postal service

The Post and Telegraph Department at war

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  The Post and Telegraph Department (the government agency from which New Zealand Post, Telecom and Kiwibank are descended) was crucial to this country’s participation in the First World War.

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• Page 2 – Post and Telegraph timeline

  Key events in the Post and Telegraph Department before, during and after the First World War.

• Page 3 – The Post and Telegraph Department in 1914

  In the early 20th century, the Post and Telegraph Department's reach extended throughout the Dominion, and it was to stretch even further after war broke out in August 1914.

• Page 4 – Communications at Gallipoli

  Whether it was signallers conveying orders to the front line or mail services being provided for soldiers, men from the Post and Telegraph Department played a vital role during

• Page 5 – Communications in the Middle East

  In early 1916 the Mounted Brigade Signal Troop, which had served on Gallipoli, joined the rest of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade in a new Australian and New Zealand

• Page 6 – Communications on the Western Front

  In April 1916, the recently formed New Zealand Division was transported by troopship across the Mediterranean from the Egyptian port of Alexandria to Marseille in the south of

• Page 7 – The postal service after the war

  In mid-1918, the Post and Telegraph (P & T) Department had to cut services to the public because it had lost so many experienced staff to the army. When the war came to an

• Page 8 – Further information

  Find out more about the postal service during the First World War.

Supply and Administrative Units

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  Administrative units helped to ensure that soldiers were fed, clothed, and supplied with all the necessaries of warfare

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• Page 7 - Army Postal Service

Rolls of honour and obituaries

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  Government rolls of honour and obituaries published at the end of the First World War.

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• Page 7 – Post and Telegraph obituaries

  These obituaries were published in the journal of the Post and Telegraph Officers' Association, The Katipo, between 1916 and 1919.