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Battalion moved to link up with the South Africans, who were under artillery fire, and prepared rudimentary defences about 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) distant from them. On reaching the South African headquarters, Page was advised that a German tank attack was imminent. He returned to his own position and later in the afternoon watched the South African positions be overrun by the Germans, who then turned their attention to the nearby New Zealanders. The battalion came under attack and Page ordered its transport back to the rear, followed by the artillery that was under his command. The infantry held on until dusk and then retreated. The situation at Point 175 had deteriorated following its seizure by 25th Battalion earlier in the day and 26th Battalion was ordered in the early hours of 24 November to form a reserve position in a wadi to the east of Point 175. They were in position before daybreak. By this time the two Panzer divisions that had attacked Point 175 had moved off to the Egyptian border so the battalion had a quiet day. A platoon that had gotten lost during the retreat off Point 175 linked up with the battalion.
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new equipment, including the Piat, an anti-tank weapon, and a sniper section was formed. By late
October, the 2nd New Zealand Division was once again complete for the 4th Brigade, now converted to armour, had arrived in Italy. The move to the front lines commenced in November, the New Zealanders taking responsibility for a section along the banks of the Sangro River on 20 November. The 26th Battalion manned a 300-yard stretch of the front, adjacent to the 25th Battalion. On 27 November, after a period of poor weather, the brigade forded the river on foot with the 26th Battalion on the left flank, the 25th in the centre, and the 24th on the right. Although the battalion failed to all of its objectives, Fountaine was satisfied with his command's progress into the hills on the far side of the river, and they had taken 30 prisoners of war, mostly Polish and Russian conscripts from the 65th Infantry Division.
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Zealand Division moved forward to advance on Gabes. It was not required for the next phase of fighting, a successful attack on the Wadi Akarit Line by 30 Corps, and spent several days resting at Gabes. On 7 April, it moved forward to Enfidaville, to where the Axis forces had withdrawn, with the rest of 10 Corps. The outskirts of Enfidaville were reached on 15 April, but resistance prevented the rifle companies from entering the town that day. Preparations for a full-scale attack on nearby Takrouna commenced with the battalion tasked with attacking towards ridges to the east while 5th Brigade targeted Takrouna itself. The attack commenced at 11:00pm and after an hour, the objective was secured with few casualties although in the days following more were incurred as a result of shelling.
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arrived back at Maadi Camp and were greeted with news of the implementation of furlough leave for long serving personnel. The first draft of 162 men, mostly experienced commissioned and non-commissioned officers and making up nearly a fifth of the battalion's full complement, left for New
Zealand on 14 June. After a period of rest, training resumed in mid-July and this helped newly arrived reinforcements, bringing the battalion up to 780 personnel, integrate with the experienced soldiers. Training was now focused on combat conditions that were to likely to be encountered in Europe rather than the open fields of the desert. In mid-September, the battalion began preparations for a move to Italy, where the 2nd New Zealand Division would rejoin the Eighth Army.
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Division moved into Syria. The Allied high command was concerned that the Middle East was at risk from an invasion by the
Germans and the New Zealanders were part of the force tasked with blocking their likely route from the Caucasus. The battalion commenced its trip north on 12 March and after a few days arrived at Aleppo, where it manned a number of facilities. One company at a time was detached periodically to outposts on the frontier between Syria and Turkey. In mid-April, the battalion shifted south to Bekaa Valley, where it worked on defensive positions alongside the rest of 6th Brigade. However, following the attack in June on the 8th Army's Gazala Line by
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441:, was initially held in reserve before being ordered to man the Kaponga Box at Bab el Qattara. Arriving on 28 June, the 26th Battalion guarded the southern side of the box, while the 24th and 25th Battalions were responsible for the northern and west sides respectively. The brigade remained here, watching first the retreating British stream by and then the Germans, at a distance, for several days before moving to Amiriya. It missed the action of 14β15 July at
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arrangements for supplies and medical support. It spent the first days of the advance as a reserve, moving forward behind 4th and 5th
Brigades. The brigade entered the fray on 21 November, and moved to Bir el Hariga while the 4th Brigade targeted the BardiaβTobruk highway and the 5th Brigade the area around
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Brigade left Egypt on 5 October aboard three transports, arriving at the Italian port of Taranto three days later. It remained here for several weeks, acclimatising to the country and refining its tactical training, discarding much of what had been learned in desert warfare. It also received
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a few days later. It duly reached the beaches near
Monemvasia and was evacuated from Greece on 29 April along with the rest of 6th Brigade, the 4th and 5th Brigades having been taken off beaches to the east of Athens. While the latter brigades disembarked at Crete, the 6th Brigade continued to Egypt.
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Germans invaded Greece and their advance was so rapid that it quickly threatened to outflank the Aliakmon Line. The brigade had to abandon its positions and was withdrawn to Olympus Pass on 9 April. This marked the beginning of a gradual retreat down the country, during which a series
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The next attempt to capture the Tebaga Gap was mounted on 27 March by the infantry of the 5th
Brigade along with the 6th Brigade's 24th Battalion in a supporting role. The 26th Battalion was placed in reserve, with 28th Battalion taking over its positions. The attack was a total success and the next
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The battalion, faced with transportation issues, had to dump much of its supplies and had to march south to rejoin 6th Brigade, which was acting as the rearguard for the 2nd New Zealand Division. On 19 April, elements of the battalion boarded a train for the Thermopylae sector to the south, the rest
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Following the outbreak of the Second World War, the New Zealand government authorised the formation of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), for service at home and abroad. Following consultation with the British government, it was decided that the main New Zealand contribution to the war
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The battalion continued to train, carrying out exercises involving travelling desert formation, and it received new equipment, including radios, bren carriers and trucks. On 18 September, the battalion moved to the Baggush Box, where the 2nd New Zealand Division was being concentrated. Large scale
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and remained there for several weeks, until the large numbers of Yugoslav partisans also present in the city withdrew. Not required for service in the Pacific theatre of operations, the regiment was disestablished in late 1945. During the war, the 26th Battalion lost nearly 430 officers and men,
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to increase the Allied presence there and counter potential unrest amongst the civilian population of the city. Once tensions decreased it returned to Maadi and resumed training, which included practice in amphibious operations. Over the period from late February to mid-March, the 2nd New Zealand
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The campaign in Greece cost the battalion 76 casualties; 11 men were killed and 42 were wounded. Four more died of their wounds and 29 men (including 10 of the wounded) were taken prisoner of war. Most of the fatalities were as a result of bombing raids as the battalion withdrew down the country.
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which saw the destruction of a large part of the 4th and 5th Brigades when, after securing the ridge, no armour was available to defend a counterattack by the Germans. The 6th Brigade was recalled back to the El Alamein lines to relieve what was left of the 4th Brigade. A few days later, it was
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By late May, and after a period of training and refitting at Helwan, the 26th Battalion was back up to full strength and moved to Ismailia, near the Suez Canal. Here, along with the rest of the 6th Brigade, the battalion manned the Canal Zone defences against a possible attack. While there, the
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The 6th Brigade moved on quickly to take Point 175, which was held by German forces. Point 175 marked the start of the Sidi Rezegh escarpment, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Tobruk. It was largely occupied by German forces with the 5th South African Brigade on a nearby escarpment. While 25th
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A period of rebuilding followed the withdrawal of 26th Battalion to Baggush, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Satterthwaite was appointed to take command from the wounded Page on 8 December. It remained at Baggush until 23 January 1942, when it moved to Maadi. Shortly afterwards it was called into
324:. The next day, orders for the division to evacuate Greece were received and the battalion was instructed to form the rearguard. Apart from air raids, the battalion did not come in contact with the Germans although the neighbouring 25th Battalion did at the
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battalion experienced several air raids. The brigade remained in the area until mid-August, at which time it was replaced by 5th Brigade, which had been brought back up to strength after a disastrous campaign in Crete, and returned to Helwan.
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exercises involving several battalions moving in desert formation and practicing attacks on enemy positions. All this work was in preparation for the 2nd New Zealand Division's role in the upcoming
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involved in a night-time attack on the El Mrier Depression. The aim was to secure the depression to create a route through which British armour could penetrate.
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on 27 August 1940. It, along with the two other infantry battalions of 6th Brigade, was destined for the Middle East. After transferring to the
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either killed in action or died of wounds. Just over 400 personnel were made prisoners of war, half during the fighting in Libya in late 1941.
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in early March, the Allied response was for the New Zealanders, along with British and Free French forces, to drive forward to the
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814:J. N. Peart
764:Pisciatello
740:San Michele
696:Enfidaville
656:Minqar Qaim
632:Tobruk 1941
620:42nd Street
604:Greece 1941
592:Servia Pass
512:Gustav Line
456:Mareth Line
201:Middle East
103:Engagements
93:6th Brigade
52:New Zealand
2198:Categories
1964:References
744:Paula Line
708:The Sangro
684:Tebaga Gap
680:El Agheila
676:El Alamein
648:Alam Hamza
640:Sidi Azeiz
464:Tebaga Gap
435:El Alamein
371:garrison.
255:Maadi Camp
219:James Page
1974:To Greece
915:Citations
848:Footnotes
836:L. Pearce
768:The Senio
720:Cassino I
508:Apennines
318:Luftwaffe
190:Formation
160:battalion
32:Disbanded
27:1940β1945
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692:El Hamma
668:El Mreir
644:Belhamed
531:resisted
460:Medenine
352:8th Army
298:Katerini
286:Aliakmon
182:and the
157:infantry
2051:11 July
2046:1125519
1983:4373298
885:in the
804:J. Page
776:Bologna
736:Cerbala
716:Orsogna
616:Galatas
545:Honours
538:Trieste
527:Cassino
487:Cassino
450:Tunisia
278:Albania
270:Germans
268:by the
240:Orcades
235:P&O
162:of the
155:was an
40:Country
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369:Tobruk
310:Servia
251:Bombay
237:liner
229:Greece
178:, the
58:Branch
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24:Active
843:Notes
748:Celle
608:Crete
600:Molos
478:Italy
425:Egypt
414:Cairo
407:Syria
322:Molos
259:Maadi
246:Orion
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