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Donald VAUSE joined the 22nd Battalion in 1943 as part of the 10th Reinforcements, joining A Company 9 Platoon. He trained at Linton Camp before being sent to join the Battalion in Italy. Most of his photos are from northern Italy in the later part of the war, as well as sightseeing in Rome, Milan and Venice. Also skiing in Italy and photos from the road trip south in October/November 1945 on his way back to New Zealand.
 Backyard at home, April 1943 |
 Self before war |
 Fred Rogers and self on range Palmerston North April 1943 |
 1st WWC regt Linton. May 1943 |
 More of 1st WWC reg |
 Rocco Romana - a 4 Bde rest area. Coy cookhouse on left April-May 1944. |
 1 Coy boat team. Left to right Lance Millar (7th Pltn), Alan Clinton, Arthur Aldridge, Bill Treseder, George Beissel, Ian Park, Joe Herrerman , Reg Palamountain. 20 June 1944 |
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 2LT Graham M Bassett MC. |
 Sgt Alan B (Ian Bruce) PARK. KIA Savio River 21 October 1944. Buried Cesana Military Cemetery. |
 Self, Fred Bowers and Ned Nolan at Sanarno Feb 1944 |
 La Romola. KO'd NZ Shermans. Own pltn jeep on right. Self in front taken after show August 5 1944 |
 Alan Bruce, Bill Drewery, Noel Devereaux. Viserba Beach Oct 1944. 5 mile north of Rimini |
 Fabriano. An Italian partisan funeral. Nov 1944 |
 The Italian family November 1944 |
 Grant Borrie and Sid Meads with the Italian family the 3 of us stayed with in Fabriano. November 1944 |
 Forli Cemetery. NZ troops on right, English on left |
 Forli Xmas 1944/45 after a snow fall |
 Eric Barker-Benfield, Bill Smythe, Hansen, after the heavy snow fall. Forli Xmas 1944 |
 Practicing bridging on Lamone River Dec 1944. "Pop" second on the bridge |
 The boys after the Lamone River show, Forli Dec 1944 |
 Noel "Pop" Whitehouse Forli Dec 9 1944 |
 Jack Hynes chopping wood in the snow at Forza Dec 1944 |
 The platoon during the Senio holding job Jan 1945 |
 Bernie Adams and self Route 9 north of Frenza Jan 1945 |
 No 9 Platoon A Coy Bridging, taken after Faenza Show January 3 1945 |
 Bernie Adams and Lynn Thomas on route 9 North of Firenza Jan 1945 |
 9 Platoon at the Casa on the Senio Jan 1945 |
 Ted Adams KIA Giana River April 1945 |
 Dick Berrington, Mac McGregor, Curly Cockburn and Ralph Steel with the Italians, Fabriano, March 1945 |
 Easter with the Italians in Fabriano. Jerry Cruickshanks, Curly, Pete Mills, Pop, Frank Clarke, George Simpson. March 1945 |
 The boys Easter 1945. Mal Waher, Frank, ... Gordon Avenell, Smithy, Self, Ralph Steele, Scotty |
 Alan Clinton and self at Follonica near Elsa August 19 1944 |
 Casino May 1944 Caste Hill on left |
 Liri RIver June 1944. 7 Platoon boat on right |
 Our rugby team 6 Pltn at Mingaro south of Cassino. Never lost a game. |
 Football Rimini Stadium 22nd Btn v 18th Armd regt. Won by 18th 4-3. The only defeat of the 22nd Bn for 1944 |
 Brown 22Bn kicks off in game between 18 Regt Rimini Stadium 18 October 1944 |
 Line out game between 22nd Bn and 18 Regt. Arthur Fong referee |
 Fabriano 9 Pln Team March 1945 |
 The hut. 5000ft. The good slopes are in the background. Learners in the front Feb 1944. |
 Fred Bowers and Ned Nolan both from 22nd Bat feb 1944 |
 5 kiwis on the run. Fred Bowers second from left |
 In the gear |
 two of the boys from 27 Btn at the Hut Feb 1944 |
 A slight accident skiing at Sanarno Feb 1944 |
 Shipyards probably Trieste |
 Shipyards probably Trieste |
 Shipyards probably Trieste |
 Shipyards probably Trieste |
 Shipyards probably Trieste |
 Norm Ingpen and Leo Bridgemen on neutral soil, Vatican City Rome June 1944 |
 Saint Angelo Bridge Rome spanning the Tiber River |
 Pop, Ralph, self and Curly outside NZ club, Florence |
 The Goum |
 Our gondola in the slum area of Venice |
 Venice July 1945 |
 Venice July 1945 |
 Part of St Marks Church in the square |
 Roy, George, Mac and Doug having a quiet sleep on the canal |
 Blimp |
 Rex, Doug, George and Mac outside the Club in Venice |
 The Yank Blimp on the job for mines over Venice harbour |
 The Yank Blimp on the job for mines over Venice harbour |
 Where they hung Musso and his gang, (Piazzale Loreto), Milan |
 Milan Cathedral |
 Dev sitting on the statue to Emmanuel III in the main square of Milan |
 No 1 platform Milan Station. There are 24 in the station |
 Milan cathedral |
 Milan cathedral |
 Brescia with fierce business in cigarettes. |
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 Lake Como Switzerland in the background |
 One of the lakes near Como, taken during a 4 day swanning trip to North Italy. July 1945 |
 A blow out ten miles from Como |
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 The Black market Kings |
 Dev and Max Tarr on Lake Como july 1945 |
 On the road from Perugia to Florence no 9 platoon October 1945 |
 Ralph, Pop and self Foligno Baths |
 Joe Clarke winning Div 440 yds at Foligno Baths Sept 1945 |
 Self, Hawke-Eye, Jerry Cruickshanks and Porky Ferris, Perugia August 1945 |
 Jim Sherratt and Hawke-eye in Perugia August 1945 |
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 Race meeting Perugia |
 Scotty, Gordon Avenall, Porky, Ralph and Dev after water polo Perugia Foligno |
 Self, Dev and Roy. Perugia Sept 1945 |
 Self, Bill Fishenden, Dev and Robby in Fabriano Pass during trip to the beach. October 1945 |
 The Fabriano Pass with battalion convoy moving up October 1945 |
 Jim and Jack at Perugia |
 The high level Bailey bridge over the Po River. The "up" route |
 Blown bridge on the way to Trieste |
 The cooks, Ralph and Ed during the move south |
 The bridge after attention by the Air Force |
 Drinking beer in Padua on the street |
 Bn convoy moving south from Trieste |
 On the low level |
 Another shot of the longest high level Bailey in the world |
 Southward |
 On the Po stopbank |
 The railway bridge blown by Ted |
 The down route over the Po River |
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 Some of 9 pln just before it split up in Florence Nov 1945 |
 Pop in J Force area, Florence Nov 1945 |
 The "Pipes" |
 Ralph and self in 54 Rest camp, Florence the day before I left for England. November 1945 |
 Scotty and Mal above Edinburgh. December 1945 |
 Edinburgh Castle |
 Journey Home |
 Journey Home, crossing the Equator |
 Journey Home, crossing the Equator |
 Journey Home, crossing the Equator |
 Journey Home, crossing the Equator |
 Journey Home |
 Palmerston North 22nd Battalion reunion 1970s |
Last updated: 9 July 2024
