George Frederick Kaye

 New Zealand soldiers in one of the narrow streets 

of the village of Alvito in Italy, 8 June 1944

  

 New Zealand soldiers with wine casks in a cellar, 

near San Casciano, Italy, 28 July 1944

  

 Tuis on leave in Rome, during World War II, buy flowers 

from one of the stands in the Piazza di Spagna, 22 July 1944

["Tuis" was the slang term for members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. 

Tui is also the name of native bird in New Zealand.]

  

 Tuis on leave in Rome, Italy, ascending the steps to the church of 

Trinita di Monti with the house of John Keats on the left, 22 July 1944

  

Two wrecked tanks outside the villa Sfacciata, on the road south of Florence, Italy. Shows a German Tiger tank from schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508, and a New Zealand Sherman tank, 4 August 1944

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

F K Gourlay, of 22 NZ Battalion, climbs into Bren carrier 

adapted for evacuating wounded in Rimini, Italy, 22 September 1944

  

French Moroccan troops combine native costume and 

modern fighting equipment in Italy, 24 March 1944

  

Italian women with rifles and captured German stick grenades 

at Massa Lombarda, Italy, during World War II, 13 April 1945

  

Three New Zealanders in the forward areas of the Italian Front, 11 April 1944

  

Traffic of the 2 New Zealand Division moving forward as the 

Germans retreat after the fall of Atina and Belmonte, Italy, 28 May 1944

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

 Soldiers moving through ruins on the Cassino battlefront, Italy, 5 April 1944

  

 Two New Zealanders walk down the ancient 

city streets of Pompeii, Italy, 30 January 1944

  

 W J Tipler and Lieutenant S A Morris communicating 

from an armoured vehicle near Sora, Italy, 1 June 1944

  

 W T Keighley tastes part of the Christmas dinner for a 

section of NZ Division in Italy, December 1943

  

Women clearing away wreckage in the village

of Gessopalena, Italy, 16 December 1943

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

 New Zealand tankmen, possibly 4 NZ Armoured Brigade personnel, 

in Cassino, Italy, on the day it fell to the 8th Army, 18 May 1944

  

 Personnel sorting out maps during 2 NZ Division's rapid advance in Italy, 8 June 1944

  

 Refugees are brought to the town of Sora, Italy, from heavily shelled 

areas in an ambulance jeep driven by C P Kerrisk, 3 June 1944

  

 Soldiers drinking tea during break in manoeuvres in the Cassino area in Italy, 5 April 1944

  

Two New Zealand Infantrymen receive a glass of wine from one 

of the inhabitants of the village of Barbiano, Italy, 10 April 1945

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Egypt

This is a second set of photos taken in Egypt in 1943 by George Frederick Kaye. Previous set here.

 Man winnowing near Tura, Egypt, 18 July 1943

  

 Native tailors in the street of Maadi village make minor alterations to the uniforms of New Zealanders from the nearby camp, 16 July 1943

  

 New Zealand soldiers on leave standing at official hitch hiking point in Cairo, 16 July 1943

["Official hitch hiking point" - how times have changed!]

  

 Rural scene with animals and children beside a canal near Tura in Egypt, 18 July 1943

  

 The melon market on the Mad Mile, Cairo, 17 July 1943

  

Vendors at the melon market, Cairo, 17 July 1943

George Frederick Kaye

 A New Zealand Infantry platoon pictured near Monte Cassino 

on the 5th Army Front in Italy, 8 March 1944

  

 A scene in the forward area of the Sangro River Front, in Italy, 

showing villagers outside their wrecked homes, 10 December 1943

  

 An American military police officer on point duty and two Kiwi soldiers 

seen together on the 5th Army Front in southern Italy, 10 February 1944

  

 Competitor taking part in the high jump at 5 NZ Infantry 

Brigade Sports Meeting in Italy, 11 May 1944

  

New Zealand soldiers, out of the line for a rest in Italy, await their turn for a 

hot shower provided by a NZ Field Hygiene Section, 6 January 1944

Egypt

These photos of Egypt were taken in 1943 by George Frederick Kaye.

 A markoub load of onions, Egypt, 12 July 1943

  

 A street book stall in Cairo, 16 July 1943

  

 A young local woman sitting on a cart in Cairo, Egypt, 17 July 1943

  

 Archimedian screw in use for irrigation, Egypt, 12 July 1943

  

 Buyers carrying goods off boat on Nile, Egypt, 12 July 1943

  

 Donkey carts loaded with crates in Cairo, Egypt, 11 July 1943

  

Lemonade refreshments available from a tub during the swimming sports of the 19th NZ Armoured Regiment, held at the Alamein Baths in Cairo, Egypt, July 1943

George Frederick Kaye

 New Zealand Artillery personnel, probably from 6 NZ Field Regiment, carrying ammunition to their guns through mud and slush on the Italian Front, 24 December 1943

  

 New Zealand soldiers stroll through a typical village 

in the Italian front line area, 10 April 1944 

 

 NZ Infantry closing in on the German HQ of the Sangro River Defence Line at Castelfrentano, Italy, during the daylight attack in which they captured the strongpoint, 2 December 1943

  

NZ soldiers watch returning Italian family unearthing crockery, 16 December 1943

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

 Italian peasant woman and children in the area occupied 

by the 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy, 16 December 1943

  

 Members of 2 New Zealand Division who are camped 

alongside the waterfall at Isola del Liri in Italy, 27 June 1944

  

 New Zealand gunners, from 6 NZ Field Regiment, in action 

on the Sangro River front in Italy, 29 November 1943

  

 New Zealand tank transporter rumbles through town of Sora, Italy, 3 June 1944

  

 NZ infantry soldiers closing in on the German HQ of the Sangro River Defence Line at Castelfrentano, Italy, 2 December 1943

  

 R W Wilson with group of orphan children in Castelfrentano, Italy, 6 January 1944

  

 Three New Zealand soldiers stroll alongside the ancient wall that partly surrounds the town of Alife and pass Italian women washing clothes in the stream at the foot of the wall, 12 January 1944

  

 Two soldiers on the battlefront at Cassino, Italy, during manoeuvres. 

Probably taken during a mock attack staged behind the line, 5 April 1944

  

 Typical peasant women from one of the villages just behind 

the forward areas on the Italian Front, 16 December 1943

  

Winter conditions on the 5th Army Front in Italy, during World War II, 

have resulted in sharpened appetites so that cookers and primuses 

have developed greater importance than ever, 15 February 1944

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand