Hi JB. Fogliano Redipuglia and/or Monfalcone fit perfectly, if the date is April-July 1945. The 2nd NZ Division moved across the Lombardi Plains...
Your group of photos show two different locations, just outside a tunnel and somewhere in the open. As they were all your father's, and in...
As with the Takao post above, you both have identified a location that makes sense, even if I tried to inadvertently miss-lead you by thinking it...
I know my father re-visited Cassino at the end of the war, and also Pompeii. So this fits. None of the photos in his album are in chronological...
Thank you. This makes perfect sense. By matching other photos I know he visited Cortina d'Amprezzo. This is close by. As you say, the mountain...
My father served in the NZ 6th Field Regiment during the Italian campaign of 1943-45. After the German surrender in May 1945, many NZ troops in...
Thank you for your interesting reply. Will look forward to the images when you get round to posting. Like you I have spent the week thinking about...
I recently posted four other pictures of a Krupp 5E; three of which are different angles of the image you put up on 'Robert' abandoned. These were...
No, I've not tried NZ Archives site for diaries. I was assuming these sorts of items would be lodged with the National (Turnbull) Library in...
The four images posted were taken by my father (NZ 6th Field Regiment) during the Italian campaign. The artillery unit looks to be a Krupp 5E...
Thanks Lou Funnily enough I came across this report last night following earlier research I'd done on the NZ 6th Field Regiment. There are of...
My father served in Italy during WW2 with the 6th NZ Field Regiment. Amongst his possessions are a number of photos of military equipment and...
