2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand

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2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, New Zealand
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Country: New Zealand
Service: New Zealand Army
Branch: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
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Name1: 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment
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The 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment included the following companies:

  • 4th Otago Company
  • 8th Southland Company
  • 10th North Otago Company
  • 14th South Otago Company


Personal narratives

David Albert Grant

Private D Company 17th Reinforcements. Private 10th North Otago Company, 2nd Battalion Otago regiment

Letters to Leslie McKillop, 1916 - 1918, by Private David Albert Grant (Service No 27498), Alexander Turnbull Library (MS-Papers-0542)

Letters written during training, at Sling Camp, at Salisbury and while serving in France.

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