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The 22nd Battalion, also known as the "Wellington Battalion", was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War.After undertaking defensive duties in the United Kingdom from mid-1940 until early 1941, the battalion then fought in the Battles of Greece and Crete where it suffered heavy casualties and lost a large number of men who were taken ...
Divisional Cavalry Regiment A Stuart tank from the regiment at El Alamein, July 1942 Active 1939–1947 Country New Zealand Branch New Zealand Military Forces Type Armoured cavalry Part of 2nd New Zealand Division Engagements Battle of Greece Battle of Crete North African Campaign Italian Campaign Occupation of Japan Military unit The Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Div Cav) was an armoured ...
22nd Battalion (2nd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment from 7 August 1947) 27th Battalion (3rd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment from 7 August 1947) Support Units Signals Company; 5 Engineering Company; 6 General Hospital; 4 Base Ordnance Depot; 11 Mobile Dental Unit; 11 Provost Company; 16 Workshops; 19 ASC Company; 25 Field Battery; Welfare ...
The New Zealand Division acted as guard to the right flank of the corps. [51] Arezzo was captured on 16 July [52] and the advance was continued towards the River Arno and Florence. The New Zealand Division's capture of the eastern crests of the Pian dei Cerri hills at the start of August was the turning point of the battle for Florence. [53]
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The first encounter of the battle occurred on 14 April 1941 when the German 5th Mountain Division (Major General Julius Ringel) advanced towards the positions held by the New Zealand 22nd Battalion and 28th (Māori) Battalion in the Petra Pass. The German soldiers called out to the New Zealand troops in English in order to confuse the defenders ...
Bevan served in the North African and Italian campaigns during World War II and played for the 22nd New Zealand Battalion team (winners of the Freyberg Cup in 1944), the 9th Brigade and 8th Army XVs and the 7th Brigade Group (1942).
The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch (War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs). OCLC 35251107 – via New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. Murphy, W. E. (1961). Fairbrother, Monty C. (ed.). The Relief of Tobruk. The Official History of New Zealand in the ...