Crowd waving to the departing soldiers of the 2nd NZEF 1st Echelon, at Wellington

Troopship Strathaird departing Wellington with 2nd NZEF soldiers of the 1st echelon on board

Departing World War II soldiers of the 1st echelon, in their quarters on board ship in Auckland

New Zealand nurses of the 3rd Echelon departing from Wellington during World War 2

[Crowd at Aotea Quay, Wellington, as K-Force troops leave on the Ormonde]

Crowd at Aotea Quay, Wellington, as K Force troops leave on the Ormonde

Soldiers at a 2nd NZEF transit camp at Suda Bay, Crete

Group visiting World War II 1st echelon soldiers at Papakura Military Camp

Tractor, and soldiers, of the 2nd NZEF Railway Construction Company, advance from Egypt to Libya

Green & Hahn :Bernard Cyril Freyberg inspecting World War II MMG soldiers of the 1st echelon at Burnham Mili...

Soldiers of the 2nd NZEF IP thatching a newly built mess in New Caledonia

Members of the 1st Echelon at a bar on board ship after their departure from New Zealand

Soldiers at the 2nd NZEF, 4th Armoured Brigade workshops in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt, working on a Sherman tank t...

Kaye, George, b 1914 :Soldiers of 2nd NZEF, 4th Armoured Brigade, loading ammunition on to Honey Tanks durin...

2nd NZEF 6th Infantry Brigade waiting for a shepherd and his flock to pass, alongside the Nile River, Egypt

Kaye, George, b 1914:Sherman tank and soldiers of the 2nd NZEF 4th Amoured Brigade, in Bentivoglio, Italy

Thomas, A H :World War II soldiers of the 3rd echelon waiting for the leave train at Burnham Railway Station

Truck and soldiers of 2nd NZEF, 25 Battalion, B Company, crossing the Scissors bridge, before San Giorgio, I...

Members of 3rd Echelon on board one of the transports, Wellington - Photograph taken by C P S Boyer

Soldiers measuring out flour at the 2nd New Zealand Division Supply point, near Ancona, Italy

Petrol dump for the Tonga Defence Force of 2nd NZEF, at a Army Service Corps supply depot in Tonga

World War 2 New Zealand soldiers of 23 Battalion at their headquarters during the advance to Florence, Italy

Soldiers of the Maori Battalion waiting on a quay at Alexandria, Egypt, to board transport for Italy

New Zealand soldiers waiting to serve Christmas dinner at the Maori Training Depot, Maadi, Egypt, during Wor...

Mobilizing the great army of invasion - soldiers preparing to leave for Manchuria, Tokyo, Japan