IMAGE
New Zealand World War 2 soldier Arch Currie on a truck, El Alamein, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton
- Date
- ca 9 July 1942
- By
- Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010
- Reference
- DA-06752-F
- Description
New Zealand World War 2 soldier Arch Currie standing on a Morris truck at El Alamein, Egypt, looking though binoculars.
Original caption reads: "NZ Div hold off enemy for whole day covering withdrawal of other troops to El Alamein. Shows one of our trucks burning."
Photograph taken circa 9 July 1942 by H Paton.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.6 x 12.2 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- 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 / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - DA Series
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Negatives, Silver gelatin print 9.6 x 12.2 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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