Some of the NZ soldiers, who escorted the King of the Hellenes out of Crete, having tea in Egypt

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Some of the NZ soldiers, who escorted the King of the Hellenes out of Crete, having tea in Egypt

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TAPUHI

Description

Some of the platoon of New Zealanders, who escorted the King of the Hellenes out of Crete, having tea when they met the king after his arrival in Egypt. Taken in Cairo in 1941 by an official photographer. The King of the Hellenes escaped from the Germans in Crete by leaving his house SW of Canea and joined the Prime Minister in Porivolia. The King then took up his residence in a house commanding a wide view of the countryside and protected by an escort of Greek Gendarmerie and a platoon of N...

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Image

Date created

[1941]

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23235777

Locations

Cairo

Related subjects

George II, King of the Hellenes, 1890-1947 / World War, 1939-1945 / Military personnel, New Zealand / Egypt / Campaigns / Greece / Cairo

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