4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
The Desert Road: Cairo to Alexandria | C. J. Boland | Frontispiece |
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A guard at Papakura Camp, November 1939 | G. H. Whyte | 102 |
Souvenir postcard | C. Lee collection | 102 |
Training in the desert | G. H. Whyte | 102 |
Training convoy in Nile Delta | O. C. Fones collection | 102 |
Bayonet training for ‘Mahmid’ | B. J. Crowley collection | 102 |
Anniversary dinner at Fuka, October 1940 | B. J. Crowley collection | 102 |
Sandstorm near Bir Thalata | Henry Muller collection | 102 |
Trench and dugout near Mersa Matruh | B. J. Crowley collection | 102 |
The approach to Sidi Barrani | B. J. Crowley collection | 134 |
On the frontier | E. N. White | 134 |
An Italian gun at Tummar West | B. J. Crowley collection | 134 |
Fort Capuzzo | B. J. Crowley collection | 134 |
Signing for Christmas parcels | Henry Muller collection | 134 |
RMT graves at Sollum | I. E. Stock collection | 134 |
Land mine, Tobruk | Henry Muller collection | 134 |
Laager area near Derna | Henry Muller collection | 134 page xii |
Waiting to descend the Sollum escarpment | Henry Muller collection | 168 |
Entering Piraeus, Greece | E. L. Tinker collection | 168 |
Arriving in Athens | E. L. Tinker collection | 168 |
On the main road to Albania | J. Pool collection | 168 |
Transport from the Pindus Mountains | J. Pool collection | 168 |
Bombing in Nikaia | E. L. Tinker collection | 168 |
RMT men evacuated from Greece to Crete | 168 | |
Mess parade near Galatas | 200 | |
Troops returning from Galatas towards Canea | W. N. Carson collection | 200 |
Lt W. N. Carson, 4 Field Regiment, who commanded a patrol of 4 RMT, Galatas | 200 | |
Bamboo shelter, Crete | 200 | |
Bursting bombs, November 1941 | J. M. Boland | 200 |
Sidi Rezegh battlefield | C. J. Boland | 200 |
Entry to Tobruk, I December 1941 | C. J. Boland | 200 |
Bombed ruins, Tobruk | R. M. Jaspers | 200 |
The move west | C. J. Boland | 200 |
Climbing the Gazala escarpment | C. J. Boland | 200 |
Sgt T. W. Gill's escape party | 200 | |
Halt for lunch in the Sinai Desert | J. H. Rich | 200 |
On the road from Damascus to Beirut | D. F. Coleman | 200 page xiii |
The break-out at Minqar Qaim | ||
—from a painting by Peter McIntyre | 200 | |
Petrol truck on fire, Deir ez Zor, Syria | F. L. Williams | 200 |
In a slit trench under shellfire, Alamein | F. L. Williams | 200 |
Cookhouse at Burg el Arab | C. J. Boland | 232 |
Parade at Alamein for General Montgomery | C. J. Boland | 232 |
Watching the Alamein barrage by moonlight | C. J. Boland | 232 |
Muddy going and a rainbow, south-west of Fuka | C. J. Boland | 232 |
Bogged south of Daba | G. E. Reed | 232 |
Over the top of Halfaya Pass | R. M. Jaspers | 232 |
On the left hook south of El Agheila | R. M. Jaspers | 232 |
Marble Arch | R. M. Jaspers | 232 |
Olive trees at Kairouan | A. E. Trenwith | 232 |
1 NZ Mule Pack Company in Tunisia | NZ Army Official (M. D. Elias) | 232 |
Crossing the Sangro | D. F. Coleman | 232 |
Convoy carrying mules snowbound at Capracotta | D. F. Coleman | 232 |
Agnone, on the move from the Sangro | A. E. Trenwith | 264 |
Company HQ at Piedimonte d'Alife | D. F. Coleman | 264 |
With men of 28 Battalion in Forli | NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 264 |