To Greece
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
The photographs in the W. G. McClymont collection were taken during a visit to Greece in October–November 1945. Mr McClymont was then the Official Archivist, 2 NZEF
Frontispiece | |
Mount Olympus, a post-war photograph | W. G. McClymont collection |
Following page 102 | |
Trentham Camp, 1939 | C. Boyer |
First Echelon recruits at Hopu Hopu receive their web equipment | Weekly News |
Visitors' Day, Trentham, before the departure of the First Echelon in January 1940 | C. Boyer |
Second Echelon farewell parade at the Auckland Domain, April 1940 | Weekly News |
First Echelon troops on board the Dunera, Lyttelton, 5 January 1940 | Green and Hahn |
Railway Construction sappers board the Andes at Lyttelton, 1 May 1940 | Green and Hahn |
Submarine lookout, Mauretania | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
First Echelon and AIF convoy in the Indian Ocean, January 1940 | R. D. Coats collection |
Mess-deck | |
General Freyberg welcomes the First Echelon at Port Tewfik, 12 February 1940 | |
20 Battalion arrives at Maadi Camp, February 1940 | G. L. Lawrence |
Battalion lines, Maadi | G. L. Lawrence |
Second Echelon disembarks at Gourock | Central Press |
Mytchett Place, Headquarters of 2 NZEF in the United Kingdom | C. W. Hawkins |
Mr Churchill takes the salute from D Company of the Maori Battalion | Gale and Polden |
Loading spruce. New Zealand Forestry Group in the United Kingdom | C. H. Chandler collection |
Following page 202 | |
General Freyberg at his desk, Maadi Camp | |
A 4 Field Regiment gun crew trains at Maadi on an 18-pounder | British Official |
19 Battalion at work on the anti-tank ditch at Wadi Naghamish, June 1940 | D. W. Sinclair collection page ix |
New Zealand trucks carry back Italian prisoners from the First Libyan Campaign, December 1940 | J. T. Burrows collection |
River-crossing training on the Nile, February 1941 | R. L. McGaffin collection |
The Marit Maersk arrives at Piraeus, Greece, 17 March 1941 | V. C. Gordon |
Athens welcomes the New Zealanders | D. A. Hawkins |
Hymettus Camp | J. Forsyth |
Athens from the Acropolis | C. R. Ambury |
21 Battalion men break their train journey north | N. L. Macky collection |
The motor transport convoy on the road between Elevtherokhorion and Dolikhe | J. M. Twhigg collection |
On the Aliakmon line: General Freyberg and his G1, Colonel K. L. Stewart | J. C. White |
GOC's conference | J. C. White |
General Sir Archibald Wavell—from a sketch by Peter McIntyre | NZ Army |
General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson | British Official |
General Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, visits Maadi Camp | NZ Army |
Following page 302 | |
Bishop Gerard conducts a service near Katerini, March 1941 | D. M. Burns |
Vevi. Looking north-west towards the Yugoslav border from a New Zealand machine-gun post | B. W. Bayly collection |
Blown bridge over the Aliakmon River | J. F. Potter collection |
New Zealand positions at Platamon castle under bombardment | —from a German magazine |
The coastline north of Platamon from the castle | E. K. S. Rowe |
Looking west towards Pandeleimon from the castle | R. B. McClymont |
Preparing gun positions in the Olympus Pass | J. C. White |
Looking towards Katerini from the Maori Battalion positions in Olympus Pass—a post-war photograph | W. G. McClymont collection |
New Zealand engineers build a road in the Olympus Pass | E. K. S. Rowe |
Servia, looking towards the Aliakmon River—a post-war photograph | W. G. McClymont collection |
19 Battalion's first German prisoners, Servia | NZ Army |
Mist covers the withdrawal through the Servia Pass | I. C. Macphail |
New Zealand provost on point duty, Olympus Pass | T. A. Goodall page x |
The Pinios ferry—a post-war photograph | W. G. McClymont collection |
German tanks ford the Pinios River | —from a German magazine |
Following page 400 | |
German forces cross the Pinios River | —a page from a German magazine |
German reconnaissance plane in the Molos area | J. A. Carroll collection |
Thermopylae | J. L. McIndoe collection |
Sunrise near Kriekouki | J. C. White |
Shelling disperses the enemy advanced guard at Kriekouki | S. N. S. Crump |
Brigadier Puttick's map of Attica showing 4 Brigade positions at Porto Rafti | |
Athens waves goodbye. A convoy passes through the city during the withdrawal | N. Blackburn |
Porto Rafti | H. K. Kippenberger collection |
Corinth Bridge | |
A Sunderland flying boat lies off the coast of Greece | British Official |
Commanders' conference near Monemvasia | J. C. White |
New Zealand troops arrive at Suda Bay, Crete | |
HMAS Nizam, carrying troops from Greece, arrives at Alexandria | British Official |
The Salween disembarks troops at Alexandria | L. C. Smart collection |