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This is the 1st definitive history of infantry units in the Auckland & Northland region spanning 160 years starting with the formation of the first militia volunteer units in the early 1840s right through to the current structure in 2010

The early militia units first saw active service in the Maori wars starting with the campaign in Northland against Hone Heke & Kawiti in 1845

Major Charles Heaphy, of the Auckland Militia, won the first Victoria Cross awarded to a Kiwi

The various independent Auckland militia units, each with its own individual distinctions, uniforms & culture, went through a number of reincarnations during the latter half of the 19th Century culminating in the formation of the Auckland Regiment in May of 1898

1 yr later the Regiment's first set of colours, which included the first NZ Ensign presented to a NZ military unit, was presented by Lady Constance, the Countess of Ranfurly, wife of the Governor of NZ. It was from Lady Constance that the Regiment took, as part of its title, "The Countess of Ranfurly's Own"

Shortly thereafter, Aucklanders were in action again, with a contribution to the NZ contingents that served in South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War

These men earned the Regiment the first of its Battle Honours: South Africa 1900-1902.

WW1 saw in excess of 13,000 men serve with the Auckland Regiment of whom some 2,220 died

The men of the Regt were not only from the 3rd Auckland, but also came from the 6th Hauraki, the 15th North Auckland & the 16th Waikato Regiments

The Auckland Batt. was the first Kiwi unit to land at Gallipolli in the early morning of 25 April 1915

WW2 just two decades later, saw Aucklanders again serving overseas in Greece, Crete, North Africa, Italy & the Pacific, this time in 'numbered' Battalions: the 18th, 21st, 24th, 29th, & 35th