21 Battalion
List of Illustrations
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List of Illustrations
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Mount Olympus from Platamon | 21 Battalion collection | |
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The Original Officers of 21 Battalion | 50 | |
The Battalion Commanders: Lieutenant-Colonels N. L. Macky, J. M. Allen, S. F. Allen (S. P. Andrew), R. W. Harding (NZ Army Official–G. R. Bull), H. M. McElroy (G. R. Bull), J. I. Thodey (NZ Army Official—G. F. Kaye), and E. A. McPhail (G. F. Kaye) | 50 | |
Camp at Duder's Beach, near Auckland | W. J. G. Roach collection | 50 |
Firing Bren guns on the range at Penrose | W. J. G. Roach collection | 50 |
Farewell march through Auckland, 27 April 1940 | The Weekly News | 50 |
Camp at Mytchett, England | G. H. Panckhurst collection | 50 |
The castle on the ridge at Platamon | R. B. McClymont | 82 |
The coastline north of Platamon from the castle | R. B. McClymont | 82 |
Looking towards Pandeleimon from the castle | R. B. McClymont | 82 |
Loading up a donkey between Platamon and Tempe | G. H. Panckhurst | 82 |
Demolition of the Peneios railway bridge | 82page xii | |
The outlook from 21 Battalion positions south of Maleme | A. J. Voss collection | 82 |
Looking north along the road from Suda Bay to Stilos | S. B. Cann, AIF | 82 |
Regimental Aid Post, second Libyan campaign | Davey | 116 |
The New Zealand cemetery at Sidi Rezegh | G. H. Levien | 116 |
Returning from Libya, December 1941 | G. H. Levien | 116 |
Battalion Headquarters, Baggush | R. B. Abbott collection | 116 |
Flooded bivouac at El Adem | R. B. Abbott collection | 116 |
5 Brigade convoy passing through Syrian village | R. B. Abbott collection | 116 |
Regimental Aid Post, Alamein | G. H. Levien | 116 |
Bombing, August 1942 | G. H. Levien | 116 |
Training behind the Alamein Line, September 1942 | G. H. Levien | 148 |
Encamped at Burg el Arab, October 1942 | G. H. Levien | 148 |
Officers of 21 Battalion hear the plan for the Battle of Alamein | G. H. Levien | 148 |
German tanks burning on the morning of the breakthrough at Alamein | R. B. Abbott collection | 148 |
Flooding near Fuka | G. H. Levien | 148 |
Enemy dugouts and sangars at the top of Halfaya Pass | NZ Army Official (W. Timmins) | 148 |
Halfaya Pass battlefield | F. Ellery | 148 |
British armour going up Halfaya Pass after its capture | G. H. Levien | 148 |
A 210-mm German howitzer at the top of Halfaya Pass | G. H. Levien | 248 |
The battalion in the pursuit between Gabes and Sfax | R. B. Abbott collection | 248page xiii |
Aerial mosaic showing the dispositions at Tebaga Gap | Army Air Photo Interpretation Unit, Middle East | 248 |
The pinnacle of Takrouna | B. A. Beale collection | 248 |
From Takrouna south-west to the 21 Battalion start line | K. G. Killoh | 248 |
Resting on the march to camp near Taranto | Gordon Spencer | 248 |
The eroded gully objective north of the Sangro | Bruce Guthrie | 248 |
Regimental Aid Post on the north bank of the Sangro | K. G. Killoh | 280 |
Inoculation day, Piedimonte d'Alife | Gordon Spencer | 280 |
A meal for a mortar detachment, south of Cassino | Gordon Spencer | 280 |
‘I’ Section group, south of Cassino | A. J. Voss collection | 280 |
Aerial photograph of Cassino | 280 | |
Aerial photograph of part of Cassino | A. J. Voss collection | 280 |
General Freyberg takes the salute at Montaquila | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
Battalion parcels, south of Sora | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
A direct hit on a carrier at Gatteo | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
Serravalle, in the Apennines | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
Officers and sergeants serve Christmas dinner for a platoon near Faenza | NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 346 |
Going forward along Route 9 near Castel Bolognese | NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 346 |
Bailey bridge over the Lamone | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
In the mud north of Faenza | Gordon Spencer | 346 |
Mortar crews' billets near Faenza | Gordon Spencer | 378page xiv |
Mortar pit, Faenza | Gordon Spencer | 378 |
A party for the children of Muccia | NZ Army Official (J. Short) | 378 |
March past at Camerino | M. R. Kennedy collection | 378 |
Minesweeping on the Senio | M. R. Kennedy collection | 378 |
The 21 Battalion position on the Senio stopbank | M. R. Kennedy collection | 378 |
A cookhouse near the Senio | NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 378 |
German graves on the beach at Lignano | NZ Army Official (G. F. Kaye) | 378 |