26 Battalion
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
| Frontispiece | ||
| 26 Battalion on the wharf at Lyttelton, 27 August 1940 | ||
| Facing page | ||
| Recruits en route to the Burnham train, May 1940 | Green and Hahn | 50 |
| Farewell march through Christchurch, 17 August 1940 | Green and Hahn | 50 |
| Company lines, Maadi Camp, September 1940 | 26 Battalion collection | 51 |
| 26 Battalion on one of its frequent route marches at Helwan — Lt-Col J. R. Page and Brigadier H. E. Barrowclough are leading |
New Zealand Army Official | 51 |
| Lunch on tent bales in Katerine — this group includes Capt F. W. Wilson (left) and Lt W. D. Westenra (right) |
26 Battalion collection | 66 |
| Petras Sanatorium, below Olympus Pass | A. S. Frame collection | 66 |
| Climbing up the Monastery track from the Aliakmon River to the Pass road |
E. J. Thomson collection | 67 |
| One of the many enforced stops in the train journey from Larissa to Kephissokhori |
26 Battalion collection | 67 |
| Diving out of trucks on the road south of Corinth — the ‘spotter’ in the foreground gives warning of aircraft |
E. J. Thomson collectio | 116 |
| More air attacks on the way to Monemvasia | E. J. Thomson collection | 116 |
| The evacuation from Greece — on the Thurland Castle
between Crete and Alexandria |
I. O. Bird | 117 |
| Dugout at Baggush | Bruce Guthrie | 117 |
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| Flooded at Baggush, December 1941 | A. S. Frame collection | 132 |
| Christmas parcels at the Battalion post office, Baggush | Bruce Guthrie | 132 |
| Shells landing among transport at Sidi Rezegh | Official | 133 |
| German tanks, armoured cars, and lorries close in on 6 Brigade on the morning of 1 December 1941 |
26 Battalion collection | 133 |
| The mosque at Sidi Rezegh | J. M. Mitchell | 148 |
| Some of the Battalion survivors of the Libyan battles | E. J. Thomson collection | 148 |
| Meal time at Baggush | Bruce Guthrie | 149 |
| Training at Kabrit for combined operations | 26 Battalion collection | 149 |
| The Battalion convoy on the road from Palmyra, Syria | Bruce Guthrie | 164 |
| A burst pipe at the Qattara Box gave plenty of water for those with containers |
R. H. King | 164 |
| Flies | L. K. Reenberg | 165 |
| Sandstorm | Howarth | 165 |
| New Zealand positions bombed by Stukas — pre-Alamein
period |
New Zealand Army Official (W. A. Whitlock) | 214 |
| The barrage at Alamein, 23 October 1942 | H. K. Kippenberger collection | 214 |
| Wheel tracks in the desert at Alamein | New Zealand Army Official (M. D. Elias) | 215 |
| Bogged down near Fuka — shaving from puddles | N. G. Fagan collection | 215 |
| 6 Brigade Group laagers for the night, Tripolitania | N. G. Fagan collection | 230 |
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| Point 201, the feature in the centre, was taken by 25 and 26 Battalions as the first phase of the breakthrough at Tebaga Gap |
New Zealand Army Official (H. Paton) | 230 |
| Olive groves and spring flowers near Sfax, Tunisia | 26 Battalion collection | 231 |
| Native food vendors followed troop trains | A. S. Frame collection | 231 |
| The Battalion transport ready to leave Maadi, September 1943 |
New Zealand Army Official (G. R. Bull) | 246 |
| The move to Italy — the RAP packs up | New Zealand Army Official (G. R. Bull) | 246 |
| The move to the Sangro — halting place near the Osento River |
Bruce Guthrie | 247 |
| The hills beyond the Sangro — the Battalion sector is on the left |
Bruce Guthrie | 247 |
| Italian farmhouses occupied by troops on the outskirts of Castelfrentano |
Bruce Guthrie | 262 |
| Orsogna from near Castelfrentano | F. H. Williams | 262 |
| Clearing up the camp after a flood in the Volturno area | Bruce Guthrie | 263 |
| Pasquale Road, used by the troops on 15 March at Cassino | A. M. Miller | 263 |
| The first stick of bombs falling on Cassino, 15 March 1944 | A. M. Miller | 344 |
| The nunnery from the centre of the town — a road lies under the rubble in the centre |
A. M. Miller | 344 |
| The nunnery from the east — this section of Route 6 crosses ‘Spandau Alley’ |
British Official | 345 |
| The Roundhouse and (right) the Hummocks, from the railway |
A. M. Miller | 345 |
| The thirteen A Company men who reached the Hummocks, 17 March |
J. R. Williams collection | 360 |
| 26 Battalion graves at Cassino | Bruce Guthrie | 360 |
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| Bivvies in Company lines on the banks of the Volturno | A. M. Miller | 361 |
| Deviation on the road to Avezzano | A. M. Miller | 361 |
| Manœuvres with tanks of 19 Armoured Regiment during the spell at Arce |
A. M. Miller | 376 |
| After the Arezzo action | New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 376 |
| Cerbaia and the Battalion sector from across the Pesa
River — New Zealand shells fall on German positions around San Michele |
New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 377 |
| Looking north from Gradara | A. M. Miller | 377 |
| HQ truck in the mud near Rimini | A. M. Miller | 392 |
| The outskirts of Gambettola — a platoon moves up to the line |
New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 392 |
| Draining the camp at Castelraimondo | Bruce Guthrie | 393 |
| Testing a ‘Wasp’ flame-thrower near Forli | A. M. Miller | 393 |
| The winter line beyond Faenza | A. M. Miller | 474 |
| 26 Battalion street, Faenza | A. M. Miller | 474 |
| At a company HQ before the attack in the Senio battle | New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 475 |
| Waiting to go into action, April 1945 | New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 475 |
| The unit transport waiting to cross the Po | A. M. Miller | 490 |
| Off duty in Trieste | New Zealand Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 490 |
| 26 Battalion Commanders — | J. R. Page, S. M. Satterthwaite (26 Battalion collection), J. N. Peart, D. J. Fountaine (H. K. Kippenberger collection), E. E. Richards, M. C. Fairbrother (New Zealand Army Official, G. R. Bull) |
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