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Fernleaf Cairo : New Zealanders at Maadi Camp / Alex Hedley with Megan Hutching.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins, 2009.Description: 272 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781869507558
  • 186950755X
Other title:
  • At head of title: New Zealanders at Maadi Camp
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.5423 22
LOC classification:
  • D767.85 .H374 2009
Summary: "Its call sign was Fernleaf Cairo, and between 1939 and 1946, around 76,000 Kiwis of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force passed through Maadi Camp. Around 14 kilometres south of Cairo, the camp appeared almost overnight, as this country's permanent overseas base during the Second World War. By 1945 the camp had tar-sealed roads, two cinemas, an open-air amphitheatre, canteens, bars, chapels, sports fields, a meat-pie and ice-cream factory, and thanks to General Bernard Freyberg, swimming baths. With unpublished images and first-hand accounts, Fernleaf Cairo offers a fascinating insight into the unlikely bond young New Zealanders forged with the people and city of Cairo, including their many highly colourful experiences on leave."--Back cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 940.5423 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00516110

"The fascinating story of New Zealanders in wartime Egypt"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-272).

"Its call sign was Fernleaf Cairo, and between 1939 and 1946, around 76,000 Kiwis of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force passed through Maadi Camp. Around 14 kilometres south of Cairo, the camp appeared almost overnight, as this country's permanent overseas base during the Second World War. By 1945 the camp had tar-sealed roads, two cinemas, an open-air amphitheatre, canteens, bars, chapels, sports fields, a meat-pie and ice-cream factory, and thanks to General Bernard Freyberg, swimming baths. With unpublished images and first-hand accounts, Fernleaf Cairo offers a fascinating insight into the unlikely bond young New Zealanders forged with the people and city of Cairo, including their many highly colourful experiences on leave."--Back cover.

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