38th Field Regiment (New Zealand)

38th Field Regiment
38th Field Regiment
	Cap badge of the New Zealand Artillery
Active	1942–1944
Country	New Zealand
Branch	New Zealand Military Forces
Type	Artillery
Part of	3rd New Zealand Division
Engagements	Second World War Battle of the Treasury Islands;

The 38th Field Regiment was an artillery regiment of the New Zealand Military Forces raised during the Second World War. The regiment was formed on 12 April 1943 at Papakura Military Camp and consisted of 49, 50 and 52 Batteries. The regiment departed New Zealand in eight different ships between May and July and continued training in New Caledonia. From late October till November 1943 it took part in the Battle of the Treasury Islands as part of the 8th Brigade Group. From April 1944, 38th Field Regiment began to have men transferred to other units or returned home to work in essential industries due to a manpower shortage. The regiment had been reduced to 48 men by August and the entire 3rd Division was formally disbanded in October 1944.[1][2]

References

Evans, J. A. (1948). The Gunners: An Intimate Record of Units of the 3rd New Zealand Divisional Artillery in the Pacific from 1940 to 1945. The Third New Zealand Division Histories. Wellington: Reed Publishing Ltd. pp. 152–176.
Gillespie, O. A. (1952). The Pacific. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. pp. 202–203.

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[1] Evans, J. A. (1948). The Gunners: An Intimate Record of Units of the 3rd New Zealand Divisional Artillery in the Pacific from 1940 to 1945. The Third New Zealand Division Histories. Wellington: Reed Publishing Ltd. pp. 152–176.

[2] Gillespie, O. A. (1952). The Pacific. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. pp. 202–203.