10th reinforcements ready to leave for base camp, Port Tewfik, Egypt, - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Group of 10th reinforcements arriving at Port Tewfik, World War II - 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

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

NZ former prisoners wearing German hats at NZ Base Camp, 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

NZ former prisoners trying out German hats at NZ Base Camp, 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

Bull, G, fl 1945 : NZ Area Puttick camp in Mena, Egypt, after the arrival of 10th reinforcements

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

World War II artillery reinforcements arrive at Tewfik, Egypt - Photograph taken by Major Carrie

10th Reinforcements parade for General Freyberg at Mena, Egypt - Photograph taken by G Kaye

New Zealanders back at NZ Base Camp after imprisonment in Bardia, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

New Zealanders back at NZ Base Camp after imprisonment in Bardia, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Convoy of ambulances prepares to leave Maadi camp, Egypt

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

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

Italian prisoners embarking for Alexandria at Mersa Matruh, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Newly arrived NZ reinforcements disembark by lighter, Port Tewfik, World War II - Photograph taken by S Wemy...

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

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

German Mark IV Special tank with 75mm gun, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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