Bringing up wire for defensive positions, Syria - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Engineers road making in Syria at lunch - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Wire splicers at work aboard HMS Leander, Alexandria - Photograph taken by M D Elias

New Zealander meets an arab soldier, Syria, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Mount of Olives, Jerusalem - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Two Tunisians with camel - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Distribution of flour to Syrians - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Feature at Takrouna, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Torpedo maintenance on HMS Leander - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Italian soldiers surrendering, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Italian soldiers surrendering, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Eagen brothers meet at Maadi Camp - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Typical country about the ruins of Petra, Jordan - Photograph taken by M D Elias

General view of Takrouna, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Burning Italian armoured car, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Burning Italian armoured car, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Troops climbing up to Italian fort's ramparts at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Wire splicers at work on the deck of HMS Leander, Alexandria - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Local women laying ballast on railway track in Syria, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Palestine - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Crowd of Syrian women and children - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Deck hockey on HMS Leander, Alexandria - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Empire Day parade through Tunis, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias