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NZEF Units

Reinforcements aboard Willochra, 1914

First World War military formations

An overview of the formation and structure of the NZEF in the FIrst World War

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NZ infantry uniform, 1914-15

Infantry units

Information about the Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury and Otago infantry regiments and the New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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New Zealand artillery at Gallipoli

Artillery units

The role of the NZFA, Ammunition Column and Trench Mortar Batteries in the First World War

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New Zealand signallers running out wire on the Western Front, 1917

Specialist Units of the NZEF

Tunnelers, cyclists and cameliers are among many New Zealand specialist units that served in the First World War

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Nurses and medical officers pose in front of the New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wisques, France.

Medical Units of the NZEF

The role that doctors, nurses, dentists and veterinarians played in the First World War

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Army Service Corps in France, 1917

Supply and Administrative Units

The NZEF units that looked after the pay, supply, communication and religious needs of the soliders

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Māori Pioneer Battalion haka, 1918

Māori and Pacific units

Organisation of the Maori Contingent, Maori Pioneer Battalion and Rarotongan Company during the First World War

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