New Zealand Image Collections

28996 Gunner Richard Alfred Curry:
The following images were in the possessions of 28996 Gunner Richard Alfred Curry of the 5 NZ Field Artillery Regiment during WW2. Many of these were taken between 1941 and 1943.

 - Above: This is 28996 Gunner Richard Alfred Curry, here in front of what we presume is his Morris F.A.T or Field Artillery Tractor, somewhere in North Africa. It has a "71" to its front bumper for the 5 NZ Field Artillery, and is to "C" troop, number "3", with a TAC sign for the 5th, with the colours Blue/Red/Yellow (though this could be khaki to). Richard was part of the 3rd Echelon, leaving New Zealand as an Artillery Reinforcement in 1940. Hailing from Masterton, he happily survived the war. A relative discovered a small envelope of some 60 images of his war experience and has happily passed them on (Curry family collection, Waiouru Army Museum).
They were not annotated, so are not in the order taken.

 - Above: New Zealand troops at the wreckage of Bristol Bombay in which Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott died on 7 August 1942. Gott's grave and that of Asst.. Public Information Officer H.H. Harker are in foreground.

 - Above: New Zealand troops at the wreckage of the Bristol Bombay in which Lieutenant-General William Henry Ewart Gott died on 7 August 1942. North Africa c1942.

 - Above: The entrance building entitled the Pavilion of Rome in Tripoli. Built in the 1930's as part of International Trade Fair of Tripoli, it was to showcase Italy's colonial Libya. Called the "Padiglione del governatorato di Roma alla fiera di Tripoli", it still stands today, but now in a modified form.

 - Above: Italian Fascist Arch of the Philaeni on the Litoranea, Libya.

 - Above: Luftwaffe Junkers JU 87 (Stuka) dive bomber, North Africa.

 - Above: Afrika Korps tank and Luftwaffe aircraft, North Africa.

 - Above: Afrika Korps tank, North Africa.

 - Above: Abandoned Luftwaffe Dorner Do18, Mersa Matruh, Egypt.

 - Above: An abandoned Luftwaffe Messerschmitt fighter, North Africa.

 - Above: Wreckage of Luftwaffe Focke Wulf shot down by 2nd New Zealand Division anti-aircraft fire.

 - Above: An Afrika Korps 15cm sFH 13-1 (Sf.) auf Geschutzwagen, North Africa.

 - Above: German munitions left near Arch of the Philaeni on the Litoranea, Libya 1943

 - Above: An Afrika Korps 88mm anti-aircraft gun, North Africa.

 - Opposite: A Destroyed anti-aircraft gun, North Africa.

 - Above: An overturned Afrika Korps 150mm sFH (Schwere Feld Haubitze) 18, near Bardia, Libya.

 - Above: Another image of the same overturned Afrika Korps 150mm sFH (Schwere Feld Haubitze) 18, near Bardia, Libya.

 - Above: Aircraft wreckage, North Africa.

 - Opposite: Another image of the same overturned Afrika Korps 150mm sFH (Schwere Feld Haubitze) 18, near Bardia, Libya.

 - Above: NZ Division troops passing column prisoners, North Africa.

 - Above: NZ Division convoy passing abandoned Italian tank and traction engine, North Africa.

 - Above: Tracked artillery tractors.

 - Above: Destroyed bridge, Bardia, Libya.

 - Above: Shells exploding near 2nd New Zealand Division vehicles, North Africa.

 - Above Explosions during Stuka dive bombing attack, North Africa.

 - Above: NZ Division truck with exploding shells.

 - Above: 2nd New Zealand Division vehicles, Western Desert, North Africa.

 - Above: 2nd New Zealand Division heavy transport.

 - Above: 2nd New Zealand Division vehicles descending a hill, North Africa.

 - Above: NZ 2nd Division trucks, Derna, Libya.

 - Above: Airfield construction, North Africa.

 - Above: Passing through a gap in a minefield at El Alamein, Egypt.

 - Above: NZ Division trucks ascending Sollum Pass, north-western Egypt.

 - Above: New Zealand soldiers and graves, North Africa.


 - Opposite: A Soldier of the 2nd NZ Division with artillery shell, North Africa. Note how his dog tags or identity disks are worn around his neck.

 - Above: An Allied tank with a Morris Field Artillery Tractor towing 25 pounder in rear.

 - Above: A New Zealand marked Tank, North Africa.

 - Above: 2nd New Zealand Division Convoy, North Africa.

 - Opposite: Rear view of 2nd New Zealand Division Field Artillery Tractor, North Africa.

 - Above: A US GMC 2nd New Zealand Division truck, North Africa. Note the 5th Field Artillery TAC sign to side.

 - Above: Anti-aircraft fire, North Africa.

 - Above: Overturned 2nd New Zealand Division FAT (Field Artillery Tractor), North Africa.

 - Above: 2nd New Zealand Division troops and vehicles following an accident near Sousse, Tunisia.

 - Above: The New Zealand Division Field Artillery Tractors and 25 pounders prepare for inspection by Winston Churchill, outside Tripoli, Libya c. February 1943.

 - Above: An image of the New Zealand Division Field Artillery Tractors and 25 pounders during inspection by Winston Churchill, outside Tripoli, Libya c. February 1943.

 - Above: A Royal Navy Barrage Balloon, United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: Corps of Military Police ('Red Caps') United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: British Corps of Military Police, mounted police, United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: Woman of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: Troops of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, Egypt, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: American troops, United Nations Parade, Esplanade, Alexandria, 14 June 1943.

 - Above: 28996 Gunner Richard Alfred Curry (left) and men of the 2nd NZ Division in front of FAT (Field Artillery Tractor), North Africa.

 - Above: An image of men from the 5th New Zealand Field Artillery Regiment somewhere in North Africa enjoying a drink. Note the type 2 formation patch to two of the men's upper sleeve with a "NEW ZEALAND" cloth shoulder title over a rectangle of Red over Blue.