Editorial Advisory Panel

Professor N. C. Phillips, MA, University of Canterbury

Professor F. L. W. Wood, MA (Oxon), Victoria University of Wellington

Professor F. W. Holmes, MA, Victoria University of Wellington

This volume was produced and published by the Historical Publications Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.

The Department gratefully acknowledges the valuable assistance given in the production of this volume by Professor Phillips.

Editor-in-Chief	M. C. Fairbrother, cbe, dso, ed
Executive Officer	W. A. Glue
Archives Officer	R. L. Kay

the author: Mr Ronald Walker served in the New Zealand infantry during the two battles dealt with in this volume. He later transferred to the Army Archives Section which collected and collated the available material covering the New Zealand part in the Second World War, a task later taken over, together with most of the staff, by the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. He has completed the research and written the basic narratives for parts of the Egyptian and Italian campaigns, and has assisted the authors of the unit histories published by the Branch. He is a well-known radio reviewer, particularly of books on military subjects.