25 Battalion
List of Illustrations
page xi
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | |
Sixth Brigade on the march at Helwan, September 1941 | NZ Army |
Following page 146 | |
Farewell parade, Wellington, August 1940 | C. Boyer |
Tug-of-war on board the Mauretania | B. C. Mills |
Bound for Greece: Maj C. D. A. George, 2 Lt G. J. B. Morris, Maj S. M. Satterthwaite, Capt L. H. Cordery (RMO), 2 Lt I. C. Webster, 2 Lt I. D. Reid | H. G. Witters |
On the wharf at Piraeus | H. G. Witters |
Resting on the roadside in Athens | H. G. Witters |
In the Olympus Pass. Divisional Headquarters at Dholikhi | H. G. Witters |
In the snow at Olympus | H. G. Witters |
Looking west from left flank of 6 Brigade's positions at Molos—a post-war photograph | W. G. McClymont |
Returning from Greece on board the Thurland Castle | H. G. Witters |
25 Battalion officers, Helwan, 1941 | W. J. Wakeling collection |
Assaulting barbed-wire entanglements—a demonstration by a 25 Battalion squad, November 1941 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Colonel McNaught addresses officers and NCOs at Baggush before the November 1941 campaign | G. J. McNaught collection |
6 Brigade Headquarters at Point 175, near Sidi Rezegh | S. Lyle-Smythe |
Looking eastwards towards Point 175 | W. Timmins |
The Mosque at Sidi Rezegh | J. M. Mitchellpage xii |
‘Jerry gets amongst our trucks at Sidi Rezegh’ | W. J. Wakeling |
Assault landing exercises in the Great Bitter Lake, February 1942 | R. H. Jackman |
In the Zabboud area, Syria: Lt-Col G. D. A. George, Capt R. C. Wilson, Capt H. G. Witters, Maj R. L. Hutchens, Maj F. R. McBride, Maj J. C. Porter | R. H. Jackman |
A Kurdish village in North Syria | R. Walker collection |
Bren carriers in Aleppo | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Troops bivouac in the Sinai Desert on the way back to Egypt, June 1942 | R. H. Jackman |
Sandstorm at El Alamein | Gnr Howarth |
The barrage at Alamein, 23 October 1942 | H. K. Kippenberger collection |
Miteiriya Ridge. Sixth Brigade positions between 25 and 26 Battalions | A. D. Watkin |
The New Zealand Division parades for Mr Churchill at Tripoli | J. Finlay collection |
At Tripoli: General Freyberg, Brig H. K. Kippenberger, Mr Churchill, Brig W. G. Gentry, Lt-Col C. M. Bennett, and the three battalion commanders of 6 Brigade, Lt-Cols D. J. Fountaine (26 Bn), J. Conolly (24 Bn) and T. B. Morten (25 Bn) | G. V. Turnbull |
C Company watersiders at Tripoli | J. Finlay collection |
6 Brigade Group laagers for the night, Tripolitania | N. G. Fagan |
Bivouac area near Enfidaville | J. Finlay collection |
Takrouna, from 25 Battalion positions | R. McColl collection |
A convoy passes through Marble Arch on the way back to Egypt | J. Fraser |
Following page 376 | |
In the Maadi baths | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
New Zealand troops embark at Alexandria for Italy, October 1943 | NZ Armypage xiii |
Panorama of Orsogna showing breastworks | F. H. Williams collection |
Looking west from Castelfrentano towards Orsogna | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Clearing snow in Castelfrentano | W. S. Bellerby |
Aerial view of Cassino, November 1943 | 25 Battalion War Diary |
The first stick of bombs falls on Cassino, 15 March 1944 | A. M. Miller |
Pasquale Road | A. M. Miller |
The Convent, from the east | British Official |
Capt A. Norton-Taylor, Sgt Bill Nicolle and Dick Olds are welcomed to Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Castiglione from 6 Brigade Headquarters. Monte Lignano is in the distance on the left | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
New Zealand ‘stonks’ falling on German positions guarding the approach to Florence | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Captain Sheild and Majors Webster and Finlay | J. Finlay collection |
B Company cookhouse at the beach, south of Leghorn | J. Finlay collection |
Mud at Rimini | J. Finlay collection |
C Company cook with Italian children | J. Finlay collection |
B Company officers on reconnaissance at the Senio | J. Finlay collection |
RAP at staging area north of Forli | J. Finlay collection |
Meal time at a platoon house on the Senio | G. E. Pritchard |
B Company troops move up towards the Senio with their assault bridge | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The Senio stopbank, 9 April 1945 | J. Finlay collectionpage xiv |
A platoon passes through Barbiano | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
25 Battalion infantry and tanks advance towards the Santerno | G. E. Pritchard |
Moving up to Zagonara | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Crossing a scissors bridge near San Giorgio | G. E. Pritchard |
Knocked-out enemy tank blocks the road near Bondeno | G. E. Pritchard |
Crossing the Po | J. Finlay collection |
Trieste | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Lt-Col A. S. Wilder | W. J. Wakeling collection |
Lt-Col G. J. McNaught | |
Lt-Col H. G. Burton | |
Lt-Col I. L. Bonifant | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
Lt-Col T. B. Morten | NZ Army |
Lt-Col E. K. Norman |