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  • 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Regiment

  • 15th Northland Regiment


The amalgamation saw the new regiment become a TF battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment . This was until the later reorganisation of 1999 , which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The Auckland and Northland Regiment became the 3rd Auckland and Northland Battalion Group, with the following unit types:
  • Infantry - Ranfurly Company, Alpha Company

  • Artillery - 11/4 Battery, RNZA

  • Engineers - 1 Field Squadron

  • Medical - 1 Health Company

  • Signals - 1 Signal Squadron, RNZ Sigs

  • Logistics - 1 Logistics Company

  • Band - Royal New Zealand Artillery Band


  • Battle Honours

  • ---South Africa 1900 – 1902

  • ---First World War: ANZAC, Krithia, Gallipoli 1915, Somme 1916 - 1918, Flers - Courcelette, Messines 1917, Passchendaele, Arras 1918, Bapaume, Canal Du Nord

  • ---Second World War: Mount Olympus, Crete, Sidi Rezegh 1941, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, Takrouna, The Sangro, Cassino 1, The Senio, Solomons