New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
List of Illustrations
page xi
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | |
New Zealand Engineers start work on TIKI bridge, the second Bailey bridge over the Sangro | British Official |
Following page 182 | |
Mess parade at Hopu Hopu, 1939 | |
The Strathaird leaves Wellington, 5 January 1940 | Evening Post |
19 Army Troops building a road in the Olympus Pass | E. K. S. Rowe |
The railway bridge across the Pinios River demolished by 19 Army Troops Company | 21 Battalion collection |
Sappers rest by the roadside in Crete | E. K. S. Rowe |
Exhausted sappers await evacuation at Sfakia | P. B. Wildey |
Surveying in the Western Desert | NZ Army |
9 Railway Survey Company in Eritrea | J. C. Mackay |
Field Park men change an engine in the Western Desert | NZ Army |
Laying the oil pipeline to Lake Timsah | L. W. Hutchings |
Dragging rails from the railhead for the Western Desert railway extension | British Official |
Indians lift a rail on to the sleepers | British Official |
At work on the new line | British Official |
Lunch-time | NZ Army |
Langrish Mill, near Portsmouth | A. B. Crawford |
Loading spruce near Petersfield, September 1941 | C. H. Chandler collection |
Port Safaga in the early stages of construction | A. W. Trethewey |
Stoking the boiler for the pile-driver at Aqaba | NZ Army (M. D. Elias)page xii |
An ambulance train operated by New Zealand engineers | NZ Army |
A Braithwaite tank reservoir at Umm er Rzem, near Derna | NZ Army |
‘Buckeye’ ditcher and ‘Side boom crane’ tractor used by 18 Army Troops Company for laying the water pipeline in the Western Desert | 18 Army Troops Company collection |
Constructing a headquarters on the Alamein front, August 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
The first train to go forward after the November 1942 breakthrough arrives at El Alamein station | 18 Army Troops Company collection |
Christmas mail at the Maadi Camp Post Office, December 1942 | NZ Army (M. S. Carrie) |
Christmas dinner, Nofilia, 1942 | R. E. Hermans |
Bridge near Nofilia, built by New Zealand engineers | NZ Army |
Sweeping the road verges for mines | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
After removing a Teller mine, a sapper probes with his bayonet for a possible second mine beneath | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
The Spanish Mole at Tripoli under repair, January 1943 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Sappers work on the road between Tarhuna and Azizia | NZ Army |
Model of the Enfidaville line made for General Freyberg | NZ Army |
Following page 378 | |
Harbour construction at Adabiya | H. C. Gayford |
New Zealand engineers rebuild the pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal, August 1943 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)page xiii |
A panoramic view of the railway yards constructed at Azzib, Palestine, by 10 Railway Construction Company | N. Barker |
21 Mechanical Equipment Company building the road over the Nagb Ashtar | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
A deviation past a bridge blown by the enemy in the Sangro River area | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The TIKI bridge across the Sangro | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Flat country north of the Sangro cut up by vehicles of 2 NZ Division | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Building a corduroy road in the Sangro River area | British Official |
Quarrying metal for roads on the Cassino front | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A jeep tests a Treadway bridge erected by New Zealand and American engineers in the Cassino area | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A Bailey bridge over the Fibreno River at Sora. | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Removing a German anti-vehicle mine near Florence | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
6 Field Company sappers who erected a Bailey bridge over the Scolo Rigossa, near Gambettola, in one and a half hours | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Forestry Unit men tree-felling in Southern Italy | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
A New Zealand designed portable sawmill | NZ Army (M. D. Elias) |
Laying the decking on a Bailey bridge in the Adriatic sector | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Road repairs in the forward area near Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Sweeping for mines in Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye)page xiv |
‘Road metal’ | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Fascine-carrying tank, Faenza | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A 27 Mechanical Equipment Company angledozer clears a highway in the Faenza sector | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Bridge-building exercises across the Lamone River, February 1945. A 60 ft Bailey bridge being launched on a raft | K. C. Fenton collection |
A section of the bridge moves slowly into position | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Approximate positions of bridges built by New Zealand engineers over the Senio River, 9–10 April 1945 | |
A 28 Assault Squadron Sherman dozer near the Senio River | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Track-making near Budrio | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A bridge and approaches at the Reno River | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The folding-boat bridge over the Po | NZ Army |
Brigadier G. H. Clifton | |
Brigadier F. M. H. Hanson | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
Lt-Col J. N. Anderson | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
Lt-Col R. C. Pemberton |