Some CMP pictures from the New Zealand National Archives

[Peter Mossong]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Peter, you may want to view the I.T.Y. Johnston collection which is not yet digitized. Capt. Ian Johnston served with 6 (NZ) Fd Regt in North Africa and 4 (NZ) Fd Regt in Greece and Crete. I came across one his photos in Megan Hutching's book The Desert Road:


http://natlib.govt.nz/items/23094379

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Hi Tony. I found one digitised image from that set from the parade for Winston

25 pounders of NZ Division passing in review before Prime Minister of Great Britain in Tripoli, World War II - Photograph taken by H Paton
Reference: DA-02890-F

Of interest is the varied camouflage of the guns, and what appears to be the 'Caunter' scheme still on the first Quad!

Cheers,
Pete M.

[Peter Mossong]

Hi to all. Some more Kiwi CMP's for your files.

Firstly, something for almost every section of the forum!
DA-01495: General view of Major General Bernard Freyberg reviewing the Mechanized Brigade at Helwan, Egypt. Taken on 26 September 1941 by an official photographer. 23 on Brown square on front row of CMP's was 26th Infantry Battalion in September 1941. Most of the vehicles in this photo appear to be either brand new, or in the case of the carriers, freshly painted!

I've also uploaded a large format (14meg) copy of this to my Dropbox public folder at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...DA-01495-F.tif

DA-02182: Troops in truck fully equipped and ready for action as New Zealanders move forward for advance from Egypt into Libya during World War II. Taken on 22 November 1941 by an official photographer.
39 on Red/Green square was NZ Reserve MT Company.

DA-02862cu: A NZ truck passes through typical open county of the Azizia region, Libya, during World War II. Photograph taken on 8 February 1943 by H Paton.
96 on Red/Blue Square was No.7 Anti-Tank Regiment in 1943. I can't ID the emblem on the left fender.

DA-03038: Convoy passing through fields of daisies on the plains of Tunisia during World War II. Photograph taken circa May 1943 by M D Elias.
78 on Blue square was 6th Field Company, NZ Divisional Engineers in 1943.

[Peter Mossong]

DA-03038-Fcu: A close-up of the preceding photo.

DA-04907: Vehicles of the 2nd New Zealand Division near a railway crossing on one of the roads leading to the forward areas of the Italian Front, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 24 December 1943 by George Frederick Kaye.

Ford CMP appears to have a spare leaf spring slung across the front! 88 on Red/Blue square was 4th Field Regiment in 1943.
The ambulance (Ford WOT??) was 4th Field Ambulance (99 on Black square).

More to come tomorrow, then later cabs and quads!


Pete M.