Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

36th Battalion (New Zealand)

Index 36th Battalion (New Zealand)

The 36th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War. [1]

54 relations: Attack on Pearl Harbor, Auckland, Avondale, Auckland, Battalion, Battle honour, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of the Treasury Islands, Bougainville Campaign, Bouloupari, Burnham, New Zealand, Company (military unit), Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand), Fiji, Gallipoli Campaign, Guadalcanal, High-speed transport, Infantry, Italian Campaign (World War II), Landing Craft Infantry, Landing Ship, Tank, Malayan Campaign, Middle East, Military Cross, Military Medal, Mono Island, N Force, New Caledonia, New Georgia, New Hebrides, New Zealand Army, Norfolk Island, Nouméa, Officer (armed forces), Other ranks (UK), Pacific Ocean, Papakura, Solomon Islands, SS President Coolidge, SS President Jackson, Stirling Island, Suva, USS Tryon (APH-1), Vila, Solomon Islands, Waitematā Harbour, Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment, Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment, World War II, 29th Battalion (New Zealand), 2nd New Zealand Division, 34th Battalion (New Zealand), ..., 35th Battalion (New Zealand), 3rd Division (New Zealand), 8th Brigade (New Zealand), 93rd Infantry Division (United States). Expand index (4 more) »

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Attack on Pearl Harbor · See more »

Auckland

Auckland is a city in New Zealand's North Island.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Auckland · See more »

Avondale, Auckland

Avondale is a suburb in the West Auckland, New Zealand, located in the Whau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions for the Auckland Council.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Avondale, Auckland · See more »

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Battalion · See more »

Battle honour

A battle honour is an award of a right by a government or sovereign to a military unit to emblazon the name of a battle or operation on its flags ("colours"), uniforms or other accessories where ornamentation is possible.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Battle honour · See more »

Battle of the Coral Sea

The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Battle of the Coral Sea · See more »

Battle of the Treasury Islands

The Battle of the Treasury Islands was a Second World War battle that took place between 27 October and 12 November 1943 on the Treasury Islands group, part of the Solomon Islands.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Battle of the Treasury Islands · See more »

Bougainville Campaign

The Bougainville Campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Bougainville Campaign · See more »

Bouloupari

Bouloupari (locally spelled Boulouparis, but this spelling is not recognized by French authorities) is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Bouloupari · See more »

Burnham, New Zealand

Burnham, also known as Burnham Camp, is the largest army base in New Zealand's South Island.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Burnham, New Zealand · See more »

Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–150 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Company (military unit) · See more »

Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand)

The Divisional Cavalry Regiment (Div Cav), was an armoured cavalry regiment of the 2nd New Zealand Division during the Second World War and was New Zealand's first armoured unit.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Divisional Cavalry Regiment (New Zealand) · See more »

Fiji

Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Fiji · See more »

Gallipoli Campaign

The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (Çanakkale Savaşı), was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Gallipoli Campaign · See more »

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Guadalcanal · See more »

High-speed transport

High-speed transports were converted destroyers and destroyer escorts used in US Navy amphibious operations in World War II and afterward.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and High-speed transport · See more »

Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Infantry · See more »

Italian Campaign (World War II)

The Italian Campaign of World War II consisted of the Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Italian Campaign (World War II) · See more »

Landing Craft Infantry

The Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) were several classes of seagoing amphibious assault ships of the Second World War used to land large numbers of infantry directly onto beaches.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Landing Craft Infantry · See more »

Landing Ship, Tank

Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships built during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Landing Ship, Tank · See more »

Malayan Campaign

The Malayan Campaign was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 31 January 1942 during the Second World War.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Malayan Campaign · See more »

Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Middle East · See more »

Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Military Cross · See more »

Military Medal

The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Military Medal · See more »

Mono Island

Mono Island is the largest island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands, at.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Mono Island · See more »

N Force

N Force was a small New Zealand Army unit of infantry and artillery which garrisoned the Australian territory of Norfolk Island between October 1942 and February 1944, during the Second World War.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and N Force · See more »

New Caledonia

New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie)Previously known officially as the "Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies" (Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances), then simply as the "Territory of New Caledonia" (French: Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie), the official French name is now only Nouvelle-Calédonie (Organic Law of 19 March 1999, article 222 IV — see). The French courts often continue to use the appellation Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and New Caledonia · See more »

New Georgia

New Georgia is the largest island of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and New Georgia · See more »

New Hebrides

New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides, "Condominium of the New Hebrides") and named for the Hebrides Scottish archipelago, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and New Hebrides · See more »

New Zealand Army

The New Zealand Army (Ngāti Tūmatauenga, "Tribe of the God of War") is the land component of the New Zealand Defence Force and comprises around 4,500 Regular Force personnel, 2,000 Territorial Force personnel and 500 civilians.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and New Zealand Army · See more »

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, directly east of mainland Australia's Evans Head, and about from Lord Howe Island.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Norfolk Island · See more »

Nouméa

Nouméa is the capital and largest city of the French special collectivity of New Caledonia.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Nouméa · See more »

Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Officer (armed forces) · See more »

Other ranks (UK)

Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines, British Army, Royal Air Force and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, usually including non-commissioned officers (NCOs).

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Other ranks (UK) · See more »

Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Pacific Ocean · See more »

Papakura

Papakura is a suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Papakura · See more »

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Solomon Islands · See more »

SS President Coolidge

SS President Coolidge was an American luxury ocean liner that was completed in 1931.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and SS President Coolidge · See more »

SS President Jackson

SS President Jackson may refer to.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and SS President Jackson · See more »

Stirling Island

Stirling Island is the smaller island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Stirling Island · See more »

Suva

Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Suva · See more »

USS Tryon (APH-1)

USS Tryon (APH-1) was laid down as SS Alcoa Courier (MC hull 175) on 26 March 1941, by the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California and launched on 21 October 1941 sponsored by Mrs.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and USS Tryon (APH-1) · See more »

Vila, Solomon Islands

Vila is a site at the southern end of Kolombangara in the nation of Solomon Islands, originally the location of the Vila Stanmore coconut plantation.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Vila, Solomon Islands · See more »

Waitematā Harbour

Waitematā Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Waitematā Harbour · See more »

Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment

The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment was a Territorial Force regiment of the New Zealand Army.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Regiment · See more »

Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment was a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and World War II · See more »

29th Battalion (New Zealand)

The 29th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand 3rd Division, raised for service during the Second World War.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 29th Battalion (New Zealand) · See more »

2nd New Zealand Division

The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 2nd New Zealand Division · See more »

34th Battalion (New Zealand)

The 34th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 34th Battalion (New Zealand) · See more »

35th Battalion (New Zealand)

The 35th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served in the Pacific theatre of the Second World War from 1941 to 1944.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 35th Battalion (New Zealand) · See more »

3rd Division (New Zealand)

The 3rd New Zealand Division was a division of the New Zealand Military Forces.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 3rd Division (New Zealand) · See more »

8th Brigade (New Zealand)

The 8th Brigade was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces, which served during the Second World War as part of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 8th Brigade (New Zealand) · See more »

93rd Infantry Division (United States)

The 93rd Infantry Division was a "colored" segregated unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II.

New!!: 36th Battalion (New Zealand) and 93rd Infantry Division (United States) · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Battalion_(New_Zealand)

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »