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The New Zealand Infantry Corps was formed on 9 January 1947, consisting of a single Regular infantry battalion, the New Zealand Regiment, and eleven Territorial Force(TF) Infantry Regiments. [1] However, The formation of the regular infantry battalion was only one in name and it was decided that the "1st New Zealand Regiment" should be held in ...
Then again in 2012 the territorial force reorganised with the battalion groups splitting and the former units rejoining their parent corps and regiments. The infantry battalions were amalgamated from six to three, this included the 5th and 7th Battalions which amalgamated to form the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. [1]
16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery and support elements arrived later during the conflict from New Zealand. The force arrived at Pusan on New Year's Eve, and on 21 January, joined the British 27th Infantry Brigade representing the 1st Commonwealth Division , along with Australian, Canadian, and Indian forces.
The Otago and Southland Regiment (1948-2012) was a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army. It saw service from 1959 to 1963 during the Malayan Emergency . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1964 the unit was renamed the 4th Otago and Southland Battalion Group. [ 3 ]
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 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment contributed companies to the 1st Australian Task Force, deployed in Phước Tuy Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1972. While 1st Battalion, RNZIR remained at Terendak Camp in Malaysia, it sent a series of rifle companies to serve with the Australian Army ...
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.
United Kingdom New Zealand: Beaverette NZLP 1942 1945 [24] Staghound armoured car United States: 1943 1944 Used in Italian Campaign [24] Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, New Zealand Pattern New Zealand: 1943 1957 [24] Armoured Car, Daimler United Kingdom: Mk II 1953 1960 [24] M113 Armored Personnel Carrier United States: M113A1 1970 2005 [24] [33 ...