Harold Gear Paton

A third set from this New Zealand photographer.

 New Zealand soldiers with their Bofors ack ack gun, Alamein, Egypt, 16 July, 1942

  

 New Zealand wedding in Cairo. Miss R Claridge and Mr A Mason, 

both of Wellington, leaving the church after being married, 1943

  

 New Zealand wedding in Egypt during World War II. The bride Miss R Claridge and 

bridegroom A Mason, both of Wellington, walking between well-wishers. The bridegroom 

recently returned among the repatriated POWs from Italy. 13 May 1943

 

New Zealander from Light Aid Detachment welding pipe 

at the El Alamein front, Egypt, 16 July 1943

 

 New Zealander G J Lewis  holding the dog named 

Trip Trip, the unit pet, 9 March 1943

  

 New Zealanders on leave in Tripoli, Libya, 

make use of local transport, 10 February 1943

  

 O C Cossey takes an open air bath near Tripoli, Libya, February 1943

  

 Officers and NCOs of NZ Divisional Cavalry with male Syrians 

during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 Radio operator at controls inside a signal truck during the Battle for Egypt, 16 July 1942

  

 Son of the chief of a Syrian bandit tribe examines the movie camera of a member of the NZ Divisional Cavalry during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 Wounded placed into an air ambulance on a Tunisian airfield, 7 April 1943

  

Young women from the Red Cross distribute refreshments to repatriated
troops recently arrived by hospital ship from Italy, May 1943

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Harold Gear Paton

More photos of New Zealand troops in the Middle East during the recent unpleasantness (World War II).

 Game of soccer in progress in the Western Desert between a NZ Battery and an English Mediterranean Battery. The English won 4 - 0. November 1942

  

 Members of NZ Divisional Cavalry with children 

during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 Members of the Maori Battalion in the last stages of 

their journey from Alamein, Egypt, to Tripoli, Libya, 8 February 1943

  

 Men of NZ Engineers who played important part in the NZ Division's move against Tripoli meet children of an Italian colonist at a village past Tahuna, Libya, January 1942

  

 New Zealand officer, identified as Lieutenant C Smith, doing 

his own washing on the Alamein front in Egypt, September 1942

  

 New Zealand trucks passing through Maadi, Egypt, during World War 2, 

at the end of the North African campaign, 10 June 1943

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Harold Gear Paton

Harold Gear Paton was a New Zealand photographer active in North Africa and the Middle East during World War II.

 A member of NZ Divisional Cavalry demonstrates rugby football 

to Syrian tribesmen during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 A Syrian family resting by the roadside, 30 April 1942

  

 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets officers of the New Zealand 

Division following the parade held outside Tripoli, Libya, on 4 February 1943

  

 Divisional Signals office during action in the Western Desert, January 1943

  

 Finale of a Kiwi Concert Party performance in El Alamein, Egypt, 

just before the opening of the successful offensive of October 1942

  

 Italian prisoners of war being issued with water by NZers in Tunisia, 7 April 1943

  

 Looking out of a dugout at El Alamein, Egypt, 29 August 1942

  

 Members of Maori Battalion and transport outside the 

Benito Gate at Tripoli, Libya, 10 February 1943

  

Members of NZ Divisional Cavalry (officers and NCOs) visit 

native villagers in Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand