First Echelon
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
- 21 Battalion
- 23 Battalion
- 25 Battalion
- 26 Battalion
- 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
- 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery
- Chaplains
- Divisional Cavalry
- Divisional Signals
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- 26 — The Chief of the General Staff1 (Wellington) to the War Office (London)
- 31 — The Chief of the General Staff (Wellington) to Headquarters 2nd NZEF (Cairo)
- 163 — Letter from General Freyberg to the Prime Minister
- 250 — Headquarters 2nd NZEF to Army Headquarters (Wellington)
- 252 — General Freyberg to the Minister of Defence
- 256 — The Hon. F. Jones3 to the Prime Minister
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- Journey Towards Christmas
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- The New Zealand Dental Services
- [section]
- CHAPTER 6 — Organisation in New Zealand—Air Force
- 2. The Methods by which Dental Fitness was Established
- [section]
- New Zealand Dental Corps. War Establishment Notes
- Staffing the New Zealand Dental Corps
- Artificial Dentures
- Dental Arrangements on H.M. Transports, 1st Echelon, 2 NZEF by Captain J. F. Fuller, A.D.D.S
- Dental Condition
- Reallocation of Personnel
- The proposed establishment of the unit was:
- CHAPTER 32 — The New Zealand Dental Corps as Prisoners of War
- To Greece
- War Economy
Image Gallery
.jpg "black and white photograph of enlisting recruits")
.jpg "First Echelon and AIF convoy in the Indian Ocean, January 1940. The ships are: Nearest line (from left), Otranto, Sobieski; second line, Strathnaver, Strathaird; third line, Orion, Orford, Dunera; fourth line, Empress of Canada, Empress of Japan; fifth line, Orcades, Rangitata; at rear, an escorting cruiser")
.jpg "First Echelon convoy in the Indian Ocean")
.jpg "First Echelon convoy in the Indian Ocean, January 1940")
.jpg "First Echelon recruits at Hopu Hopu receive their web equipment")
.jpg "First Echelon troops on board the Dunera, Lyttelton, 5 January 1940")
.jpg "General Freyberg welcomes the First Echelon at Port Tewfik, 12 February 1940. General Wavell (carrying cane) is behind him and to his left are Mr Anthony Eden and Sir Miles Lampson")
.jpg "Visitors' Day, Trentham, before the departure of the First Echelon in January 1940")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "First Echelon":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.