Piraeus
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 24 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Crete
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume I
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Journey Towards Christmas
- Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific
- Medical Units of 2 NZEF in Middle East and Italy
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Petrol Company
- Prisoners of War
- Supply Company
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- The Royal New Zealand Navy
- To Greece
- List of Illustrations
- First New Zealand Troops in Greece
- Britain Decides to Assist Greece
- The New Zealand Government Makes its Decision
- Movement of New Zealand Division to Greece
- The Olympus Pass Defences
- Units Continue to Arrive
- The Greek and Australian Divisions
- The Supply Problem
- Final Adjustments to the Allied Line
- The Raid on Piræus Harbour
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Fourth Brigade Group
- The Assembly of Mackay Force: 8–9 April
- 15 April: The Situation becomes More Serious
- The Positions of 4 Brigade about Servia Pass
- The Escape Parties
- The New Zealand Sector
- The Decision to Evacuate
- Medical and Base Units leave the Athens Area, 22–25 April
- Formation of the Reinforcement Battalion at Voula
- Embarkations and Movements on the night 24–25 April
- The Germans Attack from the Air
- The German Advance from Thermopylae
- New Zealand Troops in Kalamata
- The Problems of the Campaign
- Index
- Part I. GREECE
- War Surgery and Medicine
Image Gallery
.jpg "1 NZ General Hospital ready to embark from Piraeus for Egypt")
.jpg "Arrival in Greece, Piraeus")
.jpg "On the wharf at Piraeus")
.jpg "The Cameronia arrives at Piraeus, March 1941. From left: Carl Watson (top), Dick Orbell, Dick Connolly and Brian Bassett")
.jpg "The Marit Maersk arrives at Piraeus, Greece")
.jpg "The Marit Maersk arrives at Piræus, Greece, 17 March 1941")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Piraeus":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.