New Zealand units in World War I
Contents
- 1 Background information
- 2 Units in the New Zealand Army
- 2.1 1st New Zealand Brigade
- 2.2 2nd New Zealand Brigade
- 2.3 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)
- 2.4 4th New Zealand Brigade
- 2.5 New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
- 2.6 Divisional Troops
- 2.7 New Zealand Divisional Train, Army Service Corps
- 2.8 New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- 2.9 Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
- 2.10 New Zealand Medical Corps
- 2.11 New Zealand Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps
- 2.12 New Zealand Divisional Employment Company
- 2.13 Samoan Advance Force
- 2.14 New Zealand Army Service Corps
- 2.15 NZEF Divisional HQ
- 2.16 New Zealand Veterinary Corp
- 2.17 New Zealand Chaplains Department
- 2.18 New Zealand Army Pay Corps
- 2.19 New Zealand Army Nursing Service
Background information
'The total number of New Zealand troops and nurses to serve overseas in 1914-1918, excluding those in British and other dominion forces, was 100,000, from a population of just over a million. Forty-two percent of men of military age served in the NZEF. 16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded during the war - a 58 percent casualty rate. Approximately a further thousand men died within five years of the war's end, as a result of injuries sustained, and 507 died whilst training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand had one of the highest casualty-and death-rates per capita of any country involved in the war.'[1]
New Zealand's troops originally fought with the New Zealand and Australian Division and the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). In January 1916, the New Zealand Division was formed.
Units in the New Zealand Army
A hybrid from several sources.[2][3] If you know of a definitive listing, please edit this page or contact Mia.
See also a list of transport ships used by New Zealand.
1st New Zealand Brigade
1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand
1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand
1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand
1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand
1st New Zealand Trench Mortar Battery
2nd New Zealand Brigade
2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment, New Zealand
2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand
2nd Battalion Auckland Regiment, New Zealand
2nd Battalion Otago Regiment, New Zealand
2nd New Zealand Trench Mortar Battery
New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own)
1st Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade
2nd Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade
3rd Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade
4th Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade
3rd New Zealand Trench Mortar Battery
4th New Zealand Brigade
3rd Battalion Wellington Regiment, New Zealand
3rd Battalion Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand
3rd Battalion Auckland Regiment, New Zealand
3rd Battalion Otago Regiment, New Zealand
4th New Zealand Trench Mortar Battery
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand
- 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand
- 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), New Zealand
- 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand
- Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, New Zealand
- 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars), New Zealand
- 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
- 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles, New Zealand
Divisional Troops
New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion
New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
New Zealand Divisional Train, Army Service Corps
New Zealand Divisional Artillery
1st New Zealand Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
2nd New Zealand Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
3rd New Zealand Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
4th New Zealand (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
New Zealand Divisional Ammunition Column
V. New Zealand Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
X. New Zealand Medium Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
Y. New Zealand Medium Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
Z. New Zealand Medium Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery (RFA)
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
New Zealand Engineers, Field Troop
New Zealand Engineers, Signal Troop
New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company
New Zealand Divisional Engineers
New Zealand Medical Corps
1st New Zealand Field Ambulance
2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance
3rd New Zealand Field Ambulance
4th New Zealand Field Ambulance
New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance
New Zealand Section, Queen's Hospital
New Zealand Stationary Hospital
New Zealand Convalescent Hospital
