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The New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) was the title of the military forces sent from New Zealand to fight for Britain during World War I. Upon the outbreak of war, New Zealand immediately offered to provide two brigades—one of infantry and one of mounted troops—with a total of 8,500 men. As was the case with the Australian army the ...
This force became known as 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) and the division, initially, as the New Zealand Division. The first echelon, 2NZEF Headquarters and the 4th Infantry Brigade, left New Zealand in January and landed in Egypt on 12 February 1940. [1]
The 8th Brigade was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.Eventually forming part of the 3rd Division, the brigade served in the Pacific Ocean theatre of the war.
The Otago Infantry Regiment (Otago Regiment) was a military unit that served within the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in World War I during the Gallipoli Campaign (1915) and on the Western Front (1916–1919). [4] [5] [6] This Regiment and the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment were composed mostly of men from Otago and Southland. [7]
The 26th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the New Zealand 2nd Division.Raised in May 1940, it fought in the Battle of Greece, the North African Campaign and the Italian Campaign.
The 21st Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces that served during the Second World War. Formed in January 1940, it was part of the 5th Brigade, 2nd New Zealand Division of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The battalion saw action in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy before it was disbanded in ...
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, (1914–1919) Canterbury Mounted Rifle Regiment (1911–1921) Canterbury and Nelson Military District Stores Depot, King Edwards Barracks, Christchurch, (1907 to 1921) Canterbury Regiment (1921–1964) Canterbury Rifle Volunteers (1859–1866) Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry (1921–1944)*
The New Zealand Division was an infantry division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force raised for service in the First World War.It was formed in Egypt in early 1916 when the New Zealand and Australian Division was renamed after the detachment of its Australian personnel left the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, together with reinforcements from New Zealand, as the basis of the division.