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PREFACE v
Part I: NEW ZEALAND
1 ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914–18 3
2 BETWEEN THE TWO WARS, 1919–39 11
3 TRANSITION FROM PEACE TO WAR, 1939 16
4 MOBILISATION 20
5 ORGANISATION IN NEW ZEALAND—ARMY 38
6 ORGANISATION IN NEW ZEALAND—AIR FORCE 63
7 ORGANISATION AND TREATMENT OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY 68
8 ORGANISATION OF STORES AND EQUIPMENT 83
9 THE TRAINING OF STAFF 91
10 THE BUILDING OF DENTAL HOSPITALS 97
11 TREATMENT 103
Part II: THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
12 ORGANISATION AND ESTABLISHMENT 129
13 GREECE AND CRETE 179
14 REPAIR AND REORGANISATION 195
15 THE BATTLE OF LIBYA, NOVEMBER 1941 201
16 A ROVING COMMISSION 208
17 IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA 215
18 THE BATTLE FOR EGYPT 219
19 ALAMEIN TO TUNISIA 224
20 A YEAR IN ISOLATION 238
21 WINDING UP THE AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 240
22 EARLY DAYS IN ITALY 252
23 THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 259
24 SUMMARY 274
Part III: OTHER THEATRES OF WAR
25 FIJI 279
26 THIRD NEW ZEALAND DIVISION 309
27 TONGA 337
28 NORFOLK ISLAND 343
29 THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE—No. 1 (ISLANDS) GROUP 350
30 No. 1 AERODROME CONSTRUCTION UNIT 369
31 MAXILLO-FACIAL INJURIES 375
32 THE NEW ZEALAND DENTAL CORPS AS PRISONERS OF WAR 384
33 THE UNITED KINGDOM RECEPTION GROUP 396

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APPENDICES
I Gazette Notice of the Original Formation of the New Zealand Dental Corps 403
II Dental Standards, 1939 406
III Honours and Awards 409
IV Some Statistics 410
BIBLIOGRAPHY 413
GLOSSARY 415

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Title: The New Zealand Dental Services

Author: Anson, T. V.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1960, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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