Military training - Tonga
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, alongside an anti-aircraft gun in Tonga
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-09-13-2
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), Hy AA Battery, alongside an anti-aircraft gun in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944, during a training session held by New Zealanders. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Tongans receive Instruction Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.9 x 10.4 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, during grenade throwing training in Tonga
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-06-7
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), during grenade throwing training in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Grenade throwing Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 10.4 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, training with a 2" mortar in Tonga
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-06-5
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), training with a 2" mortar in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 2" Mortar Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.2 x 10.2 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, learning how to operate an anti-aircraf...
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-09-15-3
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), Lt AA Battery, learning how to operate an anti-aircraft gun, in Tonga. Shows men loading the gun. Photograph taken between 1943-1944, during a instruction session held by New Zealanders. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Loading Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 10.1 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, learning how to operate an anti-aircraf...
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-09-15-8
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), Lt AA Battery, learning how to operate an anti-aircraft gun, in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944, during a instruction session held by New Zealanders. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - "Aircraft Front" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.6 x 10.4 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, training with Thompson sub machine guns...
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-06-1
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), training with Thompson sub machine guns (Tommy guns) in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - T S M G Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 10.3 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, during a bayonet drill in Tonga
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-07-2
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), during a bayonet drill in Tonga, photographed between 1943-1944. Shows two rows of men facing one another, holding out their weapons. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Bayonet Drill Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.2 x 10.3 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm
Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, training with a 3" mortar in Tonga
Date: between 1943-1944
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-f-107-06-4
Description: Members of the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF (Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force), training with a 3" mortar in Tonga. Photograph taken between 1943-1944. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - 3" Mortar Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7 x 10.3 cm, mounted on album page 41.9 x 27 cm