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New Zealand Engineers, Middle East

Contents

page ix

Contents

Page
FOREWORD v
PREFACE vii
1 ‘WITH THE RANK AND PAY OF A SAPPER’ 1
2 THE FIRST OFFENSIVE 30
3 IN THE LEE OF THE STORM 60
4 THE CAMPAIGN IN GREECE 80
5 THE CAMPAIGN IN CRETE 123
6 NON-DIVISIONAL ENGINEER UNITS IN MIDDLE EAST AND ENGLAND, JUNE-DECEMBER 1941 160
7 THE CRUSADER CAMPAIGN 196
8 A MISCELLANY OF WORK 236
9 THE WESTERN DESERT RAILWAY, JANUARY-JUNE 1942 252
10 NEAP TIDE IN EGYPT 280
11 BEHIND THE RETREAT, JUNE-OCTOBER 1942 320
12 THE TURN OF THE TIDE 341
13 HIGH TIDE IN TRIPOLITANIA, DECEMBER 1942-JANUARY 1943 375
14 BEHIND THE ADVANCE, OCTOBER 1942-FEBRUARY 1943 396
15 FLOOD TIDE IN TUNISIA, MARCH-MAY 1943 419
16 REORGANISATION 461
17 THE ITALIAN WINTER LINE 483
18 CASSINO 530
19 14 FORESTRY COMPANY IN ITALY 569
20 ADVANCE TO FLORENCE 591 page x
21 THE ADVANCE TO THE SAVIO RIVER 627
22 TO THE SENIO 651
23 TO RONCHI 677
24 ‘BATTLED FIELDS NO MORE’ 717
APPENDICES
I: Order of Battle New Zealand Engineers, Middle East and Italy, 1939–45 726
II: 2 NZEF Army Postal Service 727
III: 3 Section, 9 Railway Survey Company, and the Wadi Halfa Extension, 1941 731
IV: Extract from Royal Engineers Training Memorandum: New Zealand Engineers in Italy 734
V: Analysis of Promotions, Casualties and Awards in a Field Company, New Zealand Engineers 738
ROLL OF HONOUR 740
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES 747
HONOURS AND AWARDS 748
COMMANDERS, NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS, 2 NZEF 750
INDEX 751