5th Division (New Zealand)
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The 5th Division, New Zealand Military Forces, was raised in the Southern Military District during the Second World War. It consisted of 3rd and 10th Brigades and 11th Brigade Group. It was disbanded after the danger of invasion from Japan
receded.
Infantry units included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Canterbury Regiment, 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast Regiment, 2nd Battalion New Zealand Scots (Westerfield, Sept 42 – July 1943) 1st Battalion Southland Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, Wellington West Coast Regiment (Blenheim, January–June 1942).
No. 22 Squadron RNZAF
flew in support of the division in the army cooperation role.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
receded.
Infantry units included the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Canterbury Regiment, 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast Regiment, 2nd Battalion New Zealand Scots (Westerfield, Sept 42 – July 1943) 1st Battalion Southland Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, Wellington West Coast Regiment (Blenheim, January–June 1942).
No. 22 Squadron RNZAF
No. 22 Squadron RNZAF
No. 22 Squadron RNZAF was a squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in August 1942, during World War II, at RNZF Station Onerahi equipped with the Hawker Hind, co-ordinating with New Zealand Army units providing training for air liaison officers. Reformed on 19 June 1944 at RNZAF...
flew in support of the division in the army cooperation role.