1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand
| 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Service: | New Zealand Army |
| Branch: | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
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| Name1: | 1st Battalion Otago Regiment |
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Contents
Information on Battalion
The 1st Battalion Otago Regiment included the following companies:
- 4th Otago Company
- 8th Southland Company
- 10th North Otago Company
- 14th South Otago Company
Personal narratives
Cecil Harold Duncan
Lance corporal with the 10th North Otago Company
Letter, 13 May 1915, by Cecil Harold Duncan (Service No 8/1059), Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-10259)
Describes Gallipoli landing.
Charles Stephen Wells
Lance corporal with the 14th South Otago Company. Sixth Reinforcements.
Diary, 19 February 1915 - 23 October 1916, by Charles Stephen Wells (Service No 8/2757), Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-1384)
Describes journey to Egypt, service at Gallipoli, transport back to Egypt and then to France near the Somme.
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