27 (Machine Gun) Battalion

List of Maps

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	Facing Page
Central and Eastern Mediterranean	9
Greece	35
Alamein	229
Southern Italy	359
Northern Italy	425
In text
	Page
Cairo-Helwan Area	13
Dispositions, 10 April 1941	37
Mackay Force Rearguards	42
4 Company with 5 Brigade at Olympus Pass	53
Withdrawal Routes to Thermopylae	60
3 Company with 6 Brigade at Molos	71
Western Crete	87
Maleme	90
Galatas	91
From Maaten Baggush to Gazala	122
New Zealand Division, 21–22 November 1941	125
4 and 6 Brigades, 23–27 November 1941	128
5 and 6 Platoons' alternative positions at Belhamed	144
Sidi Rezegh, 30 November 1941	151
5 Brigade, 26–27 November 1941	166
The Advance to Gazala, 11–16 December 1941	182
Eastern Mediterranean	195
21 Panzer Division encircles New Zealanders at Minqar Qaim, 27 June 1942	207
4 and 5 Brigades, 3–7 July 1942	224
Ruweisat Ridge, 15 July 1942	234
4 and 5 Platoons on Ruweisat Ridge	236

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	Page
El Mreir, 21–22 July 1942	247
Deir el Munassib, 3–7 September 1942	266
Miteiriya Ridge, 25 October 1942	283
The ‘Left Hook’ at El Agheila	306
The ‘Left Hook’ at Mareth	325
Tebaga Gap, 26–27 March 1943	332
Gabes to Enfidaville	340
Takrouna, 19–20 April 1943	343
The crossing of the Sangro River, 27–28 November 1943	360
Sangro River-Orsogna area	367
The winter line, 11 January 1944	380
Cassino, 25 February 1944	391
Cassino	396
The Mountain Sectors, 6 May 1944	407
From Sora to Balsorano	413
Advance to Florence, 23 July–4 August 1944	423
5 Brigade and Cumberland Force, 11 October 1944	443
5 Brigade's attacks, 14–15 December 1944	454
From the Senio to the Gaiana, 9–17 April 1945	468
The Gaiana, 17–19 April 1945	480
From Padua to San Dona di Piave	495

The occupations given in the biographical footnotes are those on enlistment. The ranks are those held on discharge or at the date of death.