1st, 2nd and 3rd Echelons of
the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary
Force
1st Echelon, 2nd NZEF - On assembly on 3 October 1939
Papakura:
18th Infantry Battalion (from 7 November 1939)
Ngaruawahia:
Divisional Cavalry Regiment ('A' and 'B' Squadrons)
HQ Divisional Artillery (details)
4th Field Regiment, NZA
HQ NZE (details)
5th Field Park Company, NZE
6th Field Company, NZE
Trentham:
HQ NZ Division (details)
Divisional Intelligence Section
Divisional Signals
HQ 4th Infantry Brigade
19th Infantry Battalion
Divisional Employment Platoon
Burnham:
20th Infantry Battalion
27th Machine-Gun Battalion
2nd Echelon, 2nd NZEF - On assembly on 12 January 1940
Papakura:
'C' Squadron, Divisional Cavalry Regiment
21st Infantry Battalion
HQ NZE (details)
7th Field Company, NZE
11th Forestry Company, NZE
Ngaruawahia:
HQ NZA (details)
HQ and 31st, 32nd Batteries, 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, NZA
5th Field Regiment, NZA
Palmerston North:
28th (Maori) Infantry Battalion
Trentham:
HQ NZ Division (details)
Divisional Signals (details)
22nd Infantry Battalion
HQ 5th Infantry Brigade (4th and 5th Anti-Tank Companies attached)
Burnham:
23rd Infantry Battalion
HQ Railway Construction and Maintenance Group
9th Railway Survey Company, NZE
10th Railway Construction Company, NZE
3rd Echelon, 2nd NZEF - On assembly on 15-17 1940
Papakura:
6th Field Regiment, NZA
33rd Anti-Tank Battery,NZA
24th Infantry Battalion
Reinforcements (1136 all ranks)
Trentham:
HQ NZ Division (details)
8th Field Company, NZE
Divisional Signals (details)
HQ 6th Infantry Brigade
6th Anti-Tank Company
25th Infantry Battalion
Reinforcements (1228 all ranks)
Burnham:
26th Infantry Battalion
Reinforcements (1162 all ranks)