19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | ||
The day Cassino fell | D. Kerr | |
Following page | ||
The original officers of 19 Battalion | R. J. Thomson | 150 |
Entraining at Trentham, 5 January 1940 | Evening Post | 150 |
‘The ropes were cast off and the Strathaird moved slowly out’ | Evening Post | 150 |
Work on a tank obstacle in Wadi Naghamish, June 1940 | D. W. Sinclair collection | 150 |
The Marit Maersk arrives at Piraeus, Greece | V. C. Gordon | 150 |
Welcome in Athens | D. A. Hawkins | 150 |
The first German prisoners at Servia being searched | New Zealand Army | 150 |
Mail day at Palionellini | N. E. Andrews | 166 |
19 Battalion transport bombed during the withdrawal from Servia to Molos | V. C. Gordon | 166 |
Evacuation beach of Porto Rafti | N. E. Andrews | 166 |
Arrival in Crete — Capt J. H. Danderson and Sgt K. G. Lett | New Zealand Army | 166 |
Looking towards Akrotiri Peninsula from north of battalion area | D. A. Hawkins | 166 |
Taranaki Company area on 20 May 1941 — a dead paratrooper | N. E. Andrews | 166 |
Pte K. R. Rieper, a runner, loaded with German pistols and ammunition, 20 May | A. J. Spence | 166 |
Company area at Karatsos — Ptes T. J. Foley and W. Porter | A. J. Spence | 166 |
HQ Company headquarters | A. J. Spence collection | 182 |
19 Battalion moving down towards the beach at Sfakia | N. E. Andrews | 182page xii |
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The coastline near Sfakia | D. A. Hawkins | 182 |
Return to Alexandria — Taranaki Company group | N. E. Andrews | 182 |
Rendezvous at Kilo 40 during the move of 12 November 1941 | New Zealand Army | 182 |
A German 88-mm gun making off on the escarpment above Gambut, 23 November | F. V. England | 182 |
The link-up at Ed Duda | Army Film Photograph Unit, British Official | 182 |
A brew at a post in the desert | S. Beck collection | 182 |
A captured German motor-cycle combination at Ed Duda | New Zealand Army | 198 |
Battalion positions on Jebel el Emside in Syria | New Zealand Army | 198 |
Entrenched at Minqar Qaim — Sgt J. Hough | G. W. Baxter | 198 |
Wellington Company advancing against the Ariete Division on 3 July 1942 | F. V. England | 198 |
Major’s Field Medical Card | Unit War Diary | 198 |
Duda, other ranks’ mascot | S. Beck collection | 198 |
Major, official unit mascot, July 1942 | New Zealand Army (H. Paton) | 198 |
Major’s grave in Italy | Unit photographer | 198 |
A German Mark IV tank knocked out at Ruweisat Ridge, 16 July 1942 | F. V. England | 378 |
After Ruweisat — Wellington Company group | W. J. Coleman collection | 378 |
Brig L. M. Inglis, commander of 4 Armoured Brigade, inspects 19 Armoured Regiment at Maadi | New Zealand Army | 378 |
A knocked-out Sherman tank at Perano | J. G. Furness | 378 |
Bogged at the Sangro | F. G. Tolley | 378page xiii |
Snowed up at Orsogna | New Zealand Army | 378 |
Cassino — from the leading tank on arrival at the railway station | J. G. Furness | 378 |
Aerial photograph of the station attack at Cassino | 378 | |
Crew of the leading tank relieved after the attack on railway station | J. G. Furness collection | 378 |
Aerial view of San Michele on the advance to Florence | 394 | |
A 19 Regiment Sherman enters Florence — | from Parade newspaper | 394 |
A German Tiger tank knocked out during the advance up the Adriatic coast | J. S. Somerville collection | 394 |
Gunnery training at Fabriano | W. K. Lloyd | 394 |
B Squadron gunline at Faenza, Christmas Day 1944 | D. Tomkies | 394 |
Tests with tank-track extensions (‘grousers’) at Faenza | W. K. Lloyd | 394 |
A billet in the regimental rest area at Faenza | W. K. Lloyd | 394 |
A bath in the gunline at the Senio | Llew Roberts | 394 |
Taking up positions on 6 April 1945 for the initial attack on the Senio | K. E. Perry | 460 |
C Squadron moving up to join 22 Battalion at the Senio | W. K. Lloyd | 460 |
Headquarters of B Squadron and of Divisional Cavalry Battalion at the Senio and German prisoners | F. G. Tolley | 460 |
Stopbanks on the Senio | Llew Roberts | 460 |
A 17-pounder tank of C Squadron at Massa Lombarda | W. K. Lloyd | 460 |
At Massa Lombarda after having been done over by ‘minnies’ | W. K. Lloyd | 460page xiv |
Infantry being taken forward near Medecina | New Zealand Army (G. F. Kaye) | 460 |
After A Squadron had pulled back from where 9 Brigade suffered heavy losses at the Gaiana River | Llew Roberts | 460 |
Cookhouse at Medecina | Llew Roberts | 460 |
At Villa Fontana, south of the Gaiana River | J. S. Somerville | 460 |
German prisoners from the turret of a B Squadron Sherman | D. Tomkies | 476 |
Crossing the Sillaro | D. Tomkies | 476 |
Waiting to cross the Po River | W. K. Lloyd | 476 |
On the advance to Trieste | Llew Roberts | 476 |
On the waterfront at Trieste | New Zealand Army (G. F. Kaye) | 476 |
The last day with the tanks near Trieste | F. G. Tolley | 476 |
unit commanders | ||
Lt-Col F. S. Varnham | 476 | |
Lt-Col C. A. D’A. Blackburn | 476 | |
Lt-Col S. F. Hartnell | British Official | 476 |
Lt-Col R. L. McGaffin | New Zealand Army | 476 |
Lt-Col A. M. Everist | New Zealand Army (G. F. Kaye) | 476 |
Lt-Col H. H. Parata | New Zealand Army | 476 |