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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 ...
Jayforce: New Zealand and the Military Occupation of Japan 1945–48. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558362-0. Gillespie, Oliver (1952). The Pacific. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. OCLC 8061134. Henderson, Jim (1958). 22 Battalion. The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War.
He was second in command of the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He later commanded the 22nd Battalion until he was killed in action in Egypt in September 1942. [1] [2] He was the son of Andrew Hamilton Russell, notable for his leadership of the New Zealand Division during the First World War. [3]
The 3rd NZ Division moved to Guadalcanal in August 1943. [9] From this base, as part of the U.S. I Marine Amphibious Corps (I MAC), the division provided the ground component for three campaigns against small island groups in the Northern Solomons (in all operations the United States Navy provided the naval forces while squadrons from the Royal New Zealand Air Force formed only a small part of ...
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The 11/4 Artillery Battery can trace its lineage to 1/1 Battery and 4 Medium Battery of the New Zealand Artillery Regiment. Then, in 1964 they were amalgamated as a Battalion under the umbrella of a single Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and formed the current unit; the 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Battalion Group.
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 Wellington Regiment remained in New Zealand for home defence during the Second World War and raised a 2nd battalion in November 1940. [20] A 3rd and 4th Battalion were also formed in February 1942 by redesignating the former 2nd and 11th Battalions of the National Military Reserve , respectively. [ 21 ]