Administration, general discussion on, 1–3, 266–9

Advanced Base: In Palestine, 48, 52; in Tripoli, 58–9, 61, 62; in Italy, 68, 71, 78, 139–40; general, 139–40

Air mails, 40, 60–1, 77

Alamein, 57

Allied Headquarters, task of, 168, 169, 170

Anzac Corps, 25, 44–5

Archivist, 33, 129

4 Armoured Brigade, 54, 56, 188

Army Act. See Military law

Army HQ, NZ, relations and liaison with 2 NZEF, 157–61

Artist, Official, 33, 124, 126

Auditor, 114, 128–9, 146

Australian troops, cared for by 2 NZEF, 60, 244

Bakery section, field, 59, 137, 189

Bands, 251

Base, relations between field and, 181–7, 254–5

Base Kit Section, 143

Base organisation: Early discussions on, 15; location of units, 20, 27; first outline of organisation, 22–3, 99–100; position in early 1941, 34–5; expansion later in 1941, 45; crisis 1942, 53; possible move to Italy, 69, 70, 144–5; HQ Maadi Camp formed, 41–2, 140; relations of HQ Maadi Camp with HQ 2 NZEF, 100, 107–9; size of base organisation, 34–5, 145–9, 151, 189–90; analysis of layout, 132–44; wanted at outset, 149–51, 273; special personnel for employment in, 196, 273; undesirables in, 183–5; men without field service in, 182; possible dilution with women, 65, 208

Battle for Egypt, 52–4, 186

Beer bar, in Cairo Club, 245

Black market, 83, 88, 220

Books, need for, 246, 252

British, definition of word, 5

British Army: Interchange of commanders and staff with 2 NZEF, 178–9, 272; NZEF personnel commissioned into, 179–80; transfers from 2 NZEF, 179

Broadcasting Unit, 30, 124, 125, 206

Cables, 17

Camp Commandant, 131

Canteens: Inquiry 1940–41, 33, 247–8; distribution of stores, 247–8; manager, 82, 247; NAAFI, 14, 26, 33, 247–8, 250; profits, 248, 250

cascade scheme: Started, 55; ended, 82

Cassino, 72, 75

Casualties: Letters of condolence to NZ, 40; wastage tables, 190–2; all campaigns, 292

Censorship: Censor sections, 45, 130; press censor, 75; reports mid-1944, 76; reports, general, 131

Chaplains, 33, 115, 121–3, 256

Charter, GOC's: Details and analysis, 16, 93–6; advantages of, 23, 158–9

Christmas: Government subsidy for Christmas fare, 251; Christmas cards, 251

Church Army: Agent of National Patriotic Fund Board, 235–7; position of personnel, 206

Cinema Unit, 124, 125, 206

Ciphers, 114, 130

Civilian appointments in New Zealand, 75

Claims: From civilians, 262–3; claims uniformity committee, 40–1, 262

Clerical duties: Shortage of clerks, 19, 45; women clerks, 65, 75, 209–10

Closed shop in 2 NZEF, 161–5, 272–3

Clubs: Cairo, 33, 208–9, 244–5; Bari, 71, 208, 246; Rome, 77, 208, 246; Florence, 80, 246; Venice, 85, 87, 246; General Manager, 82, 246; beer bar in Cairo Club, 245

Command of 2 NZEF: Discussed, 96–101, 103–7; in the future, 271–2

Commissions. See First appointments

Compassionate leave: First cases, 24; early instructions on, 46; later instructions on, 59; general discussion, 228–30; legal cases in New Zealand, 230; need for special office, 230, 276

Compensation for loss of kit: After Greece and Crete, 40–1; in general, 260–2

Concentration of 2 NZEF in 1940, 30, 171

Confidential reports on officers, 199, 275

Convalescent Depot, 138

Cookery, 251

Corps and line-of-communication units, 2 NZEF: Envisaged in 1940 and 1941, 25, 39, 42, 44–5, 46; actually formed, 132–9

Corps in 2 NZEF: Heads of corps, 114–15; promotion of officers in corps, 200–1

Courts martial. See Military law

Crete, 38–40

Criminals, habitual, 219–20, 232

Deception scheme, cascade: Started, 55; ended, 82

Dental Services: Assistant Director of, 117; relations with medical services, 117; standard of, 117; mobile dental units, 117, 133, 137

Detachments: Recall of, in 1940, 31, 171; from Advanced Base, Tripoli, 61; problem in general, 170–5; dispersal of units, 175–6

Director of Medical Services. See Medical Services

Disbandment: 1942 draft scheme, 50, 264; begins 1945, 86; progress of, 89–90; general discussion on, 264; procedure during war, 265–6, 320–1

Discharge Depot, 143

Discipline: In 1945, 87; general, 213–23; military law, 213–15; in Egypt, 217–18; drink, 217–18; dress, 218–19; saluting, 218–19; habitual criminals, 219–20; monetary punishments, 220; excessive orders, 220–1, 267; provost corps, 221; field punishment, 221–2; punishment of NCOs, 222; punishment of officers, 67, 213, 222–3

Domestic problems, desirability of special office for, 230, 276 (see also Compassionate leave)

Dress: Early discussions on, 23; in Western Desert, 186, 218–19

Drink: New Zealand habits, 217–18; beer bar in Cairo, 245; drink in camps, 245, 276

Echelon: Use of term, 11–12; First Echelon in Egypt, 18et seq; Second Echelon to England, 27–8; arrival of Second Echelon in Egypt, 30–4; arrival of Third Echelon in Egypt, 29–30 (see also Second Echelon (Records)

Education and Rehabilitation Service: Formed, 73; scheme, 74, 85; general discussion on, 253–5; in the future, 274

Egypt: Discipline in, 217–18; inhabitants of, 19–20, 223–4; Customs rebate, 250 (see also Base organisation)

Elections: Proposed 1941, 43; general, 1943, 60, 68; by-elections, 45–6, 155–6

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 59, 118

Engineers: Problem of head of corps, 115, 200; non-divisional, 133–5

England, leave to, 74, 86, 87

Entertainment Unit, 33, 248–9

Equipment: First issues, 28–9; return at end of war, 87–8; stores audit, 128–9; scale to be drawn from British depots, 176–8

Escorts, sea: Discussion in 1939, 13; numbers of men to travel in unescorted vessels, 66, 156; escorts in the future, 274

Expeditionary Force commander, separate, 105–7, 272

Extra-duty pay, 23, 118–20

Field and base, relations between, 181–7, 254–5

Field Bakery Section, 59, 137, 189

Field Force Committee, organisation plan, 36 (FFC 36), 39, 42, 44, 46

Field Punishment Centre, 45, 222

Field service, men without, 182–3

Field troops: Feeling against base, 181–7, 254–5; conduct while in base, 185–7

Finance: Financial Adviser, see Pay; financial arrangements for 2 NZEF, 154, 176–8

First appointments: Within 2 NZEF, 163–4; to British Army, 179–80 (see also Officer Cadet Training Unit)

‘Flap’ in 1942, 186

Forestry Companies: In United Kingdom, 34, 43; one company moved to Mediterranean, 68; to Italy, 73, 79

Freyberg, Lt-Gen Lord. SeeGeneral Officer Commanding

Furlough scheme: Drafts, 63, 64–5, 67, 72, 76–7, 81–2, 86; return from New Zealand, 69; complications in late 1944, 81–2; code-names, 64–5, 84; in the future, 196, 276

Future planning for an Expeditionary Force, 271–6

General army duties: Prisoner-of-war camps, 1940, 32; units in 1941 and early 1942, 39, 46; in 1942, 49, 53, 56–7; from Advanced Base, Tripoli, 61; parachute unit, 49, 66; in Italy, 71; discussion on NZEF share of, 172–3, 272; detachments on, 170–6; recall of detachments in 1940, 171

General Headquarters: Definition of, 4–5, 166–7; Middle East Forces, dealings with, 21, 31, 32, 42, 45–6, 49, 50–1, 53, 54, 58, 65; in Algiers, 60; Central Mediterranean Force, 68, 71–2, 102–3, 180; secret communications from GOC 2 NZEF to NZ, 43, 153–4, 167; relations of HQ 2 NZEF with GHQ, 167–80; task of an Allied HQ, 168–9, 171; applicability of GHQ orders, 168–70; problem of detachments, 170–5; dispersal of units, 175–6; dissemination of GHQ orders, 268–9; NZ units for duty under: See General Army duties and Non-divisional units

General Officer Commanding (Lt-Gen Freyberg): Selection of, 13–14; early discussions with NZ Government, 16; charter, 16, 23, 93–6, 157–9; communications to NZ Govt, 43, 152, 153, 167; wounded, 52; accident, 80; relinquishes appointment, 89

Geneva Convention, 231

Graves Units: Concentration, 73; Registration and Inquiry, 45, 73; post-war work, 79–80; general, 136

Greece, Campaign in, 36–41

Greek Training Team, 41, 135–6

Hat badges, 23, 77, 257–8

Head-dress, 23, 77, 257

Headquarters Maadi Camp: Formed, 140; possible amalgamation with HQ 2 NZEF, 107–9 (see also Base organisation)

Headquarters 2 NZ Division: Early troubles, 18–19, 21; location in 1940, 20; dual role of staff in 1940, 25; duties when HQ 2 NZEF formed, 30, 109; re-united with HQ 2 NZEF, 87, 103

Headquarters 2 NZEF: Early troubles, 18–19, 21; location in 1940, 20; dual role of staff in 1940, 25; formed separately, 29–30, 98–101; amalgamated temporarily with HQ Maadi Camp, 53; move to Italy, 70, 72; location in Italy, 70–1, 79–80; re-united with HQ 2 NZ Div, 87, 103; discussion on its formation, 97–109; duties, 98–100, 103–5; relations with HQ Maadi Camp, 100, 107–9; principles regarding location, 101–3; internal organisation, 109–13; armband, 112; vehicle sign, 55, 112, 259–60; separate headquarters wanted from beginning, 107, 271

Helwan Camp, 15, 27–8, 30, 37, 62

Hospitals: The first hospital, 22–3; move of hospital from Beirut to Tripoli, 58; as transit units, 138

Ice-cream factory, 252

Identity cards, 31, 263

Infantry Corps, 200–1

Institutes, welfare: Religious bodies, 235–7; YMCA, 236–7, 240–1, 242–3

Italy, relations with inhabitants, 218, 225

Japan, war against: Proposals for 2 NZEF, 85; occupation force (Jayforce), 86, 87, 89

King's regulations. SeeMilitary law.

Kiwis. See Entertainment Unit

Legal cases, civil: Decided in NZ in absence of soldier, 230

Letters of condolence to New Zealand, 40

Liaison: With GHQ, 112; with Army HQ, NZ, 156, 159–61; with Government, 156–7, 275; within 2 NZEF, 112–13; value in general, 276

Libyan Campaign, 1941, 46

Line-of-Communication troops, Army. See General Army duties

Line-of-Communication units, 2 NZEF, 132–9

Lines of communication, 2 NZEF: To Greece, 36–8; to Crete, 38–40; to Libya, 1941, 42–3, 45–6; to Syria, 47–8; in Battle for Egypt, 52–5; at Alamein, 57; to Libya and Tunisia, 1943, 57–9, 61–2; to Italy, 1943, 67–9, 70–2; in Italy, 1944, 71–2, 75, 78, 79–80; at Cassino, 72, 75; in Italy, early 1945, 85; in general, 138; in the future, 272

Long Range Desert Group: Formation, 28, 31, 135; Leros operation, 69, 135; disbanded, 70, 135

Long-service personnel, relief of. See Furlough scheme

Loss of kit, compensation for: After Greece and Crete, 40–1; in general, 260–2

Lowry Hut, 244

Maadi camp: Site selected, 15; contracts, 19, 26; early stages in the camp, 20, 27, 97, 99–100; concentration in late 1940, 29; layout in early 1941, 34; use of letters ‘NZ’, 41–2; Division in Syria, 48; reduced in size early 1942, 50; during crisis of July 1942, 53–4; leave camp, 54; name changed to 6 NZ Div, 55; 2 NZ Div in camp, 62; 2 NZ Div leaves for Italy, 67; decision to retain Maadi, 69–70, 144–5; marginally unfit men, 73; reverts to old name, 82; size adjusted from time to time, 84; depots, etc., described, 140–4; men without field service in, 182; undesirables in, 183–5

Maadi Tent, 21, 90, 243–4

Maadi village, 21, 90

Manpower: Early deficiencies in, 21–2, 31; position after Crete, 41; position in late 1941, 44; summer 1942, 54, 56–7; end of 1942, 59; early 1943, 59; possible dilution with women, 65, 208; position in August 1943, 67; review in late 1944, 80–1; statistical appreciations, 188; keeping balance in use of manpower, 189–90 (see also Reinforcement drafts and War Establishments)

Marginally unfit men, 59, 73, 183, 231–2

Marriages: Within force, 44, 227; to civilians, 50; to members of other Commonwealth forces, 226–7; wives in crisis of 1942, 53; furlough scheme, 66; dispute with Government over, 73, 226; general discussion on, 211, 223–8; approval of marriages, 223–6; registration of, 225; ‘mixed’ marriages, 224–6; in Italy, 225; unofficial, 226; collecting wives, 226; in the future, 273

Matron-in-Chief. See Principal Matron

Mechanical transport. See Transport, mechanical

Medical grading: Change in terminology, 232–3; use of men of lower medical category, 196, 273

Medical Services: Hospital, 1940, 22; medical stores depot, 45, 143–4; move of hospital from Beirut to Tripoli, 58; supply of medical officers from New Zealand, 70; number of hospitals, 70, 160–1; men of low medical category, 73, 231–3; ranks in Medical Corps, 116; standard of medical treatment, 116; Director of Medical Services, 116; hospitals as transit units, 138; Convalescent Depot, 138; rest homes, 138; liaison with Director-General of Medical Services, 160–1; terms used for medical grading changed, 232–3

Military law: Effect of distances and rapid movement, 214–16; delays in trials, 214–16; existing code, 213–17; Army Act, 213–14; King's Regulations, 213; Field General Courts Martial, 216; permanent presidents of courts martial, 216; own code desirable, 213, 271

Military Secretary, 114, 115, 198

Minister of Defence, visit of, 61–3, 156

Naafi. SeeCanteens

National Patriotic Fund Board: Powers of overseas commissioner, 26, 41, 237–40; organised pre-war, 235–6; YMCA as agent, 235; Church Army as agent, 236–7; canteen stores, 248; grants from fund, general, 248–9

Newspaper mails, 263

New Zealand: Letters ‘NZ’ as part title of units, 40–1

New Zealand Army Headquarters. See Army HQ, NZ

2 New Zealand Division: Move to Greece, 36–7; to Crete, 38; Libya, 1941, 42–3, 46; to Syria, 47–8; Battle for Egypt, 52, 54; Alamein to Tunis, 57–9; Maadi and furlough, 63, 64; to Italy, 67, 68; to Cassino, 72; to Florence, 79, 87; to north-east Italy, 79; reduced in size, 80–1; to Trieste, 85; to Lake Trasimene, 86; number adopted as part of title, 55; fluctuations in, 132, 136–7, 188–93

6 New Zealand Division. See cascade scheme

New Zealander, characteristics, 138, 233–4

2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force: General description, 1–2, 3–4, 96–7; prewar preparations, 9–11; selection of GOC, 13–14; formation and despatch, 11–15, 16–17; Second Echelon to England, 27–8; concentration of force in Egypt, 30, 34; intended reorganisation 1940–41, 32; state of force in early 1941, 34–5; move to Greece, 36–7; intended reorganisation after Crete (FFC 36), 38–9, 42–3, 44, 46; strength, late 1941, 45; reorganised 1942, 54, 56–7; future movements 1943, 65; future movements mid-1944, 76; future movements, end 1944, 77, 80; reorganised 1944, 80–1; repatriation, 86, 89–90; command of force, 96–101, 103–7; corps in force, 114–15; services in force, 114–31; closed shop in, 161–5, 272–3; share of communal duties, 171–3, 176; size of 2 NZEF ‘tail’, 34–5, 145–9, 151

New Zealand Government: Relations with 2 NZEF, 152–7, 224–5, 226; GOC's communications to, 43–4, 152, 153, 167

Non-commissioned officers: In Second Echelon (Records), 127; unsuited for the field, 185; in reinforcement drafts, 204; punishment of, 222; in general, 204–6

Non-divisional units: Inception of, 14; increasing number of, 32; location troubles, 48–9, 61–2, 175; responsibility for, 50–1, 133–5, 175–6; furlough scheme, 65; disbanded, 67, 134; analysis of, 133–5

Non-military personnel, 206

Non-regimental employment, 183–5, 201–3

Nurses, 22, 207–8, 210–12

‘NZ’: Letters to be part of titles, 41–2

NZEF Times, 41, 126, 249

Officer cadet training unit (OCTU): Abortive formation in 1940, 29, 200; formed in 1944, 83, 142; comparison of British and NZEF OCTUs, 200

Officer in Charge of Administration: Appointment created, 30, 98; role of, 98–100, 107–9

Officers: Confidential reports on, 199, 275–6; ex-home defence, 163; ex-3 NZ Div, 83, 163; ex-prisoners of war, 203; first postings to NZEF, 26, 198–9, 275; Military Secretary, 114–15, 198; non-regimentally employed, 201–3; promotions within corps, 201; proportion in reinforcement drafts, 163–4; punishments, 67, 213, 222–3; ranks of officers in field and base, 202–3; regulations for promotion, 203; restrictions on rank after Third Echelon, 161–5; reverted officers with reinforcement drafts, 67; sent to New Zealand on duty, 42, 49, 162; source of first appointments, 163; temporary rank, 201; too old for field, 202; transfers to British Army, 179–80, 203; unsuited for the field, 26, 183–5, 198–9

OICA. See Officer in Charge of Administration

Orders: Dissemination of, 26–7, 30, 267–9; excessive number of, 220–1, 267–8

Ordnance: Deputy Director and Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, 117; depots 71, 137, 138; split in corps and formation of EME, 59, 118

Patches, distinguishing, 23, 258–9

Pay: Chief Paymaster and Financial Adviser, 120; alterations in paybooks in 1940, 23–4; excess Italian currency, 82–3, 120; extra-duty pay, 23, 118–20

Payment for services, 264

Photographer, still, 125

Pie bakery, 252

Planning in peacetime, need for, 9, 271–6

Port Detachments, 34, 57, 68, 138

Postal: Special inquiry, 42; formation of separate corps, 158, 252–3; mails to the Division, 83–4, 252–3; newspaper mails, 263; general discussion, 252–3

Prime Minister: Visit, 1941, 38–9, 41, 156; visit, 1944, 76–7, 156–7

Principal Matron, 116–17

Printing Unit, 46, 130, 268

Prisoners of war, Allied and 2 NZEF: Exchanged, 51; reception of, 68–9; Repatriation Unit, 69, 136; Repatriation Unit for United Kingdom, 74, 77; Interrogation Unit, 83, 136; prisoners returning to 2 NZEF, 203, 230–1; knowledge of Geneva Convention, 231

Prisoners of war, enemy: Guards for camps, 32, 136; employment of, 88, 220

Provost Corps, 221

Publicity, Director of, 126, 157

Public Relations in 2 NZEF: Official Artist, 33, 124, 126; Broadcasting Unit, 30, 124, 126, 206; Cinema Unit, 124, 125, 206; general discussion on, 124–6; Public Relations Officer, 124; still photographer, 125; NZEF Times, 41, 126, 249; war correspondents, 30, 39, 60, 75, 124, 206; in the future, 273

‘Q’ staff matters, 256–64

Rations: Adoption of British, 2, 16; reduction in, 88

Reception Depot, 142

Red Cross: Commissioner and staff, 253; store, 143; voluntary aid detachments (VADs), 208–9

Regimental Funds: Audit of, 128–9, 249–50; Central Fund, 250; source of funds, 249–50; post-war disposal of, 250.

Regulations for 2 NZEF, 203–4

Rehabilitation. See Education and Rehabilitation Service

Reinforcements, despatch forwards, 46, 54, 57, 59, 71–3, 138–9

Reinforcement drafts: Size of, 24–5, 188–93; primary role of, 31; position in late 1941, 44, 46; 8th Reinforcements, 56, 58, 59; after furlough scheme, 69; delays in late 1944, 81–2; principles governing, 188–93; frequency, 192; transfers between corps, 195–6; warrant officers and NCOs in, 204–5

Reinforcement Transit Unit, 72, 139

Repatriation: Draft scheme, 1942, 50, 264–5; begins 1945, 86; progress of, 89; speed of, 89, 90; discussion on, 264–6; volunteers to delay repatriation, 266

Replacements, use of term, 192–3

Rest Homes, 138

Saluting, 218–19

School of Instruction, 142

Screening Commission, Allied, 83

Second Echelon (Records): Confusion in name, 11–12; work of, 127; large number of NCOs in, 127, 196

Secrecy, moves of Division, 72, 79

Shoulder titles, 23, 47, 259

Staff officers, interchange with British Army, 178–9, 272

Survey Battery, 134

Syria, change of line of communication to, 47–9, 51

Temporary rank, 201

Training: Depots, 141–2; in general, 69, 70, 84, 197; in future, 275

Transfers between corps, 195–6

Transfers of officers to British Army, 178–80, 203

Transport, mechanical: Sent from New Zealand, 84, 256–7; control in use of, 256–7

Unescorted vessels, numbers to travel on, 66, 156

VADs. See Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Medical

Vehicle signs, 55, 259–60

Volunteers for post-war service, 266

War correspondents, 30, 39, 60, 124, 125, 206

War Establishments: Preparation and issue of, 34–5, 194; increases in, 148–9, 194; discussion on, 193–5

Warrant Officers. See Non-commissioned officers

Wastage Tables, 24, 190–2

Welfare: In early days, 25–6, 236; bands, 251; books, 252; canteen stores, 33, 82, 247–8; canteen inquiry, 33, 247; catering depot, 252; Christmas fare, 251; clubs, 244–6; cooking, 251–2; Dennis Duigan Fund, 250; Egypt Customs Rebate, 250; ERS, 73, 74, 85, 253–5; ice-cream, 252; ‘Kiwis’, 33, 248–9; National Patriotic Fund: See separate entry; Non-divisional units, 133; pie factory, 252; postal, 83–4, 158, 252–3; Red Cross, 143–4, 208, 209, 253; regimental funds, 129, 249–50; religious institutes, 235–7; NZEF Times, 41, 126, 249; YMCA, 235–6, 240–3; general discussion on welfare, 235–55; responsibility for, 41, 237–43; unit responsibility, 243; welfare committee, 41, 238–40; public funds as a source, 240–2, 246, 248, 251; military welfare staff, 246; insufficiency of, 218, 246–7; Army Welfare Service, 242–3; in the future, 274

Wives. See Marriages

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACS), Clerical: Delay in despatch, 156; first contingent, 75, 208; work, 209–10

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs), Medical (VADs): First contingent, 47; work, 208, 209

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Welfare: First contingent, 44; work, 208–10

Women's Services, general: Clothing, 50, 211; in crisis, 1942, 54; military law for, 57, 211; possible extension of numbers, 65, 208; battlefield cruises, 80, 212; ranks, 210–11; marriages, 211; status in the Army, 210–11; outfit grant, 211; general discussion on, 207–12; compensation for loss of kit, 260–2; in the future, 273

YMCA: Ranks, 206; duties, status, exact responsibilities, etc., 235–7, 240–3