2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
List of Illustrations
page xi
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | |
F Troop, 6th Field, in action at Ruweisat Ridge—from a painting by C. Hansen | |
Following page 149 | |
The 7th Anti-Tank on Queen Street, Auckland, 27 April 1940 | L. Clark collection |
The New Zealand Anti-Tank Battery on the range at Lydd, Kent, March 1940 | Keystone View photograph, London |
A 4th Field 18-pounder at Maadi Camp, early 1940 | British official |
W. F. McCarthy and his E1 crew fire a French 75 at Larkhill, August 1940 | J. F. Spring |
A 60-pounder in Libya, early 1941 | British official |
A 4.5 medium gun in Libya, 1941 | British official |
A 4.5 howitzer of the 6th Field, Helwan, January 1941 | B. C. Mills |
B1 of the 6th Field driving through Athens, March 1941 | S. Wilson |
The 4th Field in the Olympus Pass | R. H. Dyson |
The highest 25-pounder in Europe—Olympus Pass | J. C. White |
A spectacular 4th Field gun position at Olympus | D. A. Hawkins |
Driving past Thermopylae | D. H. Robertson collection |
The 6th Field at Molos | R. S. Wait |
4th Field shells bursting among Germans at Kriekouki | S. N. S. Crump |
Paratroops over Maleme | R. H. Dyson |
The Askifou Plain from the north | NZ Army |
Bill Carson near Galatas in Crete | |
The embarkation beach at Sfakia | page xii |
The 4th Field moves back into the desert, September 1941 | F. T. Allan |
4th Field RHQ at Baggush | R. H. Dyson |
A 14th Light Ack-Ack Bofors ready for action, 22 November 1941 | J. B. Hardcastle |
A 6th Field conference in Libya | J. B. Hardcastle |
A 2-pounder portée in Libya with Bren gun on ack-ack mounting | NZ Army |
Portée action in Libya, November 1941 | G. Silk (AIF) |
An L Troop portée firing near Point 175, 1 December 1941 | A. B. Gordon |
Maffey's Halo rises as A1 portée burns, 25 November 1941 | F. T. Allan |
The few surviving 6th Field guns prepare to withdraw from Belhamed | J. C. White |
Jack Spring (GPO of D Troop, 6th Field) and his staff have just withdrawn from Belhamed | T. P. Foster collection |
The 4th Field looks towards Belhamed | C. S. J. Duff |
E Troop, 4th Field, with captured 105 in background | F. T. Allan |
Monstrous 210s shell Belhamed | F. T. Allan |
4th Field RHQ near Belhamed | C. S. J. Duff |
4th Field Signals Office near Belhamed | N. W. Laugesen |
Following page 309 | |
Manhandling Bofors into position on the way to Gazala | G. Silk (AIF) |
A 5th Field gun in the Gazala battle | G. Silk (AIF) |
2-pounder portée at Gazala | G. Silk (AIF) |
5th Field on Combined Operations training in the Gulf of Suez | British official |
A 33 Battery portée below the Aleppo citadel | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Gas-mask practice on the Forqloss manoeuvres, Syria | British official page xiii |
25-pounder on Forqloss plain | British official |
Boys anti-tank rifle on manoeuvres | British official |
The first shell lands at Minqar Qaim, 27 June 1942 | W. A. Whitlock |
A 25-pounder in the Minqar Qaim action | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
A makeshift OP at Minqar Qaim | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Disabled vehicles at the foot of Minqar Qaim—from a painting by Sergeant J. W. Crippen | J. W. Crippen |
Minqar Qaim | J. W. Crippen |
A nearby wadi | J. W. Crippen |
The break-out—from a painting by Captain Peter McIntyre | NZ Army |
A jeep towing a 6-pounder in the early days in the Alamein line | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
The remnants of the Ariete Divisional Artillery, 3 July 1942 | British official |
A 5th Field gun firing under a camouflage net, at Alam Nayil, August 1942 | J. Christensen |
The 14th Light Ack-Ack engaging the Luftwaffe at Alam Nayil | |
The burial of a gun crew of 43 Battery, 16 July 1942 | British official |
27 Battery goes to ground in a Stuka raid, August 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
‘Swordfish’ area, September 1942 | G. H. Levien |
General Montgomery presents a DSO to Steve Weir, 12 October 1942 | British official |
Lance-Bombardier B. W. Johnston receives the MM | British official |
36 Survey Battery relaxing on the shore of the Dead Sea | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
A survey camp in the Transjordan | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
General Freyberg confers with senior officers before the Alamein offensive | J. C. White |
A 4.5 at Alamein | J. F. Spring page xiv |
A gun of A Troop, 5th Field, fires its last round on supercharge before the breakthrough, November 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
A Troop gun crew, 5th Field, relaxing before the beginning of the pursuit, November 1942 | J. C. Pattle |
A 7th Anti-Tank lorry bogged down near Fuka | L. Clark collection |
Fuka after the deluge, November 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Following page 442 | |
A Bofors approaching Matruh, November 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Sidi Barrani | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
B2 of the 6th Field climbs Sollum Pass | NZ Army |
A Bofors on the road above Sollum | NZ Army |
Winching a 4th Field gun up a slope in the course of the left hook round El Agheila | F. T. Allan |
27 Battery at El Haseiat | J. C. Pattle |
The parade for Mr Churchill at Tripoli | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
6-pounder portées pass the saluting base | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Assembling the guns before the parade | H. R. Joll |
A 6-pounder in action in the Tebaga Gap | J. F. Spring |
The 5th Field fires in front of Medenine | J. Christensen |
Armour attacking the Roman Wall—from a sketch by C. Hansen | C. Hansen |
Plotting corrections on an artillery board near Takrouna | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
Jack Spring observes from a camouflaged quad near Takrouna | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
Buildings on Takrouna | J. C. Pattle |
Senior officers in Tunisia | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
A ‘Pheasant’ at Maadi Camp—a 17-pounder mounted on a 25-pounder carriage | D. Sweetzer |
A class at the Artillery Training Depot (the 32nd Field), Maadi Camp | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
A 5th Field gun firing on manoeuvres near Maadi, August 1943 | J. Christensen page xv |
Austin 6-pounder portées of 34 Battery preparing to leave Maadi, September 1943 | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
Artillery HQ officers outside the ACV near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Artillery HQ in the first engagement in Italy on the way to the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
D. McKenna oils a 5th Field gun during a lull on the Sangro front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Operating a Bofors predictor near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A B Troop, 4th Field, gun firing from a muddy gun pit near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A Bofors crew surveys the Sangro front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Steve Weir, Ike Parkinson and General Freyberg near the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
An American 155 similar to those used on the Orsogna front—from a painting by Russell Clark | NZ Army |
An Air OP aircraft on the Orsogna front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Crossing the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A 5th Field troop command post during an Air OP shoot | W. Fisk |
Following page 573 | |
Steve Weir addresses his officers in the Volturno Valley | British official |
A major repair of a 25-pounder in the Volturno Valley | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Looking north and north-east from Monte Trocchio | L. W. Wright collection |
Smoke-screening 26 Battalion near the Cassino railway station | |
Smoke canisters screening Route 6 as it enters Cassino | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
C Troop, 5th Field, on upper-register shooting behind Trocchio | W. Fisk |
A 36 Survey Battery post on Trocchio, overlooking Route 6 | F. H. Williams page xvi |
Jack Mitchell conducts the Rt. Hon. Peter Fraser on an inspection after the Cassino battle | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
K. J. Retter using a director on the Cassino front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Field and medium guns on the Cassino front | Indian official |
Montecassino abbey dominates the guns as they shell Cassino | United States official |
A 6th Field artillery board near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A flash-spotting post near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
R. T. Stewart of the 6th Field hands washing to children near Sora | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A ‘stonk’ falls on the hills above San Michele in the Florence battle | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A sound-ranging microphone being sited in the Florence battle | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Operating sound-ranging equipment in front of Florence | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
An M 10 at San Casciano | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The Bofors which sank a German motor launch off Rimini, October 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A 5th Field jeep at Riccione | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A waterlogged 5th Field gun pit near Forli | NZ Army |
Empty 25-pounder cartridge cases at Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A causeway of ammunition boxes at Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A 17-pounder in front of Faenza covers the Via Emilia | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
On the final advance: approaching the Idice River | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A 17-pounder crossing the Po | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The 4.2-inch mortar J2 in action | H. Sharples |
The CRAs: Reggie Miles, Steve Weir, Ike Parkinson, Ray Queree, Bill Thornton | NZ Army |