The Gunners: an intimate record of units of the 3rd New Zealand Divisional Artillery in the Pacific from 1940 until 1945

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [Map indicating Allied counter offensive, August 1942]
  • 11 The Gunners
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • Acknowledgments
  • [dedication]
  • [colophon]
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contents
• • Chapter One — Fiji p. 9
  • Chapter Two — Headquarters
    • I — We are Born to Learn Something of Each Other p. 22
    • II — We Learn of other People and Places p. 29
    • III — We Begin to Suffer p. 41
    • IV — We Reach Maturity but Suffer the While p. 48
    • V — We Pass into Obscurity p. 54
  • Chapter Three — 17th Field Regiment p. 56
  • Chapter Four — 28th Heavy aa Regiment p. 90
  • Chapter Five — 29th Light aa Regiment
    • I — Formation and Training p. 102
    • II — Life in New Caledonia p. 104
    • III — New Caledonia to Guadalcanal p. 113
    • IV — Forward Base—Preparations at Guadalcanal p. 114
    • V — On Vella Lavella p. 116
    • VI — The Treasuries Landing p. 121
    • VII — The Capture of the Green Islands p. 128
    • VIII — The Return to New Zealand p. 134
    • IX — In Review p. 136
  • Chapter Six — The 33rd Heavy Regiment p. 138
  • Chapter Seven — 38th Field Regiment
    • I — Early Days p. 152
    • II — New Caledonia p. 155
    • III — New Hebrides and Guadalcanal p. 158
    • IV — Opposed Landing p. 162
    • V — Garrison Duty, Treasury Style p. 165
    • VI — Off the Record p. 170
    • VII — Going Home p. 174
  • Chapter Eight — 144th Independent Battery p. 177
  • Chapter Nine — 53rd Anti-Tank Battery p. 202
  • Chapter Ten — 54th Anti-Tank Battery p. 218
  • Chapter Eleven — 4th Survey Troop p. 238
  • Chapter Twelve — Artillery Training Depot p. 253
  • Chapter Thirteen — Norfolk p. 277
  • Chapter Fourteen — Awards and Casualties p. 287

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