C Coy Boys In Winter Desert Kit..

Ngati Porou C Coy boys in heavy battle kit for cooler conditions enjoying an earned break and the notoriously common Kiwi habit and love of a "brew-up" where and whenever while operating in the desert..The position observed is possibly on the long post El Alamien advancing battle and chase across Libya and western Tripolitania toward Tripoli city itself,in what was a 1200 mile fully radio coded, silenced, and stealthy pursuit of Rommel's retreating German and Italian forces..1942. Great photo.