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INTRODUCTION |
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Part I
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1
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2 NZEF IS FORMED |
9
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2 |
THE FIRST YEAR OVERSEAS |
18
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3 |
THE FIRST THREE CAMPAIGNS |
36
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4 |
DEFEAT AND VICTORY |
52
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5 |
TOWARDS ROME |
64
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6 |
THE LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS |
79
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Part II
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7 |
HEADQUARTERS
2 NZEF – COMMAND AND STAFF |
93
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8 |
HEADQUARTERS
2 NZEF – THE SERVICES |
114
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9 |
NON-DIVISIONAL, BASE AND LINE-OF-COMMUNICATION UNITS |
132
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10 |
RELATIONS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND AND WITH ARMY HEADQUARTERS |
152
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11 |
RELATIONS WITH GENERAL HEADQUARTERS |
166
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12 |
FIELD AND BASE |
181
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13 |
MANPOWER |
188
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14 |
WOMANPOWER |
207
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15 |
‘CRIMES, FOLLIES AND MISFORTUNES’ |
213
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16 |
WELFARE |
235
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SOME MISCELLANEOUS POINTS |
256
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CONCLUSIONS |
270
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APPENDICES |
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Order of Battle
2 NZEF, 17 April 1941 |
277
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II |
Order of Battle
2 NZEF, 9 May 1945 |
283
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III |
List of Non-divisional, Base and Line-of-Communication Units |
288
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IV |
Appreciation of Strength and Reinforcement Situation, March 1943 |
291
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V |
2 NZEF Casualty Statement, All Campaigns, June 1945 |
292
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VI |
Joining Instructions for Third Echelon, September 1940 |
293
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VII |
Scheme for Exchange of Personnel (Ruapehu Draft) – Instruction No. 9 |
297
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VIII |
List of Standing Instructions |
301
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IX |
Standing Instruction – Compassionate Leave |
302
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X |
Standing Instruction – Compensation for Loss of Officers' Kit |
306
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XI |
Standing Instruction – Replacement of Casualties |
310
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XII |
Standing Instruction – Regimental Funds |
315
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XIII |
Standing Instruction – Disbandment of Units |
320
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XIV |
Appointments in
2 NZEF |
322
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