This document is the result of a scanning project to provide better access to the descriptions of the record groups which have yet to be captured on Archway. This is to provide interim access to the contents until they have been fully captured on Archway.
The original record group folders have been accessioned under Archives New Zealand’s Disposal Authority 350 and are now part of our archival holdings under accession W5657.
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War Archives Volume 2
12
Restrictions
15
Contents pages for each folder
18
List of Series for Volume 2
37
New Zealand and Australian Division – New Zealand Division Series 21 – Intelligence
42
Series 22 – Administration
51
Series 23 – Assistant Adjutant General
56
Series 24 – Assistant Quartermaster General
61
Series 25 – Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General
62
Series 26 – Assistant Director of Medical Services
64
Series 27 – Assistant Director Veterinary Services
66
Series 28 – Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services
67
Series 29 – Deputy Assistant Director Ordnance Services
70
Series 30 – Senior Supply Officer
72
Series 31 – Assistant Provost Marshal
73
Operational Units Series 40 – NZ Mounted Rifle Brigade
80
Series 41 – Auckland Mounted Rifles
82
Series 42 – Wellington Mounted Rifles
85
Series 43 – Canterbury Mounted Rifles
88
Series 44 – Otago Mounted Rifles
92
Series 45 – New Zealand Engineers, Field Troop
94
Series 46 – New Zealand Engineers, Signal Troop
95
Series 47 – New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance
96
Series 50 – Divisional Artillery
103
Series 51 – 1NZ Field Artillery Brigade
106
Series 52 – 2NZ Field Artillery (Army) Brigade
109
Series 53 – 3NZ Field Artillery Brigade
111
Series 54 – 4NZ Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
112
Series 55 – Divisional Ammunition Column
114
Series 60 – New Zealand Divisional Engineers
117
Series 61 – New Zealand Engineers 1 Field Company
120
Series 62 – New Zealand Engineers 2 Field Company
123
Series 63 – New Zealand Engineers 3 Field Company
126
Series 64 – New Zealand Engineers 4 Field Company
128
Series 65 – New Zealand Engineers Divisional Signal Company
132
Series 66 – New Zealand Engineers Reserve Signal Company
133
Series 70 – 1NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters
137
Series 71 – 1 Battalion Auckland Regiment
141
Series 72 – 2 Battalion Auckland Regiment
143
Series 73 – 1 Battalion Wellington Regiment
146
Series 74 – 2 Battalion Wellington Regiment
149
Series 76 – 2NZ Infantry Brigade, Headquarters
157
Series 77 – 1 Battalion Canterbury Regiment
161
Series 78 – 2 Battalion Canterbury Regiment
167
Series 79 – 1 Battalion Otago Regiment
170
Series 80 – 2 Battalion Otago Regiment
172
Series 81 – 3NZ Rifle Brigade, Headquarters
178
Series 82 – 1 Battalion 3NZR Brigade
181
Series 83 – 2 Battalion 3NZR Brigade
184
Series 84 – 3 Battalion 3NZR Brigade
187
Series 85 – 4 Battalion 3NZR Brigade
190
Series 86 – 5 Battalion 3NZR Brigade
192
Series 87 – 4 NZ Infantry Brigade - A Group
195
Series 88 – 3 Battalion Auckland Regiment
197
Series 89 – 3 Battalion Wellington Regiment
199
Series 90 – 3 Battalion Canterbury Regiment
202
Series 91 – 3 Battalion Otago Regiment
204
Series 93 – 4 Reserve Battalion Auckland Regiment
205
Series 94 – 4 Reserve Battalion Wellington Regiment
206
Series 95 – 4 Reserve Battalion Canterbury Regiment
207
Series 96 – 4 Reserve Battalion Otago Regiment
209
Series 97 – Maori Pioneer Battalion
212
Series 98 – New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
215
Series 99 – 1 Machine Gun Company
218
Series 100 – 2 Machine Gun Company
219
Series 101 – 3 Machine Gun Company
221
Series 102 – 4 Machine Gun Company
224
Series 103 – 5 Reserve Machine Gun Company
226
Series 104 – 6 Machine Gun Company
227
Series 105 – Divisional Trench Mortar Officer
228
Series 106 – 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery Series 107 – 2 Light Trench Mortar Battery Series 108 – 3 Light Trench Mortar Battery
229
Series 110 – Divisional Train Series 111 – 1 Army Service Corps Company Series 112 – 2 Army Service Corps Company
230
Series 113 – 3 Army Service Corps Company Series 114 – 4 Army Service Corps Company Series 115 – 5 Army Service Corps Company Series 116 – Army Service Corps Reserve Company Series 117 – Divisional Supply Column Series 118 – Field Ambulance Brigade Headquarters Series 119 – 1 Field Ambulance
230
Series 120 – 2 Field Ambulance Series 121 – 3 Field Ambulance
231
Series 122 – 4 Field Ambulance Series 123 – 1 Mobile Veterinary Section Series 124 – Divisional Employment Company
231
Non Divisional Units in Britain Series 130 – New Zealand Field Artillery Reserve Depot Series 131 – New Zealand Engineers Reserve Depot Series 133 – New Zealand Infantry Reserve Group
237
Series 134 – New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reserve Depot
238
Series 135 – New Zealand Machine Gun Depot Series 136 – New Zealand Machine Gun Reserve Depot Series 137 – New Zealand Medical Reserve Depot Series 140 – 1 General Hospital Series 141 – 2 General Hospital
239
Series 142 – 3 General Hospital Series 143 – New Zealand Section, Queen’s Hospital Series 144 – New Zealand Dental Hospital Series 145 – Officers Convalescent Hospital [not listed]
240
Series 146 – Convalescent Hospital – E Group
240
Series 147 – Command Depot – B Group Series 148 – Discharge Depot – C Group Series 149 – Mechanical Transport & Limbless School, Weybridge Series 150 – Ordnance Corps Series 151 – Veterinary Corps Series 152 – Provost Corps Series 153 – Canteen Supervisor
240
241
Non Divisional Units in France Series 160 – 2 ANZAC Mounted Troops Series 161 – 2 ANZAC Cyclists’ Battalion Series 162 – 2 ANZAC Heavy Artillery Series 163 – 2 ANZAC Ammunition Park Series 164 – Y Corps Ammunition Park Series 165 – Y Corps Siege Ammunition Park Series 166 – New Zealand Ammunition Sub-park Series 167 – 2 ANZAC Corps Signals – A.D. Signals Series 168 – X Corps Headquarters Signal Company
242
Series 169 – Y Corps Signal Company Series 170 – Tunnelling Company Series 171 – Light Railway Operating Company Series 172 – Entrenching Works Group Series 173 – Area Employment Company
Series 174 – Y Corps Supply Company Series 175 – 2 ANZAC Troops Supply Column Series 176 – No. 1-5 Depot Units of Supply Series 177 – Field Bakery 243
Series 178 – Field Butchery Series 179 – Reception Centre – Embarkation Camp, Rouen Series 180 – Infantry and General Base Depot – Embarkation Camp, Etaples
244
Series 181 – Stationary Hospital Series 182 – Sanitary Section Series 183 – 2ANZAC Medical Officers School Series 184 – Veterinary Hospital, New Zealand Section No. 4
245
246
Non Divisional Units in Egypt Series 190 – NZEF Headquarters Base Detail Series 191 – A & NZ Mounted Division, General Staff Series 192 – A & NZ Mounted Division, Intelligence Series 193 – A & NZ Mounted Division, ADMS Series 196 – NZ Mounted Rifle Brigade, 1 Machine Gun Squadron
247
Series 197 – NZMR Brigade, Senior Medical Officer Series 198 – NZMR Brigade, 2 Mobile Veterinary Section Series 200 – 15 Company Imperial Camel Corp
247
Series 201 – ANZAC Wireless Squadron Series 203 – Rarotonga Company
248
Series 204 – Australian & New Zealand Training Depot; A & NZ Training Centre & Details Camp Series 205 – NZ Training Units and Depots Series 206 – NZ Base Depot
249
NZ Troop Transport Ships Series 207 – Records of contingents carried on transports
251
Samoan Expeditionary Force Series 210 – General Staff & Adjutant General; General Staff Officer; Officer Commanding Garrison
253
Series 211 – Military Secretary Series 212 – Transport Officer – Assistant Quartermaster General Series 213 – Principal Medical Officer Series 214 – Pay Office Series 215 – 3 Auckland Battalion Maps
254
Series 220 – Maps
258
Europe
272
Middle East
276
Miscellaneous
280
Miscellaneous Military Records
281
Series 230 – General Staff, records
283
Series 231 – Army Department, miscellaneous
284
Series 232 – Military Camps, records
286
Series 233 – Regimental History files
287
Series 234 – Rolls, lists and casualty registers
289
Series 235 – Published material
292 293
War Diaries of Non-New Zealand Formations Series 240 – Diaries of non-New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Army and Corps Formations Series 241 – Diaries of non-New Zealand divisional general staff Series 242 – Diaries of non-divisional formations
295
Deposited Archives
296
Series 250 – Major H.M.W. Richardson’s Papers
297
Series 251 – Sir Stephen Allen, Papers
298
Series 252 – Sir Alexander Godley’s correspondence and related papers, 1912-1953
302
Series 253 – Sergeant G. S. Watt’s scrapbook, 19101921
303
Series 254 – J. L. Hilliard Photographs of Gallipoli Campaign, 1915
307
Series 255 – Copies of letters from Egypt
308
Items transferred with First World War Archives and listed with other archives groups
310
Appendix 1 – Extracts giving casualties and strength statements for 1NZEF