Railways - Egypt
Lupton, R A :World War I photographs that belonged to Roger Lupton
Date: [ca 1918-1919]
By: Lupton, Roger Deller, 1897-
Reference: PAColl-0401
Description: Photographs of Palestine, Egypt and the Middle East, probably taken by Roger Lupton who was on active service there. As there are captions relating to the AMR, it is assumed that he was with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. They are mostly of places of interest in the area such as the Monastery of St George at Wadi Qelt; the Crusaders' Tower in Richon; the Mosque of Omar, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem; temple ruins at Luxor; the Agricultural College in Jaffa; the River Jordan; a Roman amphitheatre in Amman; the German Church in Bethlehem; the Church of Lazarus in Bethany; the inside of the Russian Church in Jaffa; and a man and a woman floating in the Dead Sea. However, there are others relating to the campaign: a pontoon bridge over the River Jordan; Kastal Railway Station on the Mecca line with a long goods train being loaded; the remains of the Turkish gun Jericho Jane (Turkish gun used in the Jordan Valley during the First World War so named as its range was long enough to hit Jericho from the opposite side of the vally, twelve miles away. The gun had an eighteen foot barrel); bombed houses in Jaffa; a cemetery; Algerian cavalry in Ismalia; railway lines at Tantah, Egypt; a stone Turkish bridge at Beersheba; the ruins of a Turkish patrol boat next to the Dead Sea; a railway engine destroyed by the retreating Turks; dead horses of the Auckland regiment in the Jordan Valley; a group of soldiers on board a troop ship; and three of men and horses, one showing the camp at Richon. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s) loose prints. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) post cards. 1 album(s) Album(s).
Egypt, Military patrol, Western Desert
Date: ca 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-00619-F
Description: Soldiers in and beside a motor rail car used for patrolling the rail to Matruh Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Egypt: British troops ready to operate quadruple mounted Browning guns
Date: ca 1942
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Harrington-Hutchings, Leonard William, 1913-2002
Reference: DA-11402-F
Description: Members of the British army in Egypt getting ready to operate quadruple mounted Browning guns, which are in the roof of a railway truck Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Egypt: Train at El Alamain railway station
Date: 1942
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-08307-F
Description: The first train to arrive at El Alamein station after the successful army breakthrough in October is taking on water. It is being driven by the New Zealand Army Engineers Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Neil Grace of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit guides shunting of train, Western ...
Date: 12 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02247-F
Description: Neil Grace (Invercargill) of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit guides the shunting of a train into the yard in the Western Desert, Egypt. Taken on 12 December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Member of the New Zealand Railway Operating Company firing a railway engine, Western De...
Date: Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-06757-F
Description: An unidentified member of the New Zealand Railway Operating Company firing a railway engine in the Western Desert, Egypt, during World War II. Possibly G Gregory, of Taihape.Taken in December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Processing information: Possible identification of subject by researcher, November 2022.
Group of operatives of New Zealand Railway Operating Unit in the Western Desert, World ...
Date: 12 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02248-F
Description: Group of operatives of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit in the Western Desert, Egypt. Taken on 12 December 1941 by official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Prime Minister Peter Fraser with the Railway Construction Unit, Egypt
Date: [ca May 1941]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-00863-F
Description: Prime Minister Peter Fraser with a Railway Construction Unit in Egypt. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer (unidentified). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Sgt J Cheadle of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit coupling up in the rail yard, W...
Date: 12 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02249-F
Description: Sergeant J Cheadle (Auckland) of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit coupling up in the rail yard in the Western Desert, Egypt, World War II. Taken on 12 December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
J Noonan of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit maintaining a locomotive in the West...
Date: 2 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02246-F
Description: J Noonan of the New Zealand Railway Construction Company maintaining a locomotive in the Western Desert, Egypt. Taken by an unknown photographer on 2 December 1941. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
G Gregory, New Zealand Railway Operating Company, in an engine cab, Western Desert, Wor...
Date: Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-06756-F
Description: G Gregory (Taihape), of the New Zealand Railway Operating Comapny, in an engine cab in the Western Desert, Egypt. Taken in December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Prime Minister Peter Fraser with the Railway Construction Unit, Egypt
Date: [ca May 1941]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-00864-F
Description: Prime Minister Peter Fraser meets personnel of a Railway Construction Unit in Egypt. Taken circa May 1941 by an official photographer (unidentified). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Egypt: New Zealand Railways Operations Company at work
Date: 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-00382-F
Description: Men of the New Zealand Railway Operations Company repairing armoured trucks on the Western Desert line. The trucks are used for forwarding supplies to the front line. British Official photograph Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
J Kelman stoking locomtive in the Western Desert, World War II
Date: 12 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02250-F
Description: J Kelman (Dunedin) of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit stoking a locomotive in the Western Desert, Egypt, World War II. Taken on 12 December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Diesel drawn ambulance train operated by NZ engineers, World War II - Photograph taken ...
Date: 8 Mar 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Clarke, David Adamson, active 1943
Reference: DA-02944-F
Description: Diesel drawn ambulance train operated in Egypt by NZ engineers of the NZ Railway Operations Company during World War II. Photograph taken on 8 March 1943 by Major D A Clarke. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
E H Furness, New Zealand Railway Operating Company, oiling up in the Western Desert, Wo...
Date: Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-06755-F
Description: E H Furness (Palmerston North), of the New Zealand Railway Operating Company, oiling up in the Western Desert, Egypt. Taken in December 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Officers of New Zealand Railway Operating Unit work out control schedules in the Wester...
Date: 2 Dec 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-02245-F
Description: Officers of the New Zealand Railway Operating Unit working out control schedules for the operation of military railways in the Middle East, during World War II. Men recruited from the NZ Railways are operating important supply links. Taken in the Western Desert, Egypt, on 2 December 1941 by official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Egypt: Military patrols, 1st Libyan Campaign
Date: ca 1941
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-00664-F
Description: Probably members of the 25th New Zealand Battalion on and arround a motor rail car used for patrolling the line to Matruh during the first Libyan Campaign Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Diesel trains operated in the Western Desert by NZ engineers, World War II - Photograph...
Date: 6 Mar 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Clarke, David Adamson, active 1943
Reference: DA-02945-F
Description: Diesel trains operated in the Western Desert by NZ engineers of the NZ Railway Operations Company during World War II. Photograph taken on 6 March 1943 by Major D A Clarke. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative