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

NZ soldier talks with an arab of Trans Jordania, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

NZ soldier enjoys a smoke with an arab of Trans Jordania, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Soldier searching wandering Arab in Tunisia - 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, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Group of New Zealand soldiers with Turkish sentries, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Troops picking in the fields near Tunis, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

German 170mm gun captured by New Zealanders in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Major H S Hanton being received at a Kurdish feast in Syria, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Group of New Zealand padres at Maadi, Egypt, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Oranges on sale in Jerusalem, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

New Zealander washing in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton

Axis POWs coming in on foot in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

M D Elias, NZ Film Unit in Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by George Kaye

Men of New Zealand Forestry Unit in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

NZ soldiers in bren carrier in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

World War II New Zealand engineers road making near Aqaba, Trans Jordania - Photograph taken by M D Elias

New Zealander bargaining for a knife at Aqaba - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Members of the New Zealand Forestry Unit in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Members of the New Zealand Forestry Unit in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Officers of the New Zealand Forestry Unit in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Group of New Zealand Forestry Unit members in southern Italy, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Overnight billeting station, Syria, World War II - Photograph taken by Harold Gear Paton