22 Battalion
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | |
German Tiger tank captured at La Romola, 31 July 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Following page 68 | |
Original officers of 22 Battalion | L. W. Andrew collection |
Second Echelon men parade for showers, Trentham | C. Boyer |
Borax, the unit's mascot, on parade in England | A. H. De Lisle |
Sir Cyril Newall inspects 22 Battalion in England, December 1940 | L. W. Andrew collection |
Looking east from the exit of the gorge on the eastern side of Olympus Pass | W. G. McClymont |
Greece: a troop train moves through the mountains towards the front Looking towards Mount Olympus from Dholikhi |
C. W. Hawkins |
The evacuation from Greece—5 Brigade troops on HMS | Glengyle |
German planes burning on Maleme airfield | E. K. S. Rowe |
Aerial photograph of Maleme airfield | British Official |
German troops waiting to embark for Crete | Captured German film |
Helwan, July 1941: Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Andrew and his battalion on return from Crete | NZ Army |
Bringing in German wounded, November 1941 | G. Silk |
Captured members of B Company at Bardia | German film, G. Order collection |
Bren carrier with German machine gun, Gazala, December 1941 | W. C. Hart collection |
Lieutenant W. C. Hart, Les Murphy and Jack Weir rest on the way back from Gazala | W. C. Hart collection |
Playing cards under the olive trees at Haifa | Rev. T. E. Champion collection |
17 Platoon's camp on the Syria-Turkey border | D. R. Hodgson collectionpage xiii |
Captain Fred Oldham shaving in the Syrian desert | A. H. De Lisle |
22 Battalion digs in at Minqar Qaim | W. A. Whitlock |
A meal at Kaponga | A. H. De Lisle |
Sgt Keith Elliott, VC | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Troops debus the day before the attack on Ruweisat Ridge | R. M. Jaspers collection |
General Freyberg joins Captain MacDuff and members of B Company in a mug of tea, 26 October 1942 | C. F. Whitty collection |
Tanks burning on Miteiriya Ridge | C. F. Whitty collection |
Unloading supplies at Sollum, November 1942 | C. F. Whitty collection |
Moving through the minefield at Siwa Road, November 1942 | C. F. Whitty collection |
22 Battalion Pipe Band, Maadi, 1943 | R. Moody collection |
22 Battalion prisoners of war at Stalag VIIIB | L. Pahl |
Officers of 22 (Motor) Battalion, Maadi, June 1943 | |
Mess queue during the march from Maadi to Burg el Arab, September 1943 | I. Ford |
Following page 268 | |
‘Biwies’ at Burg el Arab | J. Lewis collection |
Going ashore at Taranto | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Aerial view of the crossroads to Castelfrentano and Guardiagrele in the Sangro River area, January 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Brigadier Inglis chats with members of 2 Company at Salarola | A. H. De Lisle |
8 Platoon, I Company, just out of Cassino | J. C. Cullimore collection |
12 Platoon | A. H. De Lisle |
Snow-capped Monte Cairo and the Monastery guard the junction of the Liri and Rapido valleys | F. H. Williams collection |
The courtyard of the castle at Vicalvi, June 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
La Romola | C. S. Barnden collectionpage xiv |
Point 361—the battalion's final objective in the advance to Florence | C. S. Barnden collection |
12 Platoon before the move to the Adriatic | A. H. De Lisle |
I. F. Thompson receives a wireless message, Rimini, September 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Following page 300 | |
D. Charlwood prepares a meal near Rimini | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Panther turret captured by 22 Battalion near Rimini, September 1944 | P. W. Hector |
22 Battalion rugby team which won the Freyberg Cup, December 1944 | NZ Army (G. Bull) |
A village priest brings in refugees from German-occupied areas near Faenza, December 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
D Company headquarters, January 1945 | Unit photographer |
A machine gun covers the Senio stopbank, January 1945 | P. W. Hector |
The attack across the Senio River begins, 9 April 1945 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
QM trucks at Massa Lombarda, April 1945 | R. Costello |
Don Horn, Sid Benson and Major Reg Spicer with a mortar captured at the Reno River, April 1945 | K. J. MacKenzie collection |
Ferrying trucks across the Piave, April 1945 | R. Costello |
German prisoners pushing their vehicles near Trieste, May 1945 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
C Company parades in Trieste, May 1945 | R. Costello |
22 Battalion controlling the Japanese repatriation centre at Senzaki
Resting during manoeuvres, November 1946 |
22 Battalion War Diary |
Lt-Col J. T. Russell | Rev. T. E. Champion collection |
Lt-Col T. C. Campbell | NZ Army |
Lt-Col D. G. Steele | D. G. Steele collection |
Lt-Col H. V. Donald | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Lt-Col A. F. W. O'Reilly | A. F. W. O'Reilly collection |
Lt-Col W. B. Thomas | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |