Some CMP pictures from the New Zealand National Archives

[Peter Mossong]

'Wash Day' A fact of life in the mud of Italy!

DA-05423: "NZers wash down some of the Div transport in the streams near Alife, as women continue with their washing of the household linen." Photograph taken by George Kaye, 12 January 1944.

DA-05145: Drivers of New Zealand Division vehicles washing their trucks in a stream near the town of Alife in Italy during World War II. Photograph taken on 12 January 1944 by George Frederick Kaye.

Fom the same sequence of photos...DA-05424: Drivers of New Zealand Division vehicles using a stream to wash their trucks, near the town of Alife in the Volturno Valley, Italy. Photograph taken circa 12 January 1944 by George Frederick Kaye.
"New Zealanders on the Volturno. Picture taken with a New Zealand unit in the Volturno area, 5th Army front. This stream gives drivers of NZ Div vehicles the opportunity to give their vehicles a much needed washdown. The stream is near the town of Alife, Italy, S.W. of Piedemonte."

DA-05644: R F Skews (Napier) and J Ball (Raurimu) use the Volturno River in Italy to wash their trucks after the recent heavy rain. Photograph taken circa 24 April 1944 by George Robert Bull.
On door:
SPEED LIMIT 35MPH
TYRE PRESS
F.22 R.28

DA-05646: New Zealanders wash their truck in the Volturno River in Italy during World War II. Photograph taken circa 24 April 1944 by George Robert Bull.
On tailgate: CAUTION RH DRIVE

Pete M.