As a continuation to the Embarkation table in post # 32, the following is a ‘1914/1915’ Reinforcement Disembarkation table.
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Embarked…....
Disembarked Egypt
Samoa Advance Party ……………..........15 Aug 1914…...29 Aug 1914
(Samoa)
Main Body………………………..................15 Oct 1914…….03 Dec 1914
1st Reinforcements………………............15 Oct 1914…….03 Dec 1914
2nd Reinforcements………………...........14 Dec 1914…...28 Jan 1915
3rd Reinforcements………………............14 Feb 1915…...26 Mar 1915
1st Maori Contingent…………….............14 Feb 1915……26 Mar 1915
1st Samoa Relief…………………..............27 Mar 1915…..03 Apr 1915
(Samoa)
4th Reinforcements………………............17 Apr 1915…….25 May 1915
5th Reinforcements………………............13 Jun 1915…….24 Jul 1915
6th Reinforcements………………............14 Aug 1915…...19 Sep 1915
2nd Maori Contingent ……………..........19 Sep 1915…….26 Oct 1915
6th Reinforcements (balance)............19 Sep 1915……26 Oct 1915
Advance Party 1st + 2nd NZRB….......19 Sep 1915…….26 Oct 1915
1st + 2nd Battalions NZRB……….........09 Oct 1915…….17 Nov 1915
7th Reinforcements………………............09 Oct 1915…….30 Nov 1915
8th Reinforcements………………............14 Nov 1915…...18 Dec 1915
The excellent book ‘Gallipoli the New Zealand story,’ by Christopher Pugsley, mentions on page 90 that. —
“By the time Godley’s men left Egypt, they had received the Second and Third Reinforcements, each nearly 2000 stong. Also to join were New Zealanders of the British Section recruited in England and a Maori contingent, 500 strong.”
Pugsley, mentions on page 94, that at the time of the April 25th landings. —
“Some 1600 New Zealanders from the Infantry Reinforcements would remain in Egypt, as well as Russell’s Brigade and Bauchop’s regiment of Otago Mounted Rifles. The total number of New Zealanders who would sail for the Dardanelles was 6324. This included 522 reinforcements who were to act as ‘hold’ parties to unload stores and remain on board ship until called for.”
It is worth mentioning that prior to the landing on April 25th, at least 300 New Zealanders, the majority of which were side lined in hospitals for medical reasons, and some that were sent back to New Zealand for refusing inoculations and misconduct, each requiring a reinforcement to take their place.
Pugsley, mentions on page 149, that. —
“Official estimates compiled after the war listed New Zealand casualties from 25 to 30 April as approximately 372 dead and 703 wounded and missing, a total of 1075, the majority from the first day.”
The Third Reinforcements arrived on ANZAC on the 6th May 1915, 839 were sent to Cape Helles to join the NZ Infantry Brigade who had arrived at Cape Helles on the 5th May 1915.
The Fourth Reinforcements arrived on ANZAC on the 7th June 1915.
The New Zealand Maori Contingent, 477 strong, arrived at ANZAC on the 3rd July 1915. They were attached to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and were sent to No.1 Outpost, which became known as the Maori Pah.
The Fifth Reinforcements arrived on ANZAC on the 8th August 1915, and go into the firing line.
The Sixth Reinforcements and Second Maori Contingent arrived on ANZAC in November 1915
Christopher Pugsley, mentions on page 330 that. —
“By November, the food, the rest and a gradual training programme was restoring the strength of the men. Convalescents were returning and the arrival of the 6th Reinforcements, totalling 2464, slowly built the Brigades up to half strength.
Their arrival marked the end of a chapter. By the end of August, New Zealand casualties numbered 7067 killed and wounded and dead from disease out of a total of for the campaign of 7571.”
“The New Zealand Expeditionary Force by now was mainly made up from the 3rd, 4th and 5th Reinforcements that had joined it at Gallipoli. There were very few of the Main Body left. The Wellington Battalion had 15 and it was the same throughout the brigades.”