Otago Infantry Regiment (NZEF)
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The Otago Infantry Regiment (Otago Regiment) was a military unit that served within the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in World War I during the Gallipoli Campaign (1915) and on the Western Front (1916–1919).[4][5][6] This Regiment and the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment were composed mostly of men from Otago and Southland.[7] The Otago Infantry Regiment represented the continuation of the Dunedin and Invercargill Militia Battalions formed in 1860.[8][9]
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Otago Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | 1914–1919 |
Country | New Zealand |
Allegiance | British Empire |
Branch | New Zealand Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Light infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | New Zealand and Australian Division, then from 1916 the New Zealand Division |
Engagements | 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)[1] |
Commanders | |
Regiment 1914–15 | Lieut.-Colonel T. W. M'Donald;[2] Major A. Moore |
1st Battalion 1916–1919 | Lieut. Colonel Charters; Major Hargest |
2nd Battalion 1916–1919 | Lieut. Colonel A. Moore; Major G. S. Smith;[3] Lieut. Colonel D. Colquhoun |
3rd Battalion 1916–1919 | Major D. Colquhoun; Lieut. Colonel G. Mitchell |
Insignia | |
Distinguishing Patch |
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