Journey Towards Christmas

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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CONVOY AT DUSK	Frontispiece
New Zealand Army official (H. Paton)
	Facing page
AT NGARUAWAHIA, 1939	16
S. P. Llewellyn collection
ON THE ORCADES AT FREMANTLE	16
J. Fenton
CHRISTMAS PARCELS, LIVERPOOL, 1940	17
Fox Photos Ltd.
MAADI FROM THE TURA CAVES	17
N. Barker
MAIN STREET, HELWAN	32
New Zealand Army official (G. F. Kaye)
ITALIAN PRISONERS FROM BARDIA	32
British official
‘BARDIA BILL’	33
British official
IN THE SALT MARSHES OF BUQBUQ—A BRITISH TANK BOGGED	33
British official
FORT CAPUZZO	64
British official
ARRIVAL IN GREECE, PIRÆUS	64
British official
NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY IN ATHENS	65
H. G. Witters
KATERINE, A TYPICAL VILLAGE	65
J. A. Carroll
BOMBED	80
P. Kennedy
BOMBING IN LARISSA	80
A. S. Frame collection
A CONVOY HALTED IN VOLOS	81
J. A. Carroll
‘A DIRECT HIT ON THE COOKHOUSE’	81
S. P. Llewellyn collection

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DRIVER'S WINDSCREEN REMOVED FOR VISIBILITY	112
S. P. Llewellyn collection
TWO BOMBS IN ONE HOLE NEAR A STAFF CAR	112
S. P. Llewellyn collection
DESTRUCTION OF WORKSHOPS' STORE LORRY	113
J. E. Taylor
RETREAT THROUGH ATHENS—‘WHEN THEY WAVED TO US’	113
N. Blackburn
WAITING FOR NIGHTFALL, CRETE	128
J. E. Taylor
THE PRIME MINISTER INSPECTS BEDFORDS AT MAADI	128
New Zealand Army official
LEAVE IN TEL AVIV	129
S. P. Llewellyn collection
RATION TRUCKS AT A SUPPLY DEPOT	129
New Zealand Army official
THROUGH THE WIRE—THE OPENING OF THE SECOND LIBYAN CAMPAIGN	160
British official
INSIDE THE BOUNDARY WIRE—A PLANE BURNS IN THE DISTANCE	160
P. E. Coutts
NEW ZEALAND DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS AT BIR EL CHLETA	161
— Davey
DESPATCH RIDERS—TOBRUK	161
P. E. Coutts
A GROUP NEAR TOBRUK	176
O. Bracegirdle
TOBRUK HARBOUR IN AUGUST 1941	176
British official
STUKA ATTACK ON TRANSPORT SOUTH-WEST OF GAZALA	177
British official
DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COMPANY DISPERSED	177
R. C. Gibson
AMMUNITION COMPANY WORKSHOPS AT BIR EL THALATA	177
O. Bracegirdle

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CONVOY TO SYRIA—‘BEYOND THE TARMAC THE SAND WAS SOFT AND DEEP’	224
S. P. Llewellyn collection
BAALBEK, SYRIA—‘TENTS WERE PITCHED FOR LIVING IN, MESSING IN, COOKING IN’	224
R. C. Gibson
KAPONGA BOX AFTER A RAID	225
R. C. Gibson
BURNING LORRY, KAPONGA BOX	225
R. C. Gibson
DESERT GRAVE	225
S. P. Llewellyn collection
HAILSTONES IN THE DESERT, SOUTH OF ALAMEIN	240
R. C. Gibson
DIGGING SLIT-TRENCH, KAPONGA	240
R. C. Gibson
REST AREA NEAR COAST, BURG EL ARAB	241
P. E. Coutts
WHEEL TRACKS, ALAMEIN	241
R. C. Gibson
FLOODED AT FUKA	272
R. C. Gibson
REMOVING THE RIMS FROM A 3-TON LORRY TIRE, BARDIA	272
R. C. Gibson
A BATH AT BARDIA	273
R. C. Gibson
LORRIES ON THE SKYLINE SOUTH OF BARDIA	273
R. C. Gibson
DESERT FORMATION—LEFT HOOK AT EL AGHEILA	288
R. C. Gibson
RUINS AT CYRENE	288
R. C. Gibson
NOFILIA SIGNBOARD	289
C. E. Grainger
TRIPOLI COOKHOUSE	289
R. C. Gibson
TRANSPORT NEAR WADI AKARIT	304
O. Bracegirdle

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DISPERSAL, NEAR WADI AKARIT	304
O. Bracegirdle
TUNISIAN BARLEY-FIELD	305
O. Bracegirdle
THE HEIGHTS OF TAKROUNA	305
J. Pattle
BACK TO BASE AT MAADI	320
New Zealand Army official (H. Paton)
PASTURES AT LUCERA, ITALY	320
New Zealand Army official (G. Kaye)
WINTER IN ITALY	321
R. C. Gibson
MONTE MAIELLA	321
W. Fisk
BURNT-OUT AMMUNITION DUMP, VAIRANO	400
R. C. Gibson
‘SANGRO MUD WAS NOW OUR ELEMENT’	400
W. Fisk
UNBEATEN THAT SEASON—AMMUNITION COMPANY FOOTBALL TEAM	401
R. C. Gibson
WATER POINT AT HOVE DUMP	401
New Zealand Army official (G. R. Bull)
EASTER SUNDAY AT SAN AGAPITO	416
R. C. Gibson
CASSINO UNDER SHELLFIRE	416
United States official
FIUME PIAVE	417
P. E. Coutts
THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT PERUGIA	417
P. E. Coutts