Artillery drill and tactics

Date: 1955

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the New Zealand Listener, 1946-1945]

Reference: A-261-014

Description: Cartoon shows a man driving nonchalantly along a road, his left elbow resting on the back of the sear, whilst around him on both sides of the road, shells are flying and exploding in clouds of smoke. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on paper, 282 x 256 mm

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

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-4161-01-153

Description: A collection of miscellaneous photographs, mostly uncaptioned. Includes Northern Field Force taking part in exercises in the Franklin area (crew of 6-inch howitzer preparing for action); artillery training in Wellington and in the foothills of the Southern Alps; Reconnaissance Corps in training using a 2-pounder anti-aircraft gun; Hon D G Sullivan and another man sitting on an anti-aircraft gun. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 12 Aug 1941

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: DA-01976-F

Description: 4 New Zealand Field Regiment at practice shoot in the desert near Helwan in Egypt during World War II. Taken 12 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 14 Nov 1941

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: DA-02150-F

Description: NZ infantry on manoeuvres in the Western Desert with artillery providing support. Taken on 14 November 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Aug 1941?]

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: DA-01365-F

Description: 4 NZ Field Regiment gun layer at work calibrating guns at Maadi, Egypt. Taken possibly in August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Aug 1941]

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: DA-01370-F

Description: Senior officers of regiment, probably 4 NZ Field Regt, watching the results of artillery shoot from an observation post. Identified: Major E T Kensington (foreground) and Major J M Mitchell. Taken at Maadi, Egypt, circa August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-00782-F

Description: An artillery officer, above the ground, demonstrating the use of a light observation tower and its suitability in flat desert country. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 12 Aug 1941

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: DA-01975-F

Description: Troops lined up to shoot at 4 NZ Field Regiment practice shoot near Helwan (or Maadi) in Egypt during World War II. Taken 12 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

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: DA-00909-F

Description: Base artillery training of 18 pounder guns in Egypt. Taken circa 1940-1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 29 Nov 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: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-04658-F

Description: This lonely apparently deserted bivvy is a NZ Artillery observation post in the Sangro River area, and is under direct enemy observation from the heights on the other side of the river. This area came in for considerable shelling and it necessitated the photographer crawling up cautiously behind a heap of stones to get this shot. Photograph taken circa 29 November 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 3 May 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: Elias, M D, active 1943

Reference: DA-03035-F

Description: Artillery officers discussing a problem in Tunisia during World War II. Photograph taken on 3 May 1943 by M D Elias. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [Between 1939 and 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: Fox Photos Ltd

Reference: PA1-q-285

Description: Official photographs of World War II. This album chiefly shows the NZEF, First Echelon. Many photographs have captions, the information from which is mostly given in the name headings, subjects and place headings listed above. This first album contains images numbered from 1- 310. The first two images show a group of New Zealanders who were living in England when war broke out, and who volunteered for service with the new Zealand Unit. They are shown in training in the Eastern Command. The First Echelon are shown on board ship leaving Melbourne in 1939, with a number of shipboard scenes, then being addressed on arrival in Egypt by Sir Anthony Eden. There are views of the Kiwi Club, established mainly through the initiative of Lady Lampson, with the British Red Cross Society of Cairo, for use of convalescent patients at the new General Military Hospital at Helwan. Later a swimming pool was built nearby. Lady Lampson and Sir Miles Lampson are seen in many images. Views in the desert show several scenes of an Anzac Day service in 1940; various methods of transport, including lorries, and motor bikes, and a motor railcar patrolling the rail to Mersa Matruh; training exercises in the desert with various types of guns; digging trenches; building camp structures; dugouts leading to anti-aircraft posts; and camp life. The No. 4 General Hospital at Helwan is shown at the time of its opening, with the first patient arriving; and Lieutenant J H Will (the officer commanding the 4th Field Ambulance Regiment) handing over to Major E Button who was taking charge of the new hospital. Numbers of views show the huge mail parcels arriving and being sorted in the desert. As well as photographs of events in the Middle East, there are views of manoeuvres with the Second Echelon in England. 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: 30 Oct 1941

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: DA-02131-F

Description: Control point during NZEF artillery ranging team manoeuvres in the Western Desert during World War II. Taken 30 October 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

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: DA-00785-F

Description: Artillery, probably 4 Field Regiment, handling artillery shells during training in the Western Desert. Taken circa 1940-1941 by an official photographer. Possibly shows Thomas Finagin a sergeant in the Royal Horse Artillery. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Processing information: Descriptive information updated 13 janaury 2022 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: 12 Aug 1941

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: DA-01979-F

Description: Calibrating the shoot at 4 New Zealand Field Regiment artillery practice near Helwan (or Maadi) in Egypt during World War II. Taken 12 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 12 Aug 1941

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: DA-01977-F

Description: A 4 NZ Field Regiment gun firing during a practice shoot near Helwan (or Maadi) in Egypt during World War II. Taken 12 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

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: DA-00788-F

Description: A NZ Artillery 'tough bus' towing limber and gun over rough ground in the Western Desert. Probably belongs to 4 Field Regiment. Taken circa 1940-1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: 11 Aug 1941

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: DA-01374-F

Description: Checking shots at gun position during artillery training, of probably 4 NZ Fd Regt, at Maadi, Egypt. Taken on 11 August 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1940-1941]

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: DA-00787-F

Description: A gun is manoeuvred into place during artillery training in the Western Desert. Probably 4 Field Regiment shown. Taken circa 1940-1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 1941]

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: DA-00781-F

Description: NZ gun layer at work behind artillery gun, possibly in Western Desert, during 1st Libyan Campaign. Taken circa 1941 by an official photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative