| 词条 | 5th Division (New Zealand) |
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|unit_name= 5th Division (New Zealand) |image= |caption= |dates= 1941–1944 |country= {{NZ}} |size= Division |command_structure=New Zealand Military Forces |garrison= |garrison_label= |nickname= |motto= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |disbanded= |commander1= |commander1_label= |identification_symbol=White kea head on a black background |identification_symbol_label= }} The 5th Division, New Zealand Military Forces, was raised in the Southern Military District during the Second World War. It consisted of the 3rd and 10th Brigades and the 11th Brigade Group.[1] It was disbanded after the danger of invasion from Japan receded. It appears to have been raised on 1 November 1941,[2] and disbanded on 1 April 1944.[3] Infantry units included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Canterbury Regiment, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast Regiment, the 2nd Battalion New Zealand Scots (Westerfield, Sept 42 – July 1943), the 1st Battalion Southland Regiment, and the 3rd Battalion, Nelson Marlborough West Coast Regiment (Blenheim, January–June 1942).[4] In mid-1942, the division comprised:[5]
References1. ^Malcolm Thomas and Cliff Lord, 'New Zealand Army Distinguishing Patches 1911–1991,' 1995, Part One, Appendix I, p.158 2. ^Cooke and Crawford 2011, 262 3. ^Cooke and Crawford 2011, 281. 4. ^Thomas and Lord, 1995, Part One, Appendices VI and VII, p.165, 170–171 5. ^Cooke and Crawford, 2011, 275. 6. ^http://www.thescale.info/news/publish/Hawker-Hind-RNZAF.shtml Further reading
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