Harold Gear Paton

Harold Gear Paton was a New Zealand photographer active in North Africa and the Middle East during World War II.

 A member of NZ Divisional Cavalry demonstrates rugby football 

to Syrian tribesmen during a visit to villagers in the Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

  

 A Syrian family resting by the roadside, 30 April 1942

  

 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meets officers of the New Zealand 

Division following the parade held outside Tripoli, Libya, on 4 February 1943

  

 Divisional Signals office during action in the Western Desert, January 1943

  

 Finale of a Kiwi Concert Party performance in El Alamein, Egypt, 

just before the opening of the successful offensive of October 1942

  

 Italian prisoners of war being issued with water by NZers in Tunisia, 7 April 1943

  

 Looking out of a dugout at El Alamein, Egypt, 29 August 1942

  

 Members of Maori Battalion and transport outside the 

Benito Gate at Tripoli, Libya, 10 February 1943

  

Members of NZ Divisional Cavalry (officers and NCOs) visit 

native villagers in Syrian hills, 26 May 1942

Courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand