Laying a railway line in Libya during World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Laying a railway line in Libya during World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Axis POWs being brought in during World War II, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Axis POWs being brought in during World War II, Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

British supply trucks move into Sollum, Egypt, during World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Spahis passing dais during Allied parade in Tunis, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Mr A Tutaki of 28 (Maori) Battalion during World War II, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Oranges on sale in Jerusalem, 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

Front line Free French Chad troops in slit trenches in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Convoys of the 8th Army moving forward, Sollum, Egypt, during World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Convoys of the 8th Army moving forward, Sollum, Egypt, during 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

Population of Tunis welcomes 8th Army, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Axis prisoners captured during offensive in Libya, 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

German medical unit surrendering in Tunisia, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Population of Tunis welcoming 8th Army, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Allied commanders at parade in Tunis, World War II - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

NZ infantry just out of the line up for a shower, Tunisia, World War II - 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