George Frederick Kaye

 A G Trotter talks to three Italian children who have wandered 

into the middle of artillery positions near Sora, 1 June 1944

  

 R T Stewart hands some washing to two small Italian children who have 

found their way into artillery lines near Sora in Italy, 1 June 1944

[same three children as in the first picture]
[perhaps they're washing Mr. Trotter's shirt]

  

 A group of New Zealand soldiers and local women and children in the village behind the Italian Front where members of 2 New Zealand Division are resting, 6 January 1944

  

 A New Zealand gun crew on their way to the forward areas of the 

Sangro River sector of the Italian battlefront, 29 November 1943

  

 A New Zealand soldier gives a piece of chocolate to an aged civilian 

who has returned to the ruined Italian town of Orsogna, Italy, 16 June 1944

  

 A section of the Cassino Front, Italy, as seen by R F Dale 

waiting behind the sights of his anti aircraft gun, 15 March 1944

  

 A smoke screen being laid in Cassino, Italy, 

as the Allied attack proceeds, 18 May 1944

  

 A street photographer at Taranto, Italy, 

photographing Kiwis on leave, November 1943

  

 Allied infantry personnel move among the ruins of Cassino, Italy, 

shortly after the town fell to the Allies, 18 May 1944

  

An Allied anti aircraft crew keeps watch for enemy aircraft in the 

mountainous country in the forward areas of the Italian Front, 10 April 1944

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

This fellow is rapidly becoming one of my favorites. He seems to have covered every aspect of the soldiering life on the frontlines, as well as that of the civilians caught in the middle.

 'Action stations' on anti aircraft gun as enemy aircraft 

approach the Cassino Front, Italy, 15 March 1944

  

 A bren carrier under maintenance during a rest period in 

an Italian village behind the front line, 6 January 1944

  

 A group of New Zealand and Greek troops watch the antics of a Greek canine mascot in the forward of the front near Rimini, Italy, 21 September 1944

  

 A group of New Zealand soldiers on the Cassino battlefront in Italy, during World War II. Probably reconstruction for photographers behind the line. 5 April 1944

  

 A New Zealand 25 pounder firing at night near Sora, Italy, 1 June 1944

  

 A New Zealand anti aircraft gun on the outskirts of Riccione in Italy, 21 September 1944

  

 A New Zealand Divisional Artillery gun crew rests during one of the lulls 

in the firing on the Cassino Front in Italy, 17 May 1944

  

 A young woman of Sora, Italy, gives a bunch of flowers to 

New Zealand soldiers after the town's capture, 3 June 1944

  

 Action stations on a NZ anti aircraft gun on the Italian Front, 16 December 1943

  

An Italian peasant gathering a wheat harvest beside a wrecked 

German vehicle near Sora in Italy, 11 June 1944

 

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

George Frederick Kaye

George Frederick Kaye was a photographer from New Zealand who photographed "Kiwi" troops in the North African and Italian theaters during World War II.

 After the enemy's retreat, an Italian civilian searches among the ruins 

of his home in the town of Atessa, Italy, 29 November 1943

  

 Allied infantrymen make their way over the ruins of Cassino in Italy, 

on the day that it fell to the Allied attack, 18 May 1944

  

 Children carrying water through the streets of Gessopalena, Italy, 16 December 1943

  

 D O Long packing machine gun ammunition into a gun carrier 

during the advance to Florence, Italy, 21 August 1944

  

 Dog by the door of a demolished house in Gessopalena, Italy, 

surrounded by rubble, 16 December 1943

  

 Italian musicians and singers performing in the New Zealand 

Forces Club in Florence, Italy, 8 October 1944

  

 Local women and girls fill their containers at the 

community pump in Bari, Italy, ca. October 1943

  

 New Zealand officers watching the Kiwi Concert Party, Volturno Valley, Italy, 12 May 1944

  

 Soldiers examining a knocked out Sherman tank, amongst the ruins 

at Cassino, Italy, 18 May 1944, the day it fell to the Allies

  

Soldiers of the Maori Battalion prepare to move up 

into the line in the Faenza sector, 10 December 1944