Great illustrations Jonathan!
Just a note for those not familiar with New Zealand Forces in WW2, 2NZEFIP
was the name given to the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific. It was decided to send a Brigade Group (B Force) to Fiji leaving in October 1940. Fiji Defence Force and 8 NZ Brigade were combined with a strength of about 5000 officers and men. It expanded to divisional size with the inclusion of 14 Brigade. With America becoming involved in the Pacific Theatre the NZ Forces were recalled to New Zealand. 3 NZ Division of 2NZEF was formed in NZ and fully established in New Caledonia from October 1942.
Many of these patches were similar to WW1 NZ patches.
Rgds Quicksilver
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Originally Posted by sigcollector
I did this a while ago, but I thought this would be a good place to add it as it may be of interest to some.
I used M. Thomas and Cliff Lord book, as a reference.
Do any of you have examples of the patches to show?
Regards Jonathan
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