Light naval craft tied up at Mersa Matruh Harbour, Egypt - Photograph taken by G V Turnbull

Wrecked German flying boat on shores of Mersa Matruh Harbour, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Scene at Mersa Matruh Harbour with wrecked flying boat in foreground, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Lieutenant Coleman and Lieutenant Colonel Gwilliam outside Mersa Matruh HQ, Egypt - Photograph taken by G V ...

NZ convoy on outskirts of Mersa Matruh, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

Wrecked Axis supply ship and demolished flying boat at Mersa Matruh Harbour, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D...

Petrol dumps burning at Mersa Matruh, Egypt - Photograph taken by Captain J White

Road into Mersa Matruh during pursuit of Axis forces, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Road into Mersa Matruh during pursuit of Axis forces, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Portion of NZ transport south east of Mersa Matruh, Egypt - Photograph taken by W A Whitlock

Desert advance by 24th Battalion to Gabes Gap, Tunisia - Photograph taken by Captain G V Turnbull

Desert advance by 24th Battalion to Gabes Gap, Tunisia - Photograph taken by Captain G V Turnbull

Group of NZ officers in the Western Desert, World War II - Photograph taken by G V Turnbull

Close up of the pumping station at Digla, Egypt - Photograph taken by George Bull

Honey tanks churn up dust along desert road, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

Convoy of armoured cars and portees moves up Sollum Hill, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Convoy of armoured cars and portees moves up Sollum Hill, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Officers making up lists of personnel eligible for leave home, Maadi, Egypt - Photograph taken by Harold Gea...

Italian POWs taken in Allied offensive in Western Desert,Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

World War II New Zealand supply column moves up during 8th Army advance in Egypt - Photograph taken by H Pat...

NZ convoy in pursuit of Axis forces, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton

World War II New Zealand soldiers on a gun portee travelling up the Halfaya Pass, Egypt - Photograph taken b...

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