IMAGE
The Maori Battalion advancing in the Western Desert
- Date
- [ca 1940-1945]
- Reference
- 1/4-019388-F
- Description
Members of the Maori Battalion advancing in battle area under fighting conditions in the Western Desert during World War II. Taken by unidentified photographer.
Note on back of file print reads: "This photograph taken in an actual battle area under fighting conditions gives some idea of what an advance by Maori infantry looks like to German and Italian troops fighting their vain rearguard action in the Western Desert."
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative from original file print
- 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
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative from original file print
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