Private J. D. Caves: The Long Journey Home
Excerpt from Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War
Excerpt from Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War
The battalion received orders to return to Egypt and on 19 June began the 5 day journey. Travelling south through Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Rayak, the columns crawled over the Anti-Lebanons and ran into an intense heat wave on the frontiers of Palestine. The temperature rose until with-out warning serious tyre trouble occurred throughout the entire convoy. Many vehicle breakdowns occurred due to the exceptional heat.