Katerini
(Place)
Mentioned in
- 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 22 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 28 (Maori) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
- New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy
- Petrol Company
- Prisoners of War
- Supply Company
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- To Greece
- List of Illustrations
- W Force Moves into Position
- New Zealand Division Moves up to Katerini
- The Coup d'état in Yugoslavia
- The Problems of W Force
- The Aliakmon Line
- Divisional Cavalry Regiment Along the Aliakmon River
- The Coastal Route and the Platamon Tunnel
- Units Continue to Arrive
- The Supply Problem
- The Invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, 6–8 April
- General Wilson's Defence Plans on 6 April
- The Allied Line is Changed
- The New Zealanders and Australians Continue to Prepare Their Positions
- The Allied Commanders Decide to Withdraw
- The Withdrawal Begins on 8 April: 1 Armoured Brigade
- Fourth Brigade Group is Withdrawn
- 21 Battalion Moves up from Athens to the Platamon Tunnel
- Withdrawals and Adjustments during 9–10 April
- Fourth Brigade Group
- The Germans Approach the Monastir Gap
- 11 April: Fighting in the Klidhi Pass Area
- The German Plan of Attack
- Situation at Last Light, 14 April
- New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment Witbdraws to the Main Defence Line
- The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel
- The Positions of 5 Brigade about Olympus Pass
- The Germans approach Olympus Pass, Night 14–15 April
- The Main Attack, 16 April
- Medical and Base Units leave the Athens Area, 22–25 April
- The Front Weakens
- Index
Image Gallery
.jpg "23 Battalion men march past the Acropolis to entrain for Katerini")
.jpg "Bishop Gerard conducts a service near Katerini, March 1941. Mount Olympus is in the background")
.jpg "Black and white photo of group of figures")
.jpg "Detraining at Katerini")
.jpg "Katerini")
.jpg "Looking north-east to Katerini from 28 Battalion position in Olympus Pass")
.jpg "Looking towards Katerini from the Maori Battalion positions in Olympus Pass—a post-war photograph")
.jpg "Lunch time in the Supply Column area in Katerini")
.jpg "Mount Olympus from above the camp north of Katerini")
.jpg "Technical maintenance work at Katerini. E. B. Ross, W. McKay, J. M. Lowe and R. C. Ashby")
.jpg "The oldest and youngest members of the battalion—Les Wilson and Jim Lydiate—at Katerini. They are wearing ‘Bombay bloomers’")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Katerini":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.