List of Illustrations

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		Frontispiece
Bayonet charge in the Desert	J. A. T. G. Smith collection
		Following page
18 Battalion marches into Papakura		100
Filling palliasses, Papakura		100
Troopship amusements—Boxing	G. B. Nelson collection	100
Troopship amusements—Race Day	Eric Firth	100
The Battalion goes ashore at Tewfik	W. Ross collection	100
A Company signal office, Maadi, 1940	C. W. Dudding	100
18 Battalion in the desert behind Maadi Camp	G. R. Andrews	100
Battalion transport at Kasr-el-Nil Barracks	R. T. Bishop collection	100
Cooking in the field	E. Firth	116
Wadi Naghamish	R. A. Pickett collection	116
Dinner time, Baggush	R. A. Pickett collection	116
Dinner time, Mikri Milia, Greece	R. T. Bishop collection	116
Pause on roadside, Greece	NZ Army	116
Looking down on Servia	R. A. Pickett collection	116
Crete—7 General Hospital after a bombing raid	J. L. Richards collection	116
German troops on the march towards Sfakia	German photograph	116
Crete survivors—8 Platoon, A Company	L. Rawley	150
Combined training—Assault Landing Craft on HMS	Glenroy L. Rawley	150

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Combined training—landing from the Assault Craft	L. Rawley	150
Gambut airfield	H. R. Lapwood collection	150
18 Battalion convoy being shelled	L. Rawley collection	150
Belhamed—18 Battalion advances on the German pocket	W. E. Higgins collection	150
German prisoners at Belhamed	R. D. Coats collection	150
18 Battalion Signal truck after hitting a mine	J. A. T. G. Smith collection	150
Battalion Headquarters on Belhamed	S. N. S. Crump	182
Section post, Belhamed	R. A. Pickett collection	182
18 Battalion Headquarters in the escarpment below Belhamed	S. N. S. Crump	182
‘Fishing’ in the Orontes	R. T. Bishop collection	182
Route march in the Syrian hills	W. E. Higgins collection	182
Alamein line—after the Stukas left	J. R. Marra collection	182
B Company platoon post, Alamein line	R. A. Pickett collection	182
Armoured training at Maadi—gunnery class	18 Regiment collection	182
Reunion dinner, Cairo, 1943	NZ Army (G. R. Bull)	380
Fording the Biferno River	A. H. Dickinson collection	380
A Squadron tanks on Torretta	18 Regiment collection	380
18 Regiment moves up towards the Sangro	O. H. Burn collection	380
On the Orsogna-Ortona road	18 Regiment collection	380
New Year's Day at Castelfrentano	O. H. Burn collection	380
The last of the ‘originals’ go home on furlough	18 Regiment collection	380
In the gun line at Trocchio	18 Regiment collection	412
Cassino railway station	W. H. Reynolds collection	412

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A tank bivvy	18 Regiment collection	412
A Squadron's ‘well-diver’	A. H. Dickinson collection	412
18 Regiment halts on the way north from Veroli	18 Regiment collection	412
A Sherman tank boards its transporter	18 Regiment collection	412
The Regiment's first Tiger, 23 July 1944
From inside a Sherman—anti-tank gun on the road ahead	G. R. McIntosh collection	412
Panther turret on Rimini airfield	NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)	542
Prepared for rain—a Reconnaissance Troop Honey tank	P. L. Collins collection	542
B Squadron troop out of action, 19 October 1944	Rev. R. M. Gourdie collection	542
C Squadron gun line at Faenza	G. R. McIntosh collection	542
Over the bank at the Scolo Tratturo, 10 April 1945	J. W. Brook collection	542
Stuck in the ditch, 13 April 1945	R. Thomas collection	542
Maori infantry ride on the tanks	R. J. Toon collection	542
Recovery tank drags out a Tiger	J. W. Brook collection	542
Loaded up for the final advance	A. J. Williamson collection	574
Crossing the Reno	R. J. Toon collection	574
Across the big rivers—the Po	R. Thomas collection	574
Across the big rivers—the Adige	NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)	574
July 1945—tanks ready to leave the Regiment for the last time	J. W. Brook collection	574
Lt-Cols J. R. Gray and J. N. Peart	NZ Herald, Auckland	574
Lt-Col R. J. Lynch	NZ Army	574
Lt-Col C. L. Pleasants	NZ Army (G. R. Bull)	574
Lt-Col J. B. Ferguson	J. B. Ferguson collection	574
Lt-Col H. H. Parata	NZ Army	574

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