4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies

List of Illustrations

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The Desert Road: Cairo to Alexandria	C. J. Boland	Frontispiece
		Following page
A guard at Papakura Camp, November 1939	G. H. Whyte	102
Souvenir postcard	C. Lee collection	102
Training in the desert	G. H. Whyte	102
Training convoy in Nile Delta	O. C. Fones collection	102
Bayonet training for ‘Mahmid’	B. J. Crowley collection	102
Anniversary dinner at Fuka, October 1940	B. J. Crowley collection	102
Sandstorm near Bir Thalata	Henry Muller collection	102
Trench and dugout near Mersa Matruh	B. J. Crowley collection	102
The approach to Sidi Barrani	B. J. Crowley collection	134
On the frontier	E. N. White	134
An Italian gun at Tummar West	B. J. Crowley collection	134
Fort Capuzzo	B. J. Crowley collection	134
Signing for Christmas parcels	Henry Muller collection	134
RMT graves at Sollum	I. E. Stock collection	134
Land mine, Tobruk	Henry Muller collection	134
Laager area near Derna	Henry Muller collection	134

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Waiting to descend the Sollum escarpment	Henry Muller collection	168
Entering Piraeus, Greece	E. L. Tinker collection	168
Arriving in Athens	E. L. Tinker collection	168
On the main road to Albania	J. Pool collection	168
Transport from the Pindus Mountains	J. Pool collection	168
Bombing in Nikaia	E. L. Tinker collection	168
RMT men evacuated from Greece to Crete		168
Mess parade near Galatas		200
Troops returning from Galatas towards Canea	W. N. Carson collection	200
Lt W. N. Carson, 4 Field Regiment, who commanded a patrol of 4 RMT, Galatas		200
Bamboo shelter, Crete		200
Bursting bombs, November 1941	J. M. Boland	200
Sidi Rezegh battlefield	C. J. Boland	200
Entry to Tobruk, I December 1941	C. J. Boland	200
Bombed ruins, Tobruk	R. M. Jaspers	200
The move west	C. J. Boland	200
Climbing the Gazala escarpment	C. J. Boland	200
Sgt T. W. Gill's escape party		200
Halt for lunch in the Sinai Desert	J. H. Rich	200
On the road from Damascus to Beirut	D. F. Coleman	200

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The break-out at Minqar Qaim
	—from a painting by Peter McIntyre	200
Petrol truck on fire, Deir ez Zor, Syria	F. L. Williams	200
In a slit trench under shellfire, Alamein	F. L. Williams	200
Cookhouse at Burg el Arab	C. J. Boland	232
Parade at Alamein for General Montgomery	C. J. Boland	232
Watching the Alamein barrage by moonlight	C. J. Boland	232
Muddy going and a rainbow, south-west of Fuka	C. J. Boland	232
Bogged south of Daba	G. E. Reed	232
Over the top of Halfaya Pass	R. M. Jaspers	232
On the left hook south of El Agheila	R. M. Jaspers	232
Marble Arch	R. M. Jaspers	232
Olive trees at Kairouan	A. E. Trenwith	232
1 NZ Mule Pack Company in Tunisia	NZ Army Official (M. D. Elias)	232
Crossing the Sangro	D. F. Coleman	232
Convoy carrying mules snowbound at Capracotta	D. F. Coleman	232
Agnone, on the move from the Sangro	A. E. Trenwith	264
Company HQ at Piedimonte d'Alife	D. F. Coleman	264
With men of 28 Battalion in Forli	NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye)	264