Swift and Sure: A History of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals and Army
Signalling in New Zealand. An official history
by Laurie BARBER & Cliff Lord

Swift & Sure chronicles and analyses the development of military communications and signalling in New Zealand. It is a history of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals from the advent of Imperial troops during the New Zealand wars to the peacekeeping operations of the 1990s. Included are details of many, obscure signal units including the Signals Experimental Establishment, Tonga and Fiji Signals, and the top secret Army Signal Companies who intercepted Japanese coded messages. Information was researched from the National Archives and RNZ Signals and from many interviews with serving and retired Corps members.

This 296 page hard bound book contains 13 chapters and 16 appendices plus many black and white photographs. In the appendices are a Roll of Honour, principal communications equipment used by the Corps and a list of Corps members at 31 December 1995. The foreword has been written by HRH The Princess Royal, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals. Swift & Sure is a limited edition of 1000 copies.

Hardback, 1996, excellent condition