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2nd Bn Auckland Regt


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I would be very grateful for any info from the war diary of 2nd Bn Auckland Regt NZEF covering September 1916 especially around the 20th September 1916.

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Mick

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Mick,

Can you wait until next Thursday? I'll be at Kew on Wednesday.

WO 95/3688 2 Battalion Auckland Regiment 1916 Mar. - 1919 Feb.

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Farmer

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Mick,

Can you wait until next Thursday? I'll be at Kew on Wednesday.

Regards

Farmer

Yes I can wait...i would be very grateful.

Mick

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Yep will be here.

Mick

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I have a few pages photocopied from the official history of the Auckland Regiment from around that time. Would you like me to scan them for you?

Allie

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I have a few pages photocopied from the official history of the Auckland Regiment from around that time. Would you like me to scan them for you?

Allie

I have this war diary at home. Will get mum to send it over snail mail in the next few days. What is it you want to know about 2AIR? I have some knowledge about NZ on the Somme. Also, be wary of the NZ war diaries at Kew as they are in many cases significantly different and smaller in detail than those in NZ itself. Your might say they are PC versions for the Br powers that be.

ANdy M

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specifically losses around high wood, longueval area September 1916. there is a big gap in knowledge about colonial regiments/batallions at that time. There are gaps in my knowledge about lots of other things to but i have to start somewhere.

Mick

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  • 3 months later...

Mick,

Andy M has written a book about the New Zealanders at the Somme "On my way to the Somme"suggest you get a cpy of this, its very detailed and will certainly "fill the gaps"a far as New Zealands involvement with the Somme battle around September of 1916.

regards Aaron.

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Hi Aaron. Will do, just got a copy from ABE books.

Mick

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