About: Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment   Sponge Permalink

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The 1964 amalgamation saw the new Territorial Force battalion become the Second Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the Territorial Force battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) RNZIR became the 2nd Canterbury (Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Battalion Group, with the following sub-unit types:

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  • Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment
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  • The 1964 amalgamation saw the new Territorial Force battalion become the Second Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the Territorial Force battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) RNZIR became the 2nd Canterbury (Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Battalion Group, with the following sub-unit types:
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  • Current Commanding Officer
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identification symbol 4 label
  • Abbreviation
Garrison
  • RHQ Burnham
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  • Army
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  • Honorary Colonel
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  • Light Infantry
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 75(xsd:integer)
Country
  • New Zealand
Current Commander
  • Lt Col G.A. McMillian
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  • Line Infantry
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  • Unit Shoulder Flash
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  • 1964(xsd:integer)
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  • Battle Honours
Unit Name
  • The Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment
Anniversaries
  • 1942-06-27(xsd:date)
Motto
  • Ake Ake Kia Kaha
Mascot
  • The Ram
Size
  • One battlegroup
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  • The 1964 amalgamation saw the new Territorial Force battalion become the Second Battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the Territorial Force battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast) RNZIR became the 2nd Canterbury (Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Battalion Group, with the following sub-unit types: * Infantry – North Canterbury Company, South Canterbury Company, Nelson Company, Marlborough Company, West Coast Company * Artillery – 32 (Observation Post) Battery, RNZA * Engineers – Support Company * Medical * Signals – Support Company * Logistics – Logistics Company * Brass Band In December 2012 2nd Canterbury (Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Battalion Group merged with 4th Otago and SOuthland Battalion Group to form 2/4 Battalion. * Battle Honours (the regiment perpetuates the battle honours awarded to the 23rd, 26th, 30th and 37th Battalions, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force) * South Africa 1900–02 * First World War: * Somme 1916,1918, * Messines 1917, * Ypres 1917, * Passchendalle, * Hindenburg Line, * France and Flanders 1916–18, * ANZAC, * Gallipoli 1915, * Suez Canal, * Egypt 1915–16 * Second World War: * Greece 1941, * Crete, * Sidi Rezegh, * Minquar Qaim, * El Alamein, * Tebaga Gap, * Orsogna, * Cassino I, * The Senio, * South Pacific 1942-44 * Solomons, * Vella Lavella, * Green Islands
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