Wounded German POW, Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

Wounded New Zealander appears cheerful, Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Anti tank gunners in action at Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Firing a 25 pounder at Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by Harold Paton

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German Stuka pilot brought down near Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by W A Whitlock

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Abandoned German mobile anti tank gun, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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German 88 mm guns knocked out by NZ batteries, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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German 50 mm anti tank gun in El Alamein area, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Captured German 50 mm anti tank guns in El Alamein area, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Acting Major General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Shells landing in NZ area at Minqar Qaim, Egypt - Photograph taken by W A Whitlock

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German vehicle after a direct hit by a 25 pounder at El Alamein, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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An HQ being dug at El Alamein, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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NZ convoy on outskirts of Mersa Matruh, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Wrecked railway vehicles at Fuka Railway Station, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Looking out of dugout at El Alamein, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Convoy departs through gaps in defences, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Transferring wounded to air ambulance during World War II, Tunisia - Photograph taken by H Paton

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NZ convoy in pursuit of Axis forces, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Halfaya Pass from the bottom, Egypt, World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Major, the bull terrier mascot of the Wellington Battalion, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Paton, H fl 1942: NZ machine gunners in action at Minqar Qaim, Egypt

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New Zealand wedding in Egypt during World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Honey tanks churn up dust along desert road, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

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Medical personnel on the Alamein front, Egypt, World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton

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