New Zealand Expeditionary Force

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New Zealand military formation expeditionary force military unit

The New Zealand Expeditionary Force was the main overseas military contingent sent by New Zealand during World War I, serving notably at Gallipoli and on the Western Front under British command.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New Zealand Expeditionary Force canonical	8
New Zealand forces on the Western Front	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand military formation ⓘ expeditionary force ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
approximateStrength	about 100000 men served overseas ⓘ
casualties	over 18000 killed ⓘ over 41000 wounded ⓘ
commander	Alexander Godley ⓘ Alfred William Robin ⓘ Andrew Hamilton Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn	ANZAC Day (25 April) ⓘ surface form: Anzac Day
component	New Zealand mounted troops ⓘ surface form: Māori Contingent New Zealand Army Nursing Service ⓘ New Zealand Division ⓘ Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Medical Corps New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade ONNED1 ⓘ New Zealand Rifle Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Tunnelling Company ⓘ Pioneer Battalion ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
disbandedAfter	World War I ⓘ
endTime	1919 ⓘ
formedDuring	August 1914 ⓘ
garrison	Featherston Military Camp ⓘ Trentham Military Camp ⓘ
includedEthnicGroup	Māori soldiers ⓘ Pacific Island volunteers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
nickName	Main Body ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Arras (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Broodseinde ⓘ Battle of Chunuk Bair ⓘ Battle of Messines (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Passchendaele (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme (1916) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hundred Days Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Landing at Anzac Cove Third Battle of Ypres NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	service at Gallipoli ⓘ service on the Western Front ⓘ
operatedUnderCommandOf	British Army ⓘ
partOf	Armed Forces of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Military Forces
recruitmentBasis	conscription from 1916 ⓘ voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role	overseas expeditionary warfare ⓘ
startTime	1914 ⓘ
theatre	Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli campaign Sinai and Palestine campaign ONNED1 ⓘ Western Front ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Birdwood → associatedWith → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps → formedFrom → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot → commemoratesBranch → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

New Zealand Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot → dedicatedTo → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand forces on the Western Front

Dave Gallaher → militaryBranch → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → alliedWith → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

Harold Barrowclough → memberOf → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

Chunuk Bair Memorial → commemoratesUnit → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ

I ANZAC Corps → partOf → New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ