World War, 1939-1945. Campaigns. Italy

Most photographs are identified and many were taken by G F Kaye. Subjects include: Mule train tended by Italian soldiers making their way through streets of Castel Frentano, Dec 1943; captured German Tiger tank with NZ soldiers posing on it; pontoon at Adige; Italian village of Lagone before and after bombing; NZ Provost who escorted NZ Prime Minister Peter Fraser on his tour of NZ troops on Italian Front; aerial photo of Terni being bombed; I J Minish pouring water for German POWs, 1943; H Jackson, W T Bartle & J Mooney wading through snow and slush.

C W J Thomas & W W Buchanan making their way over snow with petrol cans in NZ section of Italian Front; R Stewart with trophy, captain of NZ Advance Base Cricket team which won 52 Area Cricket Chapionship at Taranto, 1945; several photos of snow conditions (NZ Section of 8th Army Front); censored photo of 3 American army personnel standing in a stadium; NZ infantrymen moving along Via Emilia to take up positions held by Maori Battalion (nr Castel Bolognese); men of 2 NZ Div Artillery in Sangro River area, Dec 1943; woman looking at her ruined home at Gessopalena, Dec 1943; aerial photograph of Cotignola, 9 Apr 1945.

On 2 Oct 1943 the New Zealand Division was moved from Egypt to support the 8th Army in Italy.

Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s).