NZ troops on exercise waiting for signal to advance, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Infantry resting during exercise, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ soldier with bren gun on landing exercise, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Sergeant awaiting cue in landing exercise, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Indian gunners digging in gun on combined exercise, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ supply column passing the wrecked Sollum barracks, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ former prisoners wearing German hats at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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GOC Freyberg on manoeuvres, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ former prisoners with German military souvenirs at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Medical officers at 2 NZ General Hospital, Egypt - Photograph M D Elias

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NZ soldier broadcasting home, Maadi - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ former prisoners trying out German hats at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ troops resting outside the fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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An abandoned Stuka after Axis retreat, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Some of the NZ former prisoners of war back at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Returned prisoners holding up a dog at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Officer directing former prisoners to hutments at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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New Zealand former prisoners of war back at NZ Base Camp, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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General Alexander leaving the Maadi Tent, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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English troops marching through the streets of Tunis - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ Patrol Group of the Long Range Desert Group, Egypt, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Queue of NZ soldiers broadcasting home, Maadi - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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Waiting for the signal to open the ovens, Egypt

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View from Sollum Hill looking eastward at dawn, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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NZ troops in the courtyard of an Italian fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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