New Zealand World War 2 soldier boiling a billy, Baggush, Western Desert, Egypt

New Zealand World War 2 soldiers in a dug-out, Baggush, Western Desert, Egypt

New Zealand World War 2 soldier Sergeant Ian Thomas, Western Desert, Egypt

World War II soldiers from New Zealand, including Charles Upham, in Baggush, Western Desert, Egypt

World War 2 New Zealand soldier R Dysart, Western Desert, North Africa

New Zealand soldier washing his socks in the sea at Baggush, Western Desert, during World War 2

World War II New Zealand soldiers warming their hands by a fire, Western Desert, Egypt

World War II New Zealand infantry on manoeuvres, Baggush, Egypt

Wounded World War 2 New Zealand soldier, Egypt

World War II New Zealand infantry setting out for manoeuvres in the Western Desert, Egypt

World War 2 New Zealand field workshop amongst flood waters in the Western Desert, Egypt

New Zealand World War 2 soldier in typical sleeping conditions in the Western Desert, North Africa

World War II Italian prisoners of war, Western Desert, Egypt

Group of New Zealand officers in the Western Desert, Egypt

New Zealand World War II soldiers cooking around a small fire, Western Desert, North Africa

World War 2 New Zealand Engineers working in the Western Desert, North Africa

World War II soldier and barbed wire, in the defended locality of the Western Desert, Egypt

New Zealand ambulance units in camp, Western Desert, during World War 2

New Zealand tanks, Western Desert, North Africa

World War II soldier during a military exercise in the Western Desert,North Africa

World War II New Zealand graves in the desert, Egypt - Photograph taken by W A Whitlock

Matilda tanks in the Western Desert, Egypt, during world war 2

Egypt, Military patrol, Western Desert

New Zealand soldier examining an Italian tank, Egypt, during World War 2

Group of New Zealand soldiers watching aircraft at sunset, Western Desert, during World War II