, 225, 231, 248.
Canae, 46, 47, 49, 52, 69.
Carnachan, A. G., 167.
Carson, W., 55, 56, 59, 60, 63, 67, 88, 193.
Caspian Sea, 120.
Cassino, 348-60.
Castel Benito, 265.
Castelfrentano, 322, 325, 326, 329, 332, 338.
Castle Gap, 21, 22, 25.
Catley, Tom, 240.
Cave, 4.
Cemetery hill, 51, 56, 58.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Neville, 1.
Charing Cross, 242.
Charrington, S. H., 41.
Chess, 192-3, 194, 284, 298, 334, 349.
Chesterman, Dick, 81, 85, 107, 112, 117, 121, 124, 146.
Chieti, 326.
Christchurch, 5.
Chrystal, Jerry, 290-3.
— Drift, 249.
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Winston, 266.
Citadel, 10.
Clark, —, 177.
Clifton, George, 116, 117, 125, 127, 149, 173, 174, 178, 183, 184, 188 190, 210, 217.
Colombo, 8.
Connolly, Dick, 67, 257, 315, 348.
Coop, Max, 230.
Cooper, Albert, 149.
Co-ordination of armour and infantry, 157, 159, 180-1, 275; and artillery, 216, 222, 284.
Copeland, A. D., 96.
Corbett, Lt.-Gen. T. W., 139.
Corinth, 40.
— Canal, 38.
Costello, Paddy, 140, 317, 332.
Cox, Fred, 321.
Crete, 46-78.
Crump, Stan, 357.
‘Crusader’, Operation, 81.
Currie, John, 221, 227, 233, 261, 317, 318.
Curtis, D., 17.

Daba, 151.
Danvers, A. A., 147.
Daratsos, 65, 69, 70.
Dasler, —, 148, 170, 171.
Davis, Frank, 2, 3, 9, 10, 73, 76.
Dawson, Teddy, 12, 17, 24, 28, 35, 36, 112, 114, 117, 120, 132.
Deans, A. A., 37.
Deir Alinda, 152.
— el Qatani, 150.
— el Shein Box, 138, 141, 142.
Deis es Zor, 119.
Dempsey, General Sir Miles C., 267, 268, 338, 339, 342.
Denvir, J., 45.
Desert Air Force, 126.
Dimoline, Brigadier H. K., 353, 360.
Dittmer, Brigadier George, 69, 102, 218.
Divisional Petrol Company, 51, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61.
— Signals, 7.
Domokos, 35.
Donaldson, R., 269, 290, 320.
Dornwell, F. E., 2.

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Dugleby, L. W., 121, 149, 209, 211, 247.
Dunera, T.S., 7-9.
Durham Light Infantry, 218.

Eden, Rt. Hon. Anthony, 9.
Egypt, plans for evacuation of, 139f.; enemy onrush stopped, 160.
18 Armoured Regiment, 334, 336, 337.
Eighteenth New Zealand Battalion, 10, 26, 187; formerly Auckland Bn., 5; march from Fremantle to Perth, 8; lands in Greece, 16; on Aliakmon line, 18; south of Servia, 21; withdrawal to Thermopylae, 26-7; last days in Greece, 38, 43; losses, 47; operations in Crete, 61-3, 65, 66, 70; evacuation, 74; in Libya, 82, 88, 93-5, 97, 98; withdraws into Tobruk, 108; at Minqar Qaim, 128; at Ruweisat, 168, 172, 174, 178; El Mreir, 183; in the New Zealand Box, 191.
8 Armoured Brigade, 274, 276, 282, 295, 297, 299.
Eighth Army, 81, 114, 125, 126, 138, 139, 157, 180, 191, 274.
— Greek Battalion, 49-51.
8 Indian Division, 324, 325.
El Adem, 114, 249.
Elassona, 31.
El Djem, 298.
Eleusis, 41.
11th Hussars, 264, 298, 318.
Elliott, Keith, 175.
— Kennedy, 360.
El Mreir, 141-3, 178-90, 194, 200.
— Saff, 11, 12.
Enfidaville, 299-302, 319.
Ensor, James, 112, 120.
Erickson, C. H., 179.
Escape by K. from enemy hands after Belhamed, 105 ff.
Euphrates, 122.

Fairbrother, Monty, 133, 147, 148, 152, 193, 194, 201, 210, 250, 265. As Brigade Major, 120-1; at Baalbek, 123-4; to Matruh, 125; orders transport to Amiriya, 134; to Kaponga Box, 136; reports Gray's death, 146; Ruweisat, 164-6, 168; El Mreir, 184, 186, 187; Munassib, 211, 214, 215, 219, 220; Alamein, 230, 235; the pursuit from Alamein, 238, 239, 243, 244; Nofilia, 252, 253, 256; Medenine, 270, 273; Mareth, 287, 290; Tunisia, 300, 303, 305, 310-12, 316; Italy: the Sangro, 322; Orsogna, 331, 336, 341.
Farran, Roy, 67.
Fenton, E. J., 179.
15 Panzer Division, 170, 174, 184, 222, 250, 298, 353.
Fifth Division [British], 333, 340, 342.
5 Indian Brigade, 160, 170, 171, 172, 173, 182, 183.
5 New Zealand Field Ambulance, 101, 117, 140, 253; Company, 117; Park, 295; Regiment, 49, 117, 128, 137, 141, 150, 253, 290.
5 New Zealand Infantry Brigade, 112-22, 139, 140, 141, 178, 191. In the Olympus Pass, 18, 20; Thermopylae line, 36, 37; Crete, 47, 60, 66, 70, 74; Libya, 85, 89, 90; Syria, 116, 121; across the desert, 124; near Alexandria, 125; Matruh, 126; Minqar Qaim, 128, 131, 132, 134; Kaponga Box, 136, 137; Alamein line, 145, 148, 151-3; Ruweisat, 157-60, 170, 172-4; El Mreir, 183, 186, 189; Munassib, 205, 207-9, 217; preparations for Alamein, 223, 225; the pursuit from Alamein, 238, 241, 242; at Menastir, 245; beyond Agheila, 250-2; Wadi Tamet, 260; advance to Tripoli, 261-2, 264; to Medenine, 270; Mareth, 277, 281, 282, 286, 290; to Gabes, 291; Tunisia, 295, 296; Takrouna, 302, 314; Garci, 317; Saouf, 318-20; Italy: the Sangro, 322; Orsogna, 334; Cassino, 349, 355.
50 Division, 125, 138, 294, 295, 297.
50 Indian Division, 276, 277, 280, 282.
50 Royal Tank Regiment, 208.
51 Division, 224, 234, 248, 261, 264, 270, 272, 294
56 Division, 319.
Findlay, C., 37.
First Armoured Division, 128, 150, 151, 160, 276, 282, 286.
— Composite Battalion, 49-51, 54-6, 59-61, 64, 66.
1 New Zealand Ammunition Company, 295.
1 Parachute Division (German), 353.
1 Royal Sussex Regiment, 356.
First South African Division, 81, 85, 125, 138, 224.
Fontegrande Spur, 339, 340, 342, 343.

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Forrester, Michael, 55, 59, 61.
Forty-fourth Division, 205, 206.
43 New Zealand Anti-Aircraft Battery, 140.
Foum Tatouine, 277.
Fountaine, Den, 17, 63-5, 79, 87, 88, 95, 100, 104, 107, 326, 343.
433 (German) Regiment, 286.
Fourth Indian Division, 14, 81, 85, 125, 159, 276, 294, 302, 317, 347, 352, 354, 356, 357.
4 Light Armoured Brigade, 238, 240, 241, 261, 317.
Fourth New Zealand Field Ambulance, 7, 82, 101; Regiment, 10, 91, 134, 141, 252, 295.
4 New Zealand Infantry Brigade, 112, 253; Aliakmon line, 18; Olympus Pass, 20; Thermopylae, 26; withdrawal from Greece, 35, 36, 41; Crete, 46, 47, 49, 61, 65, 74, 75; Libya, 79, 82, 85, 90-2, 93; Baalbek valley, 116; return to Libya, 123, 124, 126, 128; Minqar Qaim, 131, 132, 137; Alamein line, 141, 142, 145-7, 150, 151, 153; Ruweisat, 157, 160, 161, 165, 170-2, 174, 175; Italy: the Sangro, 326; Cassino, 355.
4 New Zealand M.G. Company, 140, 163, 185, 209.
Fowler, G., 8, 9, 10.
Fraser, G. M., 76, 78.
Free French Forces, 115, 276, 290.
Freemantle, 8.
Freyberg, Lt.-General Sir Bernard C., 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 42-4, 48, 90, 107, 113, 298, 301, 345-6, 348; in command of all forces in Crete, 46; holds parade of 6 N.Z. Bde. in Aleppo, 117; goes to Iraq, 120; to Cairo, 123; selects Minqar Qaim position, 127; wounded, 131; resumes command, 191-2, 195, 196; asks K. to put on a raid at El Mreir, 200; orders N.Z. Div. on leave after Munassib, 218; at Col. Russell's funeral, 219-20; his account of N.Z. Div. training, 221-2; preparations for attack on Miteiriya Ridge, 224; at opening of Alamein bombardment, 228; during the battle, 235; reports that enemy is cracking, 237; cables to N.Z. Govt., 238; after the battle, 239, 240, 241; discusses proposal that Div. should return to N.Z., 248; movements before Nofilia, 250, 252, 253; visits units after the battle, 259; during advance on Tripoli, 262-3, 264, 265; entertained in Tripoli, 265-6; comments on demonstration of technique of war, 268; approach to Mareth, 277; decision to attack, 279; the Mareth battle, 280 ff.; Gabes, 292; tells K. to take Garci, 299; upset by casualties at Takrouna, 310; leaves the N.Z. Div. and goes to 10 Corps, 316; views on Garci operation, 318; returns to Div. after German surrender in N. Africa, 320; approves withdrawal at Orsogna, 331; with Gen. Dempsey, 338; overrules K.'s decision at Fontegrande Ridge, 343; visits Cassino front, 347; at corps conference, 351; takes command of N.Z. Corps, 352; his plan at Cassino, 354; refuses ‘to have any soviet of divisional commanders', 356; sees K. before operation on latter's foot, 360.
Fuka, 136, 240, 241.
Fussell, Geoff, 49, 55.

Gabes, 276, 291, 292.
Galatos, 49, 50, 52, 55, 61, 63, 66, 69, 70.
Gambut, 89, 90, 114.
Garci, 299, 300, 302, 317.
Gari, River, 353, 357.
Garian, 261, 264.
Garmonsway, P., 175.
Garriock, A. I., 17.
Gazala, 115.
Gebel Bin, 302, 308, 310, 313.
— Cherachir, 304, 310, 312.
— Foukr, 304.
— Nefusa, 261, 262.
‘General Idea’ (Phase of War), 12.
Gentry, Brigadier Bill, 48, 61, 69, 92, 101, 134, 139, 149, 172, 184, 226, 252, 277, 332; goes to Iraq, 120; returns to Cairo, 123; reports Operation ‘Bacon’ off, 160; Alam Nayil Ridge, 196; reports 132 Brigade badly knocked at Munassib, 216; attends Col. Russell's funeral, 219; in command of 6 Brigade, 221, 250; runs into ambush near Bianchi, 265; congratulated by K. on brilliant action at Tebaga gap, 280; leaves for N.Z., 313.
Gerawla, 111.
German 105 Regiment, 195.
— 164 Division, 227, 276, 279, 288.

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Gezira, 13.
Gibb, —, 107.
Gilmour, W. L., 17, 21, 25, 39, 100, 108.
Glasgow, Keith, 137, 254, 270, 273.
Gloucester, H.R.H. Duke of, 120.
Good, G. G., 147.
Gott, General ‘Strafer’, 114, 127, 139, 140, 193, 195.
Gray, John, 11, 12, 26, 27, 48, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 77, 79, 112, 128, 134, 135, 146.
— J. R., 145.
Graziani, Marshal Rodolfo, 14, 126.
Greece, 16-45.
Greek Sacred Squadron, 276.
Green, Stan, 17, 29, 31, 68, 70, 99.
Gregorio, —, 49.
Greville, A. W., 188.
Grooby, H. L., 76, 80, 100, 108.
Guadiagrele, 326, 327.
Guthrey, G. R., 87.
Gutzewitz, W. R., 17.

Halfaya Pass, 243, 244.
Hamilton, — (Driver, 20 Bn. Crete), 37.
Hamma, 286, 290.
— Gap, 282.
Hansen, F., 149.
Hanson, Fred, 226, 356, 357.
Hanton, Sid, 163, 166, 167, 172.
Harding, Lt.-General Sir John, 180.
—, Ralf, takes command of 21 Bn., 178; K. watches proceedings at El Mreir from his H.Q., 185, 186; ‘A real Balaclava charge’, 188; Alamein, 225, 226, 233; attack on Halfaya Pass, 243, 244; Nofilia, 257; Medenine, 270; Mareth, 282, 283, 290; attack on Gebel Foukr and Gebel Cherachir, 303, 304, 307; wounded, 306; takes command of 5 Brigade, 316; attack on Saouf, 318, 319; Takrouna, 320.
——, 311.
Hargest, Brigadier James, 47, 48, 112.
Harper, R. N., 101, 104.
Hart, I. A., 236.
Hartnell, Sid, 172, 173, 352, 356, 360.
Harvey, Mark, 66.
Heasley, J. G., 17.
Heenan, M., 101, 103, 104.
Helmieh hospital, 112.
Helwan, 15, 78, 79, 106.
Henare, J. C., 319.
Henton, W. K., 186.
Highland Division, 266, 267, 270, 274, 292.
Highland Light Infantry, 9.
Hikurangi (see also Point, 209), 287.
Hill-Rennie, M. C., 88.
Hills which are numbered, see Point number.
Hinton, J. D., 45, 80.
Hirst, I. H., 311, 312, 315.
Hobbs, P., 320.
Hoggans, Duthie, 340.
Horrocks, Bob, 153, 323, 324.
— Lt.-Gen. Sir Brian, 196, 204, 282, 298, 303, 317.
Hughes, A. T., 211, 213, 214.
Husain Migalli, 11.
Hutchens, Dick, 72.
Idlib, 117.
Inglis, Brigadier Lindsay, 6, 107; takes over 4 Bde., 49; operations in Crete, 51, 61, 63, 64, 69, 70, 74, 75; in Libya, 88, 90; orders 18 and 20 Bns. to seize and hold Belhamed, 94; sends Quilter as Adjutant, 100; speaks of deficiencies of British armour, 120; takes over western sector with 4 Bde., 126; Minqar Qaim, 132, 134, 136, 241; goes to Cairo, 139; Alamein line, 149; Ruweisat, 158, 160, 169, 171, 172; El Mreir, 187, 189; returns to Maadi, 192, 195; Orsogna, 332.

Irving, F. C., 179.
Italian Bologna Division, 195.
— Folgore Division, 312.
— Motorized Division (Ariete), 101, 141, 142, 156, 222.
— Pistoia Division, 276.
— Trento Division, 227, 240.
— Young Fascists, 276, 319.

Jack, W. H., 8, 9, 10.
— D. McK., 104.
Jackson, B. G. S., 104.
Jacob, Major-General Sir Edward, 267.
Jaffa, 116.
Jefcoate, H. O., 17.
‘Jock’ column (see also ‘Monthly’ column), 81.
Jones, F., 316.
Juin, General Alphonse, 317, 348.
‘July’ Battery, 138, 156.
‘June’ Battery, 138, 156.

Kabrit, 15, 79.
Kairouan, 315.

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Kalamata, 45, 80.
Kaponga Box, 136, 137, 141, 142, 151.
Kasr-El-Nil barracks, 13.
Katerini, 18, 20.
Keiha, K. A., 212, 315.
Kellett, E. O., 274.
Kelly, F. P., 22.
Kelsall, D. V. C., 26-35.
Kenrick, H. S., 101.
Khalda, 137.
King, Rex, 67.
King's Dragoon Guards, 276, 277, 291, 293, 295.
Kintiss, 302.
Kirk, Dave, 76, 78.
— Ray, 2.
Kiwi Concert Party, 65, 221.
Knowles, Neville, 25, 100, 115.
Koenig, General Marie-Pierre, 115.
Kosimo Kastelli, 48.
Kozanni, 22.
Kriekoukis, 38, 39, 40.

La Hencha, 298.
Lake Agia, 60.
Lamia, 35, 36.
Lampson, Sir Miles, 9, 12.
Lanciano, 333.
Landoas, L. R., 11.
Larissa, 28, 34.
Lava, 21, 25-7.
Lawrence, George, 29, 291.
Lebanon, 116.
Leckie, ‘Gunner’, 109.
— D. F., 113, 128.
Leclerc, General Pierre E., 276, 277, 281.
Leese, Lt.-General Sir Oliver, 222, 271, 274, 292, 345.
Leptis Magna, 266.
Levy, Phil, 124.
Lewis, C. D., 67.
— M. H., 49.
Libya, 79 ff.
Lincoln, L. A., 129.
Liri valley, 355, 358.
Lochhead, G. L., 108, 109.
Logan, R. F., 257.
Lomas, A. L., 60.
Lovell, A. A., 104, 106.
Lumsden, Major-General O. M., 132, 169.
‘Lustre’, Operation, 16.
Lynch, Pat, 228.
— Ray, 21, 24, 65, 100, 168, 172.
Lyons, W. J., 28.
Lyttleton, 4.

Maadi, 9, 13, 80, 112, 115, 116, 125, 161, 179.
— Club, 10.
McConchie, P. A., 108, 110.
McDonagh, W. G., 55.
McDonald, C., 110.
MacDuff, Archie, 2, 17, 231.
Macedonia, 18.
McElroy, Harry, 177, 233, 258, 322, 324, 326, 334, 340, 341, 343, 352.
Mackay, J. G., 99, 100.
McKergow, J. W., 79, 333, 335, 336.
Macky, N. L., 47.
McLaren, F. B., 17, 43.
McLaughlan, D. K., 57.
McLean, —, 11.
McLean, G. C., 55-7, 59.
McLernon, C. R., 167.
McPhail, Brigadier Alan, 6, 17, 81, 117, 192; appointed Brigade Intelligence Officer, 112; visits Taqa plateau, 138; Alamein, 147, 148, 152; Ruweisat, 164, 168-71; El Mreir, 182, 184; Munassib, 211, 216; wounded, 297.
McQuilkin, J. P., 119.
Maleme, 47, 49, 51, 56, 57, 69, 113.
Maloney, Mike, 146.
Manahi, H., 308, 309, 312, 315.
Manchester, Ken, 8, 79, 87, 100.
Manson, C. M., 66.
Maori Battalion: Crete, 69, 74; Western Desert, 112; Minqar Qaim, 134; Ruweisat, 157, 173, 174; El Mreir, 178, 200-4; Munassib, 205, 209, 212, 213, 218; Alamein, 225, 234; Nofilia, 254, 257-8; Tripoli, 263; Medenine, 271, 273; Mareth, 282, 285, 287-9; Tunisia, 299-301; Takrouna, 303, 304, 307-9, 311, 314; Italy: the Sangro, 325; Orsogna, 329, 331, 334-6, 339-41, 343, 344; Cassino, 356, 357.
Maps, List of, xi.
Marble Arch, 250.
Marconi Hill, 322, 324.
Mareth, 276-93.
— line, 270, 276, 291.
Marett, Fred, 207, 332.
Mariu, Reg, 320.
Markham, P. G., 17, 73, 75.
Markopoulon, 43, 44.
Marnham, G., 41.
Marsden, George, 336.
Mason, Charlie, 158, 160, 180.
Massey, Frank, 352, 360.
Matehaere, J., 287, 288, 319.

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Mathewson, B. J., 2.
Matmata mountains, 270, 272, 276, 279.
Matratin, 250.
Matruh, 13, 81, 125-7.
Maxwell, P. V. H., 17, 81, 101, 107, 172.
Medenine, 270, 272, 274.
Megara, 41.
Menastir, 87, 245.
Metamaur, 273.
Miles, Brigadier R., 12, 41.
Milesia, 12.
Miller, Claude, 338, 348.
Mills, G., 101, 107.
Minogue, Joe, 113, 116, 119, 124, 125, 135, 146, 147, 243, 248, 262, 264, 294, 298, 321.
Minqar Qaim, 121-37, 141, 242.
— Sidi Hamza, 128.
Mitchell, H., 79, 87, 88, 94, 95, 99-101, 107, 113, 203.
Miteiriya Ridge, 191, 222, 224, 227, 230.
Mobile Surgical Unit, 101.
Monte Caira, 353.
Montgomery of Alamein, General (later Field-Marshal) Viscount, 157, 196, 223, 246, 260, 267, 268, 275, 276, 295, 326, 345.
— Battle, 151.
‘Monthly’ Column (see also ‘Jock Column’), 138, 154.
Moro, River, 326, 331-3, 339.
Morten, Tom, 310, 312, 313.
Msaken, 298.
Muhafid, 205, 208, 209, 214, 215.
Munassib, 205-20.
Murphy, R. K., 216.
Murray, G. A., 17.
— Brigadier George, 234, 314, 315.
— I. A., 304.

Naghamish Wadi, 13, 159.
Napier, H.M.A.S., 76.
N.A.A.F.I., 11, 13.
Neilson, A. R., 17.
Neuhoff, K., 56, 57.
New Zealand Box, 191, 196, 200, 205.
——Club at Cairo, 124.
——Divisional Cavalry, 49-51, 56, 295.
Nagapuhi Maori Company, 202, 218.
Ngarimu, M. N., 285, 287.
Ngati Porou Maori Company, 218.
Nineteenth Australian Brigade, 38.
Nineteenth New Zealand Battalion (Willington), 5, 10; Aliakmon line, 18; Servia, 21, 22; withdrawal from Greece, 26, 27, 38, 41, 43; Crete, 47, 48, 55, 57, 58, 70, 74; Libya 1941, 82, 88; Alamein, 141; Ruweisat, 172; withdrawn to reorganize, 173.
90th Light (German Division), 250, 252, 276, 298, 320.
9 Armoured Brigade, 221, 222, 228, 236, 238.
9 Australian Division, 120, 126, 150, 151, 234.
Nofilia, 246-59.
Norris, Peter, 145, 171, 177, 255, 257, 258.
Notts. Yeomanry, 284, 304, 308.

Oakes's Force, 47, 49.
O'Callaghan, M. G., 17, 63, 64, 65.
Ollivier, Mick, 167, 168, 175.
Olympus, Mt., 16, 18, 30, 47.
— Pass, 21.
Oman, 85.
151 Brigade, 236.
152 Brigade, 234, 314.
132 Brigade, 205, 207, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 217.
104 Panzer Grenadiers, 312.
100 United States Infantry Battalion, 351.
141 United States Regiment, 349.
143 United States Regiment, 349.
Operations, see under Code Names.
Orion, H.M.S., 78.
O'Rorke, F., 17.
Orr, Bob, 2, 17, 71, 108.
Ortona, 325, 332, 334, 338.
Osogna, 326-47.

Page, Rusty, 34, 101, 105, 107.
Paget, Gen. Sir Bernard, 267.
Panzer Grenadiers, 273.
Parachute landing by Germans in Crete, 52 ff.
Parkinson, Brigadier G. B. ‘Ike’, 10, 280, 313, 316, 326, 332, 348, 360.
Pascuccio Spur, 329, 331.
Paterson, Derek, 149.
— Ralph, 2, 17, 21, 27.
Patton, Major-General George Smith, 267.
Pavia Division, 144, 145.
Peart, Jan, 94, 95, 98, 99, 185, 187, 217.
Peloponnesus, 39.
Pene, M. R., 202, 203, 263, 264.
Pepper, Cyril, 101, 104.
Perth, 8.

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Perth, H.M.S., 78.
Pescara, 322, 326.
Petrol Company, see Divisional Petrol Company.
Phillips, J. F., 176.
— John, 335.
— — (23 Bn. Ruweisat), 107.
Phoebe, T.S., 78.
Pienaar, Dan, 138.
Pike, Peter, 172.
Piraeus, 16.
Platanias, 69.
Pleasants, Clive, 24, 57, 334.
Point 593 (Cassino), 356.
— 445 (Cassino), 356.
— 184 (Mareth), 281-4.
— 175 (Belhamed), 101, 102.
— 172 (Libya 1941), 90, 91.
— 64 (Ruweisat), 170, 171.
— 69 (Ruweisat), 174.
— 66 (Ruweisat), 163, 166, 168, 170, 175.
— 63 (Ruweisat), 160, 169.