Tripolitania

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

Reference: PA1-q-290

Description: Official photographs from World War II, many of which have captions. Most of the men named are listed above, but where there are large groups, some of the names are noted below. Only pages 1-30 have photographs attached; page 31 contains a number of loose captions which have no photographs attached; and pages 32-149 are empty. Photographs linked with New Zealand airmen training in Canada include photographs of a Christmas party given for English and Polish refugee children and 100 ANZAC pilots in Canada (p 8); some of the men on leave in New York (p 15-16); three New Zealand airmen in North Western Alaska (Stan N Askew, Robert B Graham and Len Burgess); wireless operators in the Canadian Wireless School; group of New Zealand Sergeant Pilots who have received their "Wings" at a Canadian Flying Training School (P E Mason (Herne Bay), C G Suckling (New Lynn), E K Buchanan (Takapuna), K Irwin (Tuawai), V S Roberts (New Lyncc), D J T Hills (Whakatane), W A Kalka (Grey Lynn), and J H Moore (Auckland)). The New Zealand High Commissioner in London visited NZ personnel at an RAF station; Winston Churchill is seen on a visit to the Western Desert paying silent tribute at a small temporary cemetery marked by crosses bordered by tin cans; burnt out and crashed Nazi planes from the Libyan campaign; and weapon inspection before going out on night patrols. Pages 19-21 show the Kiwi Concert Party at various sites, including scenes of their camping en route. There are views of patients and medical officers at the 2nd NZ General Hospital at Kantara (p 25-26); and several views of Montgomery presenting awards to New Zealand troops (p 28-30). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1941-1942

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

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-069

Description: Some photographs include captions - Members of NZ tank unit in Western Desert; champion of champions in desert waxing competition (moustache); NZ Divisional rugby team in training; anti-tank gunners on manoeuvres, 1941; artillery ready for action; American Field Service ambulance and personnel; sun compass being adjusted; soldiers in the surf (bathing parade); NZers with their Italian prisoners, 1941; artillery rangers plotting reports, Nov 1941; NZ tank officer signalling; stretcher bearers; bayonet practice at Maadi Camp, 1941; machine gunners anti-aircraft practice; typhus fever sign; camp site (Noah's Ark); blacksmiths setting up in the desert, Feb 1942; motor cycling; meal times; baking bread; washing clothes; Greek troops with Military Mission to the Greeks; wreckage of German aircraft; underground orderly room; triumphal arch on border between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. Photographs (labelled Middle East, mainly NZ) - Native workmen carrying concrete (21st NZ Mechical Equipment Company roadmaking in Transjordan); medical personnel (Capt C P Howden, Capt J M Watt, C F Gurdler, A B Clow) in Western Desert, NZ Divisional boxing championships (F Pearcey, H G Robinson & J McAlpine); military funeral procession, etc; and several unidentified photographs Quantity: 149 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940-1943

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-4161-01-215

Description: Series of photographs taken during Lt Gen B L Montgomery's visit to NZ Division to present decorations awarded for gallantry. Those who received decorations include: Gunner Johnson; Brig W G Gentry; Sgt R J G Mack; Captain W Porter; Cpl Russell; Captain Wilson; Brig C E Weir; Major H M McElroy; Sgt Keith Elliott; Captain Stevens. Lt Gen Montgomery inspecting men of the 5th Brigade, 6th Brigade, Divisional Cavalry, and machine gunners; congratulating the `Left Hook' troops ( NZ and English armoured troops) who took part in the outflanking movement which turned Rommel's Mareth Line defences, 1943; Montgomery dictating terms to the Lieutenant Governor and officials of Tripoli town and Tripolitania at Castel Benito Gate on entering the town; at British Embassy, Cairo talking with repatriated NZ and Australian soldiers from Italy when these men were entertained; Gen Montgomery with NZ GOC and Brigadiers Gentry and Weir. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca1942-ca1945]

From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to the Kiwi Concert Party

Reference: PAColl-8823-1

Description: The Kiwi Concert Party in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy, and Malta. Group photograph of members of the Kiwi Concert Party taken in the Volturno area. Setting up for a show in the Bogush area, Western desert. Setting up in the the Elane Valley, Lebenon. Performance and audience on the banks of the Volturno River, Italy. Audiences of British soldiers, Western Desert. Truck load of concert party crates in a street, Malta. Photographs of Kiwi Concert Party performances. Group of soldiers on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Two soldiers putting up a tent, Tripolitania. Portrait of General Freyberg. A damaged German one man submarine. Preparing for a Naval march past, Valetta, Malta. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Historical Publications Branch : Photographs of North African and Italian campaigns in World War II

By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: PAColl-D-0169

Description: Mounted photograph of the first New Zealand troops to enter Tripoli. Shows a truck load of 28 New Zealand (Maori) Battalion on the final stage of their advance into Tripolitania on 8 Feb 1943. Photograph taken by H Paton. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - DA2866; Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 300 x 370 mm mounted on card

Date: 10 Feb 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Historical Publications Branch : Photographs of North African and Italian campaigns in World War II

By: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: PAColl-D-0168

Description: Mounted photograph of an axis supply ship lying on its side in the port of Tripoli. Photograph taken by H Paton, 10 Feb 1943 when the New Zealanders entered Tripoli Inscriptions: Verso - top right - DA2874; Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 300 x 370 mm mounted on card

Date: 1942-1943

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: Anderson, Alfred Robert, 1917-1971

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-176

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken by A R Anderson. Include: Convoy near Acre in Palestine; cooking dinner on roadside in Palestine; fort at Suani Ben Adem which was used as part of 3 NZGH; visit of Swazi band and dancers to entertain patients at 3 NZGH; tent wards in plantation; WAAC Xmas dinner at 3 NZGH Beirut, Syria, Dec 1942; Ward B6 decorated for Christmas, Dec 1942; Square and clock tower in Tripoli, Syria; Sir James Grigg and Gen Sir Maitland Wilson on visit to 3 NZGH at Suani Ben Adem. Series of photographs taken at 3 NZGH, Helmieh - Operating theatre; X Ray Dept; patients receiving massage treatment; hut wards; Wardmaster in his office; Dispensary; staff at work in laboratory; inside the cookhouse; mess rooms for patients; Officers, sergeants and men's messes; Sisters' sitting room; WWSA tent; staff at work in the Hygiene Section workshop; staff at work in carpenter's shop; visit of Gen Sir C Auchinleck (Apr 1942). Funeral of WWSA Miss Anderson of Dunedin, Apr 1942; mule train in Syria; exterior of wards A & B at 3 NZGH, Beirut, Syria; general view of Beirut; rugby match (Jan 1943); Occupational Dept at 3 NZGH, Beirut; patient being admitted to 3 NZGH, Beirut (Jan 1943); military funeral at Beirut War Cemetery, Aug 1942; nurses of 3 NZGH playing basketball at Beirut (Feb 1943); Temple of Bacchus and remains of the cornice of Temple of Jupiter, Baalbeck, Syria; HMHS Llandovery Castle in Tripoli harbour, Tripolitania, Mar 1943; unit marching down to position on Tripoli-Suani road for visit of the King, Jun 1943. Series of photos taken at 3 NZGH, Suani Ben Adem, Aug 1943 - Tented wards; laboratory; soya stoves outside cookhouses; POWs cutting firewood; patient receiving treatment in saline bath; unit administration tents; one of the kitchens; operating theatre. Quantity: 67 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 7 Apr 1943]

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-06781-F

Description: A typhus fever warning sign to troops of the 8th Army in the advance from Tripoli in March and April 1943. Photograph taken circa 7 April 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02857-F

Description: A NZ convoy moves in January 1943 towards Azizia, an Italian colonised area to the south of Tripoli, in the course of an inland sweep, which landed it with the advance elements of the 8th Army in Tripoli during World War II. Photograph taken by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 7 Apr 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-03000-F

Description: Members of the NZ Water Issue Section in Tripolitania, Libya, during World War II. Photograph taken on 7 April 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 27 Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02854-F

Description: Axis prisoners rounded up in NZ pincers movement. As the 8th Army moved along the coast of Tripoli in January, the NZ Division swept inland in a movement which took them as far south as Tahuna. Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 27 January 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-06726-F

Description: A World War II New Zealand convoy moving out at dusk from Wadi ZemZem, Libya, in the continuation of a great flanking movement, which was to take the Division 80 miles inland in a great triangular course and eventually into the city of Tripoli. Photograph taken in January 1943 by Harold Gear Paton. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file prints Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02858-F

Description: On the route between Tahuna and Azizia, Libya, NZ engineers work strenuously on roads to pave way for the further advance of the Division which was to lead to Tripoli itself before the month was out. Photograph taken in January 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 22 Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02826-F

Description: The group of men engaged in clearing airfields abandoned by retreating Axis forces. L to R, J Corbett (Gore), F Fenton DCM (Ak), D Cundy (Wn), Lt R H Pickmere (Ak), M Vincent (Ak), R Hugh (Wn), S Lewis (Wn), J Smith (Wn), R S Evans (Lower Hutt). Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 22 January 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 9 Mar 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02956-F

Description: New Zealander G J Lewis (Otago) holding the dog named Trip Trip, the unit pet. Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 9 March 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 22 Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02825-F

Description: Original caption from War History DA file print reads: "This S mine has been dismantled by a NZ engineer on a German airfield in December and shows the main parts of the mine. The outer container which acts not unlike the barrel of a small mortar [and] the inner container which contains the principal bursting charge, the bursting charge and shrapnel balls and fuse and detonators." Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 22 January 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 8 Jun 1943]

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: Joll, Harold Roy, 1913-1985

Reference: DA-04128-F

Description: Off duty New Zealand soldiers from 4th Field Regiment (25 Battery ?), P Pascoe and M J Cammick, in a bivouac, Tripolitania, Libya, during World War II, circa 8 June 1943. Photograph taken by Sergeant H R Joll. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 7 Apr 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02993-F

Description: Members of the NZ Field Bakery which supplied the men fighting in Tunisia placing the mould of dough into the oven. Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 7 April 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 7 Apr 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02994-F

Description: Personnel of a NZ Field Bakery which supplied fresh bread to the Division in the field during World War II. L to R, Back row, J C Sinclair (Nelson), F J Johnson (Wanganui), G J Kelly (Wn), C H A Shaw (Rangiora), H M Gordon (Otaki), Lt B J Williams (Ak), T B Hughes (Chch), J Prickard (Dn), A Rogers (Wn), M J McHugh (Ak), B W Burgess (Napier), J H Kirkpatrick (Ingill), G W Longdill (Waiuku), A Turnbull (Ak), A F Lampen (Wn). Front row, W J Johnson (Southland), C R Weight (Wn), W A Brown (Dn), W J Putt (Ak), E B B Wagener (N Ak), S N Morrison (Hast), J N Kirkby (Turakina), F J Bothwell (Nelson), T Alcorn (Dn). Photograph taken in Tripolitania, Libya, on 7 April 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Jan 1943

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: Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

Reference: DA-02836-F

Description: Divisional Signals office during action in the Western Desert during World War II. L to R, J M Penny (Okaihau), A C Bennett (Kaiapoi), J Sherborne (Masterton), A Curry (standing). Photograph taken at Tripolitania, Libya, in January 1943 by H Paton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative