Photographs relating to Sir Geoffrey Sandford Cox's service with 2NZEF in Crete, Greece

Photographs relating to Sir Geoffrey Sandford Cox's service with 2NZEF in Crete, Greece, in 1941, at which time he was Chief Intelligence Officer to General Freyberg.

Comprises: 11 of troops disembarking at Suda Bay, Crete, Greece, Apr 1941; two views of a hospital ship off Canea, Crete, May 1941, looking over the site where the 'Crete News' was edited; 4 captured photographs from German paratroopers in Crete including German airborne troops about to embark for Crete 1941; two unidentified; newspaper cutting of a painting by Peter McIntyre showing the painting 'The Blitz, Canea Crete area defended by NZ'ers' May 1941; newspaper cutting of 'Force headquarters at Sphakia, Crete; unidentified photograph; Cox and Ginger Cunningham near the beach at Tel Aviv, Israel; German paratroopers in the sky; unidentified ;10 of Canea and Suda Bay under bombardment; Askifou Plain, Crete; Headquarter cave at Sphakea, Crete; NZ embarkation point for evacuation train, Crete; German destroyers in Crete; four unidentified; a photograph of the front page of the 'Crete News', 16 May 1941; five unidentified; bombing of Suda Bay; two of [bombing at Canea? Suda Bay?]; Ginger Cunningham at Tel Aviv; Cox and Cunningham near the beach at Tel Aviv, Israel; Wailing wall, Jeruslaem; Wailing wall, Jerusalem, with Jude Moorehead; Air raid over [Alex ?]; ship sunk ?; Cox swimming in the sea at the reinforcements camp, (Athens?) 1941; German paratroopers being dropped over Crete; Freyberg in Crete; newspaper cutting from the Auckland Star, 27 May 1941, listing missing troops, including Cox (listed under 'Other ranks').

Accompanying information - Sheet of paper with descriptions of photographs, compiled by Cox.

Quantity: 1 album(s).

Physical Description: Front and back album covers and loose black album pages, 30.5 x 19 cm

Transfers: Two items, originally loose in this album, are now at PAColl-9801-13 (cutting from the Crete News), and PAColl-9801-17 (photograph from a German paratrooper showing German troops on Italian vessels enroute for Crete).