2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
| Frontispiece | |
| F Troop, 6th Field, in action at Ruweisat Ridge—from a painting by C. Hansen | |
| Following page 149 | |
| The 7th Anti-Tank on Queen Street, Auckland, 27 April 1940 | L. Clark collection |
| The New Zealand Anti-Tank Battery on the range at Lydd, Kent, March 1940 | Keystone View photograph, London |
| A 4th Field 18-pounder at Maadi Camp, early 1940 | British official |
| W. F. McCarthy and his E1 crew fire a French 75 at Larkhill, August 1940 | J. F. Spring |
| A 60-pounder in Libya, early 1941 | British official |
| A 4.5 medium gun in Libya, 1941 | British official |
| A 4.5 howitzer of the 6th Field, Helwan, January 1941 | B. C. Mills |
| B1 of the 6th Field driving through Athens, March 1941 | S. Wilson |
| The 4th Field in the Olympus Pass | R. H. Dyson |
| The highest 25-pounder in Europe—Olympus Pass | J. C. White |
| A spectacular 4th Field gun position at Olympus | D. A. Hawkins |
| Driving past Thermopylae | D. H. Robertson collection |
| The 6th Field at Molos | R. S. Wait |
| 4th Field shells bursting among Germans at Kriekouki | S. N. S. Crump |
| Paratroops over Maleme | R. H. Dyson |
| The Askifou Plain from the north | NZ Army |
| Bill Carson near Galatas in Crete | |
| The embarkation beach at Sfakia |
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| The 4th Field moves back into the desert, September 1941 | F. T. Allan |
| 4th Field RHQ at Baggush | R. H. Dyson |
| A 14th Light Ack-Ack Bofors ready for action, 22 November 1941 | J. B. Hardcastle |
| A 6th Field conference in Libya | J. B. Hardcastle |
| A 2-pounder portée in Libya with Bren gun on ack-ack mounting | NZ Army |
| Portée action in Libya, November 1941 | G. Silk (AIF) |
| An L Troop portée firing near Point 175, 1 December 1941 | A. B. Gordon |
| Maffey's Halo rises as A1 portée burns, 25 November 1941 | F. T. Allan |
| The few surviving 6th Field guns prepare to withdraw from Belhamed | J. C. White |
| Jack Spring (GPO of D Troop, 6th Field) and his staff have just withdrawn from Belhamed | T. P. Foster collection |
| The 4th Field looks towards Belhamed | C. S. J. Duff |
| E Troop, 4th Field, with captured 105 in background | F. T. Allan |
| Monstrous 210s shell Belhamed | F. T. Allan |
| 4th Field RHQ near Belhamed | C. S. J. Duff |
| 4th Field Signals Office near Belhamed | N. W. Laugesen |
| Following page 309 | |
| Manhandling Bofors into position on the way to Gazala | G. Silk (AIF) |
| A 5th Field gun in the Gazala battle | G. Silk (AIF) |
| 2-pounder portée at Gazala | G. Silk (AIF) |
| 5th Field on Combined Operations training in the Gulf of Suez | British official |
| A 33 Battery portée below the Aleppo citadel | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| Gas-mask practice on the Forqloss manoeuvres, Syria | British official |
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| 25-pounder on Forqloss plain | British official |
| Boys anti-tank rifle on manoeuvres | British official |
| The first shell lands at Minqar Qaim, 27 June 1942 | W. A. Whitlock |
| A 25-pounder in the Minqar Qaim action | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| A makeshift OP at Minqar Qaim | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| Disabled vehicles at the foot of Minqar Qaim—from a painting by Sergeant J. W. Crippen | J. W. Crippen |
| Minqar Qaim | J. W. Crippen |
| A nearby wadi | J. W. Crippen |
| The break-out—from a painting by Captain Peter McIntyre | NZ Army |
| A jeep towing a 6-pounder in the early days in the Alamein line | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| The remnants of the Ariete Divisional Artillery, 3 July 1942 | British official |
| A 5th Field gun firing under a camouflage net, at Alam Nayil, August 1942 | J. Christensen |
| The 14th Light Ack-Ack engaging the Luftwaffe at Alam Nayil | |
| The burial of a gun crew of 43 Battery, 16 July 1942 | British official |
| 27 Battery goes to ground in a Stuka raid, August 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
| ‘Swordfish’ area, September 1942 | G. H. Levien |
| General Montgomery presents a DSO to Steve Weir, 12 October 1942 | British official |
| Lance-Bombardier B. W. Johnston receives the MM | British official |
| 36 Survey Battery relaxing on the shore of the Dead Sea | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| A survey camp in the Transjordan | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| General Freyberg confers with senior officers before the Alamein offensive | J. C. White |
| A 4.5 at Alamein | J. F. Spring |
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| A gun of A Troop, 5th Field, fires its last round on supercharge before the breakthrough, November 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
| A Troop gun crew, 5th Field, relaxing before the beginning of the pursuit, November 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
| A 7th Anti-Tank lorry bogged down near Fuka | L. Clark collection |
| Fuka after the deluge, November 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| Following page 442 | |
| A Bofors approaching Matruh, November 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| Sidi Barrani | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| B2 of the 6th Field climbs Sollum Pass | NZ Army |
| A Bofors on the road above Sollum | NZ Army |
| Winching a 4th Field gun up a slope in the course of the left hook round El Agheila | F. T. Allan |
| 27 Battery at El Haseiat | J. C. Pattle |
| The parade for Mr Churchill at Tripoli | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| 6-pounder portées pass the saluting base | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
| Assembling the guns before the parade | H. R. Joll |
| A 6-pounder in action in the Tebaga Gap | J. F. Spring |
| The 5th Field fires in front of Medenine | J. Christensen |
| Armour attacking the Roman Wall—from a sketch by C. Hansen | C. Hansen |
| Plotting corrections on an artillery board near Takrouna | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| Jack Spring observes from a camouflaged quad near Takrouna | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| Buildings on Takrouna | J. C. Pattle |
| Senior officers in Tunisia | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| A ‘Pheasant’ at Maadi Camp—a 17-pounder mounted on a 25-pounder carriage | D. Sweetzer |
| A class at the Artillery Training Depot (the 32nd Field), Maadi Camp | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
| A 5th Field gun firing on manoeuvres near Maadi, August 1943 | J. Christensen |
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| Austin 6-pounder portées of 34 Battery preparing to leave Maadi, September 1943 | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
| Artillery HQ officers outside the ACV near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Artillery HQ in the first engagement in Italy on the way to the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| D. McKenna oils a 5th Field gun during a lull on the Sangro front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Operating a Bofors predictor near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A B Troop, 4th Field, gun firing from a muddy gun pit near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A Bofors crew surveys the Sangro front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Steve Weir, Ike Parkinson and General Freyberg near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| An American 155 similar to those used on the Orsogna front—from a painting by Russell Clark | NZ Army |
| An Air OP aircraft on the Orsogna front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Crossing the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A 5th Field troop command post during an Air OP shoot | W. Fisk |
| Following page 573 | |
| Steve Weir addresses his officers in the Volturno Valley | British official |
| A major repair of a 25-pounder in the Volturno Valley | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Looking north and north-east from Monte Trocchio | L. W. Wright collection |
| Smoke-screening 26 Battalion near the Cassino railway station | |
| Smoke canisters screening Route 6 as it enters Cassino | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| C Troop, 5th Field, on upper-register shooting behind Trocchio | W. Fisk |
| A 36 Survey Battery post on Trocchio, overlooking Route 6 | F. H. Williams |
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| Jack Mitchell conducts the Rt. Hon. Peter Fraser on an inspection after the Cassino battle | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
| K. J. Retter using a director on the Cassino front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Field and medium guns on the Cassino front | Indian official |
| Montecassino abbey dominates the guns as they shell Cassino | United States official |
| A 6th Field artillery board near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A flash-spotting post near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| R. T. Stewart of the 6th Field hands washing to children near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A ‘stonk’ falls on the hills above San Michele in the Florence battle | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A sound-ranging microphone being sited in the Florence battle | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Operating sound-ranging equipment in front of Florence | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| An M 10 at San Casciano | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| The Bofors which sank a German motor launch off Rimini, October 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A 5th Field jeep at Riccione | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A waterlogged 5th Field gun pit near Forli | NZ Army |
| Empty 25-pounder cartridge cases at Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A causeway of ammunition boxes at Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A 17-pounder in front of Faenza covers the Via Emilia | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| On the final advance: approaching the Idice River | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| A 17-pounder crossing the Po | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| The 4.2-inch mortar J2 in action | H. Sharples |
| The CRAs: Reggie Miles, Steve Weir, Ike Parkinson, Ray Queree, Bill Thornton | NZ Army |
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