New Zealand World War 2 soldiers playing rugby with tribesmen in Syria - Photograph taken by Harold Gear Paton

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Title

New Zealand World War 2 soldiers playing rugby with tribesmen in Syria - Photograph taken by Harold Gear Paton

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

New Zealand World War 2 soldiers from Divisional Cavalry playing rugby with Syrian tribesmen at a mountain village in Syria. Photograph taken by Harold Gear Paton circa 26 May 1942. Other - Note on back of DA file print reads: "Officers and NCO's of NZ Div Cav visit a native village in the mountains of Syria. This tribe is said to have wiped out a whole company of French troops who attempted a punitive expedition against them before the war." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physica...

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Format

Image

Date created

[ca 26 May 1942]

Creator

Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22828918

Locations

Syria

Related subjects

New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF. Divisional Cavalry Regiment / Soldiers / Recreation / New Zealand. Army / Military life / World War, 1939-1945 / Rugby football / Syrians / Syria

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