Auckland Infantry Regiment

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|unit_name = Auckland Infantry Regiment

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|dates = 1914–1919

|country = {{NZL}}

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|branch = New Zealand Military Forces

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|role = Infantry

|size = 3 Battalions

|command_structure = New Zealand and Australian Division (1915–1916)
New Zealand Division (1916–1919)

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| battles = Egypt 1915–16, Gallipoli Campaign, France and Flanders 1916–18, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Messines (1917), Ypres 1917, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Bapaume 1918, Battle of Cambrai (1918)

|notable_commanders=Charles Henry Brown

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The Auckland Infantry Regiment was a military unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) raised for service in the First World War. It saw service in the Gallipoli Campaign (1915) and on the Western Front (1916–1919). The regiment was formed by grouping together companies from four different territorial regiments based in the Auckland Military district.

History

The regiment was formed in 1914 as the Auckland Battalion. The battalion consisted of four rifle companies, with each company raised from one of the territorial regiments of the Auckland military district, namely the:{{cite web |title=Auckland Infantry Regiment |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/infantry-units/auckland-infantry-regiment |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=29 May 2022 |date=2 September 2021}}

Each company retained the name and cap badge of its parent territorial regiment.{{sfn|Burton|1922|p=1}}

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References

  • {{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=O. E.|year=1922|title=The Auckland Regiment|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1Auck.html|publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs Limited|location=Auckland|oclc=859674669}}

{{New Zealand Great War Infantry Regiments}}

Category:Infantry regiments of New Zealand

Category:Military units and formations established in 1914

Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919