Commando troops
New Zealand. Units. Special Air Service
Date: Aug 1955
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: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-164
Description: Series of captioned photographs showing the SAS training at Waiouru before leaving for Malaya. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. Long Range Desert Group
Date: [1940-1941]
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: PAColl-4161-01-152
Description: Series, of mainly uncaptioned photographs, of the Long Range Desert Group on surveillance patrols in Chevrolet trucks. Includes a series of individual portraits of the men in the Desert Group (unidentified). Captioned photographs show the surrender of Traghen; member of the Desert Group with women and children in the province of Chad; NZ and Free French Army troops taken beside their trucks during an expedition; L/Cpl L Roderick (NZ Divisional Cavalry) behind a machine gun on a car of the LRDG; Lt-Col J C d'Ornano of the Free French Army with L/Cpl Adams, L/Cpl Roderick and junior French officers; Murzuk Fort (Murzuq) on fire. Quantity: 129 b&w original photographic print(s).
Major Clayton of LRDG in conference with Free French leader, Kayugi
Date: Jan 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-00865A-F
Description: British Major P A Clayton of the Long Range Desert Group (L) conferring with Free French leader Lieutenant Colonel d'Ornano during the Fezzan Raid. Two junior Free French officers look on. Photograph taken at Kayugi in January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate
World War, 1939-1945. South Pacific. Nissan Island (Green Island)
Date: 1939-1944
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: PAColl-4161-01-114
Description: Most photographs have captions. Include: Coastal view of Nissan Island; NZ Valentine tanks being taken ashore; Sgt L C Barker (Auckland) with Nissan Island native; Major Gen Barrowclough with Col J I Brooke; Lt R E Moore inspecting landing operations; Nissan Islanders and Major D E Trevarthan (Auckland) & Lt-Col A H L Sugden (Napier); fresh water being brought ashore from LST; carrying stores ashore; man-handling heavy vehicle. Group photographs - 8th MMG; No 1 Platoon 8th Bd MMG Coy; No 3 Platoon 8th MMG Coy; No 3 Platoon at South Point (14 MMG); Q staff (Lt G P Chapman, Major G B Gibbons, Major D C Williams, Capt H R Denton), May 1944; No 2 Platoon at South Point 14 MMG; Headquarters Coy, 8th Bde MMG; HQ Company at South Pt 14 MMG; Sgts mess Div HQ, May 1944; Sgts of 14 MMg; officers of 14 MMG; staff Div HQ (Pte J E Grant, Sgt D E Yockney; WO C B Russell, S/Sgt A L Gosney, Pte R L Graham, Capt J N Thomson, Capt R F Wakefield, Major I H McArthur, Col J I Brooke, Lt M W Speight, Capt L E Adams); Orderly Room staff 14th Bde HQ; officers of 14 Bde HQ; 3 D & E Platoon, Feb 1944; officers of Bde HQ; HQ Company taken at time Bn went to Solomon Islands (large group). Field bakery and post office; Catholic mission station after capture; group of soldiers with Japanese souvenirs; NZEFIP band (3 NZ Division) (NOTE: Library researcher believes this image of the band to be taken at Noumea, not Green island); 35 Bn camp at Halis; engineers constructing a pier at Halis; trucks loaded with supplies and equipment on a beach; road near Tangalan Plantation; islanders boarding an American landing craft to be removed from battle zone; 4th Field Section, Apr 1944. View of D Coy camp site; canoeing on lagoon; `Marsden' matting laid on South Pokonian to facilitate landing of vehicles; captured Japanese heavy machine; commandos being `black-faced'; aerial view of Nissan Island; camp site beside lagoon; 26 Fd Coy NZ Engineers forming a road through jungle; malarial control. NZ force landing at Fanning Island, 6 Sep 1939; HMS Leander & MV Tulagi at Fanning Island, 6 Sep 1939. Quantity: 90 b&w original photographic print(s).
World War, 1939-1945. South Pacific. Solomon Islands, etc
Date: 1941, 1943-1944
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: PAColl-4161-01-115
Description: Most photographs have captions. Include: Members of NZ Flying Boat Squadron at Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides); RNZAF mobile workshop at Guadalcanal; Lt Crass & Lt Barrow with Solomon Islanders; aerial photo of Stirling Island and Blanche Harbour; yachts at Falamai, Mono Island; Treasury Islands Yacht Club race; ammunition dump at Guadalcanal; NZ airmen in Solomons. Various views of Bougainville Island and nearby smaller islands - Sohana Island and Buka Passage, Buka Island, Kieta and Kieta Harbour, Teop Island and harbour, Petats Island, Numa Numa Beach, Arawa Bay. Church service; Fijian force in Bougainville jungle; ration drop; MV Malaita at Numa Numa; front page of Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1 Dec 1941; Skotolan Mission Station at Buka; Japanese transport burning as a result of American bombing (near shoreline at Tassaforonga); sketch maps of New Georgia showing Roviana Lagoon and Munda Airfield, and map of Solomon Group showing Japanese positions before American drive in 1943 (commando operations); National Patriotic store at Guadalcanal; Admiral Chester W Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Fleet, conferring award at Guadalcanal; Solomon islander being dressed by American medical officer, 1943; unloading operations at Falamai, Mono Island, Nov 1943 Quantity: 58 b&w original photographic print(s).
General Auchinleck talks with Trooper R J Moore, DCM
Date: 5 Oct 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-02092-F
Description: General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, talks with Trooper R J Moore, DCM, of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in Egypt during World War II. Taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Members of the LRDG on patrol
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-01085-F
Description: Group portrait of members of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) on patrol in the desert. Their trucks are parked in the background. Photograph taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
LRDG truck near the western slopes of the Tibesti Mountains
Date: [ca Jan 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-00878-F
Description: A truck of the Long Range Desert Group near the western slopes of the Tibesti Mountains in the Free French Province of Chad, probably on the way to Free French outpost at Zouar. Photograph taken circa January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
LRDG members during parade for General Auchinleck in Cairo
Date: 5 Oct 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-02077-F
Description: Members of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) during parade for General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces. L to R: Lieutenant S W Ellingham and Captain Ballantyne. Taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Members of LRDG on parade for General Auchinleck in Cairo
Date: 5 Oct 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-02076-F
Description: Members of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) on parade for General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces. L to R: R J Moore DCM (Taihape), L A McIvor (Wairoa), E C Stuttend (Otorohanga), B T Shepherd (Hamilton). Photograph taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Major Clayton of LRDG in conference with Free French leader, Kayugi
Date: Jan 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-00865B-F
Description: British Major P A Clayton of the Long Range Desert Group (L) conferring with Free French leader Lieutenant Colonel d'Ornano during the Fezzan Raid. Two junior Free French officers look on. Photograph taken at Kayugi in January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
LRDG column lined up for inspection, north of Kayugi
Date: [Jan 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-00873-F
Description: Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) column lined up for inspection by Free French officers on the occasion of a rendezvous with the French. Photograph taken north of Kayugi, on Fezzan Raid January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
LRDG patrol halted in the desert, Libya
Date: [Jan 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-00881-F
Description: Trucks of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol halted in the desert on the edge of the Egyptian Sand Sea, Libya. Photograph taken in January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
New Zealand troops in assault landing craft at Pokonian Plantation, Nissan Island
Date: [ca 1944]
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: WH-0477-F
Description: New Zealand troops about to disembark from assault landing craft during a commando raid at Pokonian Plantation, Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea. Photograph taken ca 1944 by an official photographer. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-303, page 44 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
LRDG column waiting for the surrender of Fort Traghen
Date: [Jan 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-00872-F
Description: Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) column waiting for the surrender of Fort Traghen, Libya. Behind the machine gun is Lance Corporal Clarrie Roderick (Gisborne) who was later taken prisoner. Photograph taken on Fezzan Raid, January 1941 by Trooper F Jopling. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
General Auchinleck examining defensive armament on an LRDG vehicle, Cairo
Date: 5 Oct 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-01949-F
Description: General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, examining some of the defensive armaments on one of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) patrol vehicles. Photograph taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
New Zealand Patrol of LRDG on parade for General Auchinleck in Cairo, Egypt
Date: 5 Oct 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-06817-F
Description: The New Zealand Patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) on parade for General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, during World War II. Photograph taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Officers of a NZ LRDG patrol overlooking men during parade for General Auchinleck in Cairo
Date: 5 Oct 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-02087-F
Description: Officers of one of the New Zealand patrols of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) operating in the Libyan Desert looking over men during a parade in honour of General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces in World War II. Photograph taken in Cairo on 5 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Allied rendezvous in the desert, Kayugi
Date: Jan 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-00868-F
Description: Allied rendezvous LRDG with Free French at Kayugi. Centre (with back to camera) Captain L B Ballantyne (Pongaroa). Walking out on right is Lieutenant Colonel J C D'Ornano of the Free French. Photograph taken January 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
General Auchinleck inspects Bofors anti tank gun at Long Range Desert Group Parade in C...
Date: 5 Oct 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-06818-F
Description: General Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Middle East Forces, inspects a Bofors anti tank gun of the New Zealand Patrol at a Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) parade in Cairo, Egypt, during World War II. Photograph taken on 5 October 1941 by an unidentified official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative