The New Zealand Army on 3 September 1939




The Military Districts and Areas of New Zealand
I. Northern District: HQ Auckland

	The Provincial District of Auckland, North Island
		Military Area 1: Auckland
		Military Area 2: Paeroa
		Military Area 3: Whangarei
		Military Area 4: Hamilton

	Regular Forces

		Field Artillery Cadre - Narrow Neck
		Coast Artillery Cadre - Devonport
		Anti-Aircraft Artillery Cadre - Narrow Neck
		New Zealand Staff Corps
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Staff
		Depot, New Zealand Army Ordinance Corps - Auckland
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Army Service Corps - Auckland

	Fortress Troops

		1st Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) - Auckland
		1st Heavy Artillery Group (13th Heavy Battery) - Devonport
		1st Anti-Aircraft Group (18th AA Battery; 1st Searchlight Company) - Devonport

	Field Force - Territorial Force

		1st Mounted Rifles Brigade
			The Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles - Paeroa
			The Waikato Mounted Rifles - Hamilton
			The North Auckland Mounted Rifles - Whangarei

		1st Infantry Brigade
			1st Hauraki Regiment - Paeroa
			1st North Auckland Regiment - Whangarei
			1st Waikato Regiment - Hamilton

		1st Artillery Brigade Group - Narrow Neck
			1st, 3rd, 4th Field Batteries - Auckland
			20th Light Battery - Auckland
			2nd Medium Battery - Hamilton
			21st Field Battery - Onehunga

		1st Field Company, NZE - Auckland
		Northern Depot, NZ Corps of Signals - Auckland
		1st Composite Company, NZASC - Auckland
		1st Field Ambulance, NZAMC - Auckland
		1 Coy, 1st New Zealand Scottish Regiment - Auckland
   
	Cadet Units

		The Auckland Regiment  - Auckland
			1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Cadet Battalions - Auckland
		The Hauraki Regiment - Paeroa
			1st, 2nd Cadet Battalions - Paeroa
		The North Auckland Regiment - Whangarei
			1st Cadet Battalion - Whangarei
			2nd, 3rd Cadet Battalions - Ponsonby, Auckland
		The Waikato Regiment - Hamilton
			1st, 2nd Cadet Battalions - Hamilton

II. Central District: HQ Wellington

	The Provincial Districts of Taranaki, Wellington, and Hawke's Bay, North Island
		Military Area 5: Wellington
		Military Area 6; Wanganui
		Military Area 7: Napier
		Military Area 8: New Plymouth

	Regular Forces

		Field Artillery Cadre - Fort Dorset
		Coast Artillery Cadre - Fort Dorset
		Palmerston North Field Artillery Cadre - Palmerston North
		New Zealand Staff Corps
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Staff
		New Zealand Army Ordinance Corps, Main Ordinance Depot - Trentham
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Army Service Corps - Wellington
		Details, General Duty Section, New Zealand Regular Forces - Wellington

	Fortress Troops

		1st Wellington Regiment - Wellington
		2nd Heavy Artillery Group (15th Heavy Battery) - Fort Dorset
		2nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group (22nd AA Battery; 2nd Searchlight Company) - Fort Dorset

	Field Force - Territorial Force

		2nd Mounted Rifles Brigade
			Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles - Hawera
			The Manawatu Mounted Rifles - Palmerston North
			The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles - Gisborne

		2nd Infantry Brigade
			1st Wellington West Coast Regiment - Wanganui
			1st Hawke's Bay Regiment - Napier
			1st Taranaki Regiment - New Plymouth

		2nd Artillery Brigade Group - Fort Dorset
			5th Field Battery - Wellington
			7th, 8th Field Batteries - Palmerston North
			17th Medium Battery - Petone
			19th Medium Battery - Wellington

		1 Coy, 1st New Zealand Scottish Regiment - Wellington
		2nd Field Company, NZE - Wellington
		Central Depot, NZ Corps of Signals - Wellington
		2nd Composite Company, NZASC - Wellington
		2nd Field Ambulance, NZAMC - Wellington

	Cadet Units

		The Wellington Regiment - Wellington
			1st, 2nd, 3rd Cadet Battalions - Wellington
		The Wellington West Coast Regiment - Wanganui
			1st Cadet Battalion - Wanganui
			2nd Cadet Battalion - Palmerston North
		The Hawke's Bay Regiment - Napier
			1st Cadet Battalion - Napier
			2nd Cadet Battalion - Gisborne
			3rd Cadet Battalion - Masterton
		The Taranaki Regiment - New Plymouth
			1st Cadet Battalion - New Plymouth
			2nd Cadet Battalion - Hawera

III. Southern District: HQ Christchurch

	The Provincial Districts of Otago (The Land Districts of Otago and Southland), Canterbury, Westland, Nelson, and Marlborough, South Island as well as Stewart Island
		Military Area 9: Nelson
		Military Area 10: Christchurch
		Military Area 11: Dunedin
		Military Area 12: Invercargill

	Regular Forces

		Field and Light Artillery Cadre - Christchurch
		Field Artillery Cadre - Dunedin
		New Zealand Staff Corps
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Staff
		New Zealand Army Ordinance Corps Depot - Burnham
		Details, New Zealand Permanent Army Service Corps - Christchurch

	Fortress Troops

		1st Canterbury Regiment - Christchurch
		23rd Heavy Battery, NZA - Christchurch

	Field Force - Territorial Force

		3rd Mounted Rifles Brigade
			The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry - Christchurch
			The Otago Mounted Rifles - Dunedin
			The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles - Blenheim

		3rd Infantry Brigade
			1st Otago Regiment - Dunedin
			1st Southland Regiment - Invercargill
			1st Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment - Nelson

		3rd Artillery Group - Dunedin
			9th, 10th Field Batteries - Christchurch
			12th Field Battery - Dunedin
			14th Medium Battery - Dunedin
			16th Light Battery - Christchurch

		1 Coy, 1st New Zealand Scottish Regiment - Christchurch
		1 Coy, 1st New Zealand Scottish Regiment - Dunedin
		3rd Field Company, NZE - Christchurch
		Southern Depot, NZ Corps of Signals - Christchurch
		3rd Composite Company, NZASC - Christchurch
		3rd Field Ambulance, NZAMC - Christchurch
		The Otago University Medical Corps - Dunedin

	Cadet Units

		The Canterbury Regiment - Christchurch
			1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th Cadet Battalions - Christchurch
			3rd Cadet Battalion - Timaru
		The Otago Regiment - Dunedin
			1st, 2nd Cadet Battalions - Dunedin
			3rd Cadet Battalion - Oamaru
		The Southland Regiment - Invercargill
			1st Cadet Battalion - Invercargill
		The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment - Nelson
			1st Cadet Battalion - Nelson
			2nd Cadet Battalion - Greymouth
			3rd Cadet Battalion - Blenheim


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