NZ troops resting outside the fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

NZ infantry attacking Italian fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Infantry troops entering an Italian fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

NZ troops in the courtyard of an Italian fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

Infantry advancing over stone walls around fort at Cyrenaica, Libya - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Fort Capuzzo with NZ troops, Libya

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

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

NZ troops on exercise waiting for signal to advance, Egypt - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Outside the sisters mess at 3 NZ General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon- Photograph taken by M D Elias

Italian prisoners standing outside house in Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

NZ soldier broadcasting home, Maadi - Photograph taken by M D Elias

English troops marching through the streets of Tunis - Photograph taken by M D Elias

General Alexander with senior NZ personnel at Maadi - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Queue of NZ soldiers broadcasting home, Maadi - Photograph taken by M D Elias

Local inhabitants with French decorations for sale outside Tunis - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

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

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

German prisoners resting on the grass after the Axis collapse in Tunisia - Photograph taken by M D Elias

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

NZ officers outside Tripoli, Libya, World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton