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23 Battalion
List of Illustrations
page xi
List of Illustrations
| Frontispiece | |
| General Freyberg inspects 23 Battalion, July 1941 | D. F. Leckie collection |
| Following page 150 | |
| Second Echelon units at Burnham Camp give the General Salute | Green and Hahn, Christchurch |
| Entraining at Burnham for overseas, 1 May 1940 | T. Graham collection |
| On the wharf at Lyttelton | Green and Hahn |
| Boxing match on the Andes | T. Graham collection |
| The Andes at Gourock, June 1940 | N. M. Gleeson |
| King George VI visits 23 Battalion at Mytchett, 6 July 1940 | T. Graham collection |
| Mr Churchill inspects the Second Echelon, 4 September 1940 | NZ Army |
| The Cameronia arrives at Piraeus, March 1941 | D. F. Leckie collection |
| 23 Battalion men march past the Acropolis to entrain for Katerini | D. F. Leckie collection |
| Warrant officers and sergeants travel first class | R. D. Minson collection |
| Bren carriers and crews on ‘flatties’ | D. F. Leckie collection |
| The oldest and youngest members of the battalion—Les Wilson and Jim Lydiate—at Katerini | A. Ross collection |
| View from A Company headquarters tent in the Olympus Pass | D. F. Leckie collection |
| German paratroops drop over Maleme, 20 May 1941 | E. K. S. Rowe |
| Galatas, a photograph taken before the battle | D. F. Leckie collectionpage xii |
| Following page 216 | |
| Sgt A. C. Hulme, VC | NZ Army |
| Pte A. Freeman and L-Sgt C. McIntosh, who escaped from Crete by barge | NZ Army |
| D Company lunch queue, Kaponga Box, September 1941 | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| The battalion in desert formation on the move into Libya, 14 November 1941 | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| A Company bayonet charge at Capuzzo, 27 November 1941 | D. P. McGovern |
| Fort Capuzzo, looking towards Musaid and Sollum | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| Captains Ted Richards and Dick Connolly | A. J. H. Jeavons collection |
| ‘The parcels which saved our bacon.’ At Fort Capuzzo, 8 December 1941 | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| At Gazala: some 11 Platoon men play cards before the battle | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| After the battle: B Company plays HQ Company at rugby | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| Christmas dinner at El Adem | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| Peter Norris and Herbie Black at El Adem, March 1942 | D. F. Leckie collection |
| 23 Battalion officers at Maadi, April 1942 | D. F. Leckie collection |
| Sergeants' mess, Maadi, April 1942 | D. F. Leckie collection |
| C Company men and Turkish guards meet on the Turkish-Syrian border | R. Wilson collection |
| In the Alamein Line, August 1942 | H. K. Kippenberger collection |
| Following page 282 | |
| 10 Platoon men wait for transport behind the front line, September 1942 | R. W. S. Stone collection |
| 5 Brigade begins the long journey westwards after the breakthrough at Alamein, 4 November 1942 | H. K. Kippenberger collectionpage xiii |
| C Company cooks serve Christmas dinner at Nofilia, December 1942 | R. Wilson collection |
| Another C Company meal as men wait to enter Tripoli | R. Wilson collection |
| Takrouna from the start line | J. C. White |
| 5 Brigade sector, Takrouna 8 Platoon before Takrouna | R. D. Minson collection |
| L-Cpl P. M. Kerr, Pte B. O'Hagan and Sgt C. F. Rose, Bren-carrier platoon, at Takrouna | P. M. Kerr collection |
| The battalion's cricket team, Maadi, 1943 | D. Milne collection |
| Fred Marett leads the field in the mile at the battalion sports, August 1943 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| C and D Company men on the wharf at Alexandria prior to embarking for Italy | J. C. Rogers collection |
| Looking west from Castelfrentano towards Orsogna | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| The approach to Cassino | F. H. Williams collection |
| 14 Platoon after Cassino | R. Wilson collection |
| 12 Platoon comes out of the line at Terelle, May 1944 | D. M. Leckie collection |
| Following page 414 | |
| General McCreery decorates Pte W. E. Green with the BEM | D. M. Leckie collection |
| Outside the battalion RAP, San Donato, July 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| 16 Platoon, on a 19 Regiment tank, enters Florence | W. H. Stirling collection |
| Mr Churchill drives past 23 Battalion | D. M. Leckie collection |
| Platoon casa, Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| ‘Brewing up’, Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Looking towards the Senio | D. M. Leckie collection |
| ‘Chinese attack’ | NZ Army |
| Bren-gun post, January 1945 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)page xiv |
| Spring on the Senio, 8 April 1945 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| By ferry across the Po | D. M. Leckie collection |
| By pontoon bridge over the Adige | D. M. Leckie collection |
| B Company baby show, Trieste | A. Revie collection |
| 23 Battalion convoy halts in the Fabriano Gorge | A. Revie collection |
| Lt-Col A. S. Falconer | NZ Army |
| Lt-Col D. F. Leckie | D. F. Leckie collection |
| Lt-Col C. N. Watson | NZ Army |
| Lt-Col R. E. Romans | NZ Army |
| Lt-Col E. A. McPhail | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
| Lt-Col W. B. Thomas | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |