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Mounted Rifles units
An overview of the formation and units of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the First World war
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Page 2 – Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
The Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment (AMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First
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Page 3 – Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
After training in Egypt the CMR fought in the Gallipoli campaign from May to December 1915. On its return from Gallipoli the regiment spent another four months in Egypt before
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Page 4 – Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
The Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment never served as part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade but was maintained as a stand-alone unit.
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Page 5 – Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
The Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment (WMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First
Infantry units
The function and form of the New Zealand infantry units during the First World War
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Page 2 – Auckland Infantry Regiment
Information about the structure, badges and campaigns of the Auckland Infantry Regiment during the First World War
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Page 3 – Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Information about the structure, badges and campaigns of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment during the First World War
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Page 4 – Otago Infantry Regiment
The organisation and insignia of the Otago Infantry Regiment during the First World War
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Page 5 – Wellington Infantry Regiment
Information about the structure, badges and campaigns of the Wellington Infantry Regiment during the First World War
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Page 6 – New Zealand Rifle Brigade
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade was created in April 1915 as a second New Zealand infantry brigade, to complement the brigade then serving at Gallipoli
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Page 7 – Further information
Recommendations for further reading about the New Zealand Infantry during the First World War
Specialist Units of the NZEF
Overview of the role of Specialist Units in the First World War
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Page 2 – Engineers
The role, organisation and heraldry of the New Zealand Engineers in the First World War
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Page 5 – Machine Gunners
The role and organisation of the New Zealand Machine Gunners unit in the First World War
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Page 8 – Railway companies
The role and organisation of the New Zealand Railway Company and Light Railway Operating Company during the First World War
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Page 10 – Imperial Camel Corps
Formation information relating the New Zealand Camel companies during the First World War
Medical Units
The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was supported by a broad network of medical services in the First World War
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Page 2 – New Zealand Medical Corps
Field AmbulanceA Field Ambulance was not a vehicle but a front-line unit of around 250 personnel which treated men injured in battle.
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Page 3 – New Zealand Army Nursing Service
The New Zealand Army Nursing Service was created in January 1915 to provide nurses for NZEF hospitals
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Page 4 – Dental Corps
The New Zealand Dental Corps provided dental treatment to military personnel in New Zealand, and in the theatres of war from late 1915
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Page 5 – Veterinary Corps
Overview of the work and formations of the New Zealand Veterinary Corps during the First World War
Supply and Administrative Units
Administrative units helped to ensure that soldiers were fed, clothed, and supplied with all the necessaries of warfare
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Page 2 – Army Service Corps
The Army Service Corps was the NZEF’s supply and transport branch, providing food, equipment and ammunition, and helping evacuate the wounded
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Page 3 – Employment Companies
New Zealand’s two employment companies, created in 1917, carried out labouring work behind the lines on the Western Front
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Page 4 – Chaplains
Chaplains provided spiritual support to the troops, performing church services, officiating at burials, comforting the ill and dying, and organising entertainment for the men
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Page 5 – Army Ordnance Corps
The Army Ordnance Corps maintained and issued all types of stores except food and fuel at defence stores and depots during the First World War
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Page 6 – Army Pay Corps
The Army Pay Corps (sometimes Army Pay Department) issued pay to the men of the NZEF
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Page 7 – Army Postal Service
The New Zealand Postal Corps section managed postal services for New Zealand military personnel from the outset of the war, and maintained field postal officers at divisional
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Page 8 – Further information
Further reading about the NZEF Administrative units
New Zealand Field Artillery
Overview of the roll of the New Zealand artillery in the First World War
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Page 2 – New Zealand Field Artillery Brigades
The New Zealand forces on Gallipoli initially included a single artillery brigade, with a second added in July 1915.
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Page 3 – Ammunition Column
The work and unit history of the Ammunition columns during the First World war
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Page 4 – Trench Mortar Batteries
A unit history of the NZEF Trench mortar batteries in the First World War
First World War glossary and list of abbreviations
This list provides basic definitions of common First World War terms and abbreviations found in military personnel files
- Page 1 - First World War glossary and list of abbreviationsThis list provides basic definitions of common First World War terms and abbreviations found in military personnel
Māori and Pacific units
Māori and Pacific troops served mainly as non-combatants at Gallipoli, the Western Front and in Sinai-Palestine during the First World War.
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Page 4 – Further information
Recommended reading about Maori and Pacific Island units in the First World War
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Main image: Army Service Corps ration dump, 1917
New Zealand Army Service Corps ration dump in Steenbecque, France in 1917