Unit Histories

From	To	Type	Notes
03-Oct-1939	03-Oct-1939	Created	at Trentham Camp, New Zealand
15-Apr-1941	15-Apr-1941	Event	Action at Servia Pass
26-Apr-1941	26-Apr-1941	Reduced	Wellington West Coast Company destroyed in action at Corinth Canal
28-Apr-1941	28-Apr-1941	Event	Evacuated from Greece at Porto Rafti in Attica by Royal Navy
20-May-1941	27-May-1941	Event	Heavy fighting on Crete
31-May-1941	31-May-1941	Event	Evacuated from Crete at Sfakia by Royal Navy
24-Jun-1941	24-Jun-1941	Reinforced	Battalion now back at full strength
22-Nov-1941	23-Nov-1941	Event	Siege of Bardia
23-Nov-1941	01-Dec-1941	Event	heavy fighting in Sidi Rezegh-Ed Duda Area; Relief of Tobruk
28-Nov-1941	28-Nov-1941	Dispersed	Battalion divided into Dudaforce and Zaaforce.
01-Dec-1941	01-Dec-1941	Event	Zaaforce withdraws with rest of Division towards Bardia. Dudaforce remains at Ed Duda.
13-Dec-1941	13-Dec-1941	Reformed	Battalion reunited with Dudaforce.
25-Jun-1942	25-Jun-1942	Reduced	Hawkes Bay Company withdrawn to Cairo to act as reserve and potential cadre if that should be required.
27-Jun-1942	27-Jun-1942	Event	Defensive fighting at Minqar Qaim
28-Jun-1942	28-Jun-1942	Event	Breakout through Germain lines from Minqar Qaim
03-Jul-1942	03-Jul-1942	Event	Counter Attack at Deir el Munassib
05-Jul-1942 ?	14-Jul-1942	Event	Fighting around/on Ruweisat Ridge
15-Jul-1942	15-Jul-1942	Event	Night attack on Trig 63, Ruweisat Ridge.
15-Jul-1942	15-Jul-1942	Event	Battalion overrun on Ruweisat Ridge. Some elements escaped capture.
05-Oct-1942	05-Oct-1942	Converted to	19 Armoured Regiment

Number of Records Returned: 20
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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