About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Infantry divisions of New Zealand, New Zealand Army bases, New Zealand Army personnel, 2nd Division, Coastal fortifications of New Zealand, Alfred Shout, Keith Park, Charles Upham, New Zealand Army rugby team of 1919, William Walkley, 3rd Division, Willie Apiata, Rhys Darby, Waiouru Army Camp, National Army Museum, Tony Gordon, Frank Rennie, Stony Batter, Lyn Philp, Bob Scott, Jack Hinton, Alfred Hulme, David Dickens, North Head, New Zealand, Martyn Dunne, Ron Mark, Geoffrey Cox, Leslie Andrew, Harold Eric Barrowclough, Maurice Heenan, Jesse Royal, Geoff Braybrooke, Keith Elliott, ABCA Armies, Haami Tokouru Ratana, Adam Lile, Sling Camp, Tiaki Omana, New Zealand Division, Reginald Stanley Judson, David Russell, Eric Anson, List of New Zealand military bases, Richard Harrison, Trentham Military Camp, Burnham, New Zealand, Archibald Baxter, Bright Williams, Wrights Hill Fortress, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, Fort Ballance, Kelvyn Alp, Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Bill Gudgeon, Murray Ken Hudson, Papakura Military Camp, Percy Marunui Murphy, Linton Army Camp, Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps, John Macdonald. Excerpt: The 2nd New Zealand Division was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during World War II. It was commanded for most of its existence by Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg, and fought in Greece, Crete, the Western Desert and Italy. In the Western Desert Campaign, the division played a prominent role in the defeat of German and Italian forces in the Second Battle of El Alamein and Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia. In late 1943 the division was moved to Italy, taking part in Eighth Army's campaign on Italy's Adriatic coast which ground to a halt at the end of the year. In early 1944 the division formed the nucleus of the New Zealand Corps, f...
