25th Battalion (New Zealand)
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The 25th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Division.
Italians from the village of Barbiano welcome infantry of the 25th Battalion, 10 April 1945
For a period in 1940, the 25th Battalion was based at Maadi Camp, seen here in 1941 with Cairo in the background
A battalion signal post dug in the sand during an exercise at Maadi, Egypt
Soldiers trout fishing using rifles near the Syrian-Turkish border, 1942
George Herbert Clifton
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Brigadier George Herbert Clifton, was a senior officer in the New Zealand Military Forces and a three-time recipient of the Distinguished Service Order.
Brigadier George Clifton (left), having been made a prisoner of war, meeting Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel in Egypt