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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waiting for the signal to open the ovens, Egypt

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

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