Military camps - Syria

Date: [ca 1942-1944]

By: Andrews, Noel Edwin, 1921-; Hawkins, D A, active 1940s; Gordon, V C, active 1941; Spence, A J, active 1941; Allen, K C (Senior Sergeant), active 1940s

Reference: PAColl-0529

Description: Photographs collected by Don Sinclair for an unpublished history of the 19th Armoured Regiment of campaigns in Syria, Egypt, and Crete. They include: soldiers in a foxhole at Minqar Qaim; "Hun" prisoners under guard in 19th Batallion area, Crete; troops arriving by ship at Piraeus; military camps in Italy and Syria; a shot down German Stuka aeroplane; examples of propaganda; tanks in use and damaged; aerial photography; a man mending bicycles; troops on the deck of the HMAS Nizam; a ruined church at Galatos (?); soldiers on the beach in Crete; German soldiers being addressed informally possibly by Goering; soldiers in Syria with a snowman; soldiers at Ed Duda, Egypt; and Private Smith of Taranaki Company at the Syria ski school. Other names given are: Laurie Boyes, Harry Laudimore(?), Ted Toseland, G Palmer, N Andrews, V Gordon, G Arthur, T Hermon, Tom Senior, Laurie Boyer, George Greenwood, Cyril Muir, Eric Boyton, D Dawson, M Goodin, Brigadier L M Inglis, Snow(?) Coleman, Cliff Stark, Ewan Taylor, Jim Warden, Pat Paterson, George Baxter, Bill Lowry, Harold McMillan. Most of the photographs are captioned with notes presumably by Don Sinclair. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s).

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

By: McIntyre, Peter, 1862-1922

Reference: PA1-q-289

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions giving names, information about activities taking place, and places. Some of the names noted are listed above. The album opens with a number of reproductions of paintings by New Zealand war artist Peter McIntyre (10 paintings (p 1-4)), 1 of McIntyre sketching in the field (p 9), and 7 further paintings (p 16-17, p 91, p 109)). Pages 17-22 have scenes with His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall visiting Samoa and Fiji in 1942. Page 24-25 show trainees at the Ninth Army Ski School in Lebanon in 1942, some men chosen from the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion, and some from the 22nd Battalion. Duties included reconnaissance, fighting patrols and rescue work for snow-bound troops. Different occasions are shown including an Anzac day parade and service on 25th April 1942, and a ceremonial parade in Aleppo on 30th April 1942; a group of New zealanders who were at Rouen ready for repatriation when arrangements with german authorities for the mutual repatriation of Prisoners of War broke down, all of whom were returned to Germany; groups of NZ medical personnel who were part of PoW protected personnel which took place between Italy and the Middle East Allie Forces (p 45-46); a group of Australians and New zealanders in the German prison camp Marlag & Milag Nord; a race meeting and sports activities in Transjordan, including races with 6 Arab horses and 6 donkeys which were loaned by the Arab Legion. A group of NZ soldiers visited the stonghold of a tribe of bandits in Syria (p 77-80); scenes in Crete "the price paid by German air invaders"; Winston Churchill being welcomed in the desert; scenes of nurses, convalescents, hospital wards around the 3rd New Zealand General Hospital in Beirut (p 102-106); recipients of recent awards, many not named (p 112-114); a group of NZ airmen who were survivors of a ship which was sunk en route to Britain; Kiwi Concert Party; and a sequence showing the pursuit by a New zealand convoy of the Axis Forces in the Western Desert during the early days of the November advance (p 126-137, showing equipment abandoned by the retreating forces including German special mobile anti-tank guns and trucks, but also the problems with landmines)l. The final views show the advance to Tripoli. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm