CAMPS AND BASES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO NEW ZEALAND FORCES DURING WORLD WAR ONE AND TWO. Established during WW11 as an accommodation and training camp

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1 CAMPS AND BASES OF SIGNIFICANCE TO NEW ZEALAND FORCES DURING WORLD WAR ONE AND TWO Camp/Base Purpose Remarks Addington Showgrounds & Race Course Ashburton Race Course and Showgrounds Ardmore Avondale, Auckland Awapuni, Palmerston North Belton Park Booth s Farm, Carterton Borthwicks, Tauherenikau Boscombe Brighton Brockenhurst Hospital Brocton Established in WW11 as a Detention Barracks with cells for 30 prisoners under sentence and 20 guards and further expanded in 1942 as a holding for both Army and Navy and became a holding for Prisoners of War and used 1 as troop accommodation A WW1 NZEF training for machine gun specialist training Established 1 for the 2 nd Wellington Regiment Established 1 for the 12 th Field Regiment and the 23 rd AT(Anti- Tank) Battery A WW1 NZEF training for engineer specialist training and the training for the Maori Pioneer Battalion, located in Bournemouth A WW1 NZEF Convalescent Home for officers and NZ Army Nursing sisters A WW1 NZEF hospital, first known as the No 2 Stationary Hospital (in May 1916) and then was designated as the No1 New Zealand General Hospital A WW1 NZEF Reserves Depot located in Staffordshire Also known as Grantham 1,600 patient capacity. Over 20,000 soldiers admitted to this hospital during the War Also the base depot for the NZ Rifle Brigade Burnham A mobilization base established for 2 NZEF troops from the South Island Carterton Showgrounds Established 1 for the 7 th Brigade Headquarters

2 2 Cemetery Reserve, Greytown Clarville Race Course Claudelands Showgrounds, Hamilton Codford Dannevirke Showground Donald s Farm, Tauerenikau Delta Etaples Ewshot Featherson, Wairarapa Flat Point Foxton Race Course Grantham Great Barrier Island Established 1 for the 10 th Field Ambulance and the 4 th MAC(Motor Ambulance Convoy) Established 1 for the 22 nd Field Company and the 4 th Provost Company Established in 1941 as an accommodation A WW1 NZ Depot for NZ soldiers between convalescence and fitness. Also the location for the No3 New Zealand General Hospital Established in 1940 as a Battalion for training and later converted to a district School of Instruction Established 1 as a Motor Transport Park Located west of Blenheim. Established in 1941 for the advanced training of Territorial force personnel The WW1 NZ Overseas Base Camp in France A WW1 NZEF training for artillery and Medical Corps specialist training. Located in Hampshire and 1 it became the base for the Queen Alexandra s Mounted Regiment, the 5 th Reserve Motor Transport Company and a Prisoner of War Camp for Japanese prisoners Established 1 as a Coast Watching Station Established in 1940 as troop accommodation A WW1 NZEF training for machine gun specialist training and as a Coast Watching Station Located on the Salisbury Plains This was a training to prepare the men for the Front Line Located on the West Coast between Castle Point and Cape Palliser Also known as Belton Park

3 3 Haitaitai, Wellington Harewood, Christchurch Helwan Camp, Cairo Hitchin Hopuhopu, Ngaruawahia Hornchurch Hororata Race Course Johnsonville, Wellington Kaikohe Khandallah, Wellington Kensington Park, Whangarei Lancaster Park, Christchurch Linton Maadi Camp, Cairo Masterton Memorial Park Maymorn, Wellington Established in 1942 for the 1 st Wellington Regiment Established in 1942 as an armoured fighting vehicle A subsidiary 2NZEF Base Camp in the Middle East A WW1 NZEF training for the specialist training of signallers, located northeast of Luton near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. Established in 1927 for Territorial force training and then developed into a mobilization for volunteers of the 2 NZEF First established, in Jan 1916, as the original WW1 New Zealand General Depot for all NZ troops and in 1916 became the NZ Convalescent Hospital, commonly known as the Hornchurch Convalescent Hospital. Established in 1942 as a canvas Established in 1942 to accommodate a Brigade (12 th Brigade) Established in 1940 as an accommodation Established in 1941 as a permanent Territorial Force training The WW2 2NZEF Base Camp in the Middle East Established 1 for the 8 th Field Ambulance and the 1 st Hawke s Bay Guards on Vital Points Located 30km from London

4 4 Mirimar, Wellington Established in 1943 as a for 7 men and 26 WAACs! Motukarara Race Course Narrow Neck, Auckland New Brighton Race Course Newtown, Wellington Opaki Race Course Opua Paihia Palmerston North Showgrounds Papakura Papawai, Wairarapa Porirua Pukekohe Rakaia Domain Rangiora Race Course Rangioutu, Wellington Rayner s Farm, Mount Bruce Riccarton Race Course Established in 1942 as a canvas for the breeding and training of pigeons Established 1 for the 9 th AFV (Armoured Fighting Vehicles) and the 58 th LAD (Light Aid Detachment) Established in 1939 as a mobilization base Established in 1942 as a training for the 3 rd Wellington Battalion Established in 1942 as a Brigade and was part of the defence of Auckland Established 1 for the 5 th ASC Occupied by the 28 th Maori Battalion

5 5 Rotorua Race Course Russell Second London General Hospital Sling Solway Showgrounds, Masterton Spriggin s Park, Whanganui Tauherenikau Race Course Tauranga Race Course Timaru Showgrounds Torquay Trentham, Upper Hutt Waikanae, Kapiti Coast Waiouru Wairoa Waitangi Waiwera Established in 1940 and became a remedial training centre Took the overflow of patients from the No 2 New Zealand General Hospital located at Walton-on- Thames A WW1 NZEF Base Camp in the UK. Located on the Salisbury Plains Established 1 as a for the 1 st Ruahine Established in 1940 for soldier accommodation and training and 1 became the base for the 1 st Scottish Established in 1942 as an accommodation A WW1 NZ Evacuation Depot located in Devon and 1 it became an Ordnance Depot; the Army School of Instruction and a training base for 2 NZEF Established in 1939 as a permanent training Established at Lambton Square in 1942 as a Company base Located SW of Dunedin. Established in 1942 as a training for up to The where NZ soldiers were prepared for moving to the front lines in France and Belgium. Training took 30 days. Still a military base

6 6 1,000 men Wall s Farm, Greytown Walton-on-Thames Wanganui Race Course Warkworth Washdyke Race Course Waverly Race Course Weedon s Domain Westerfield, Ashburton Whangarei Wingatui, Dunedin Woodville Race Course Youle s Farm, Taratahi Established 1 for the 5 th Motor Ambulance Convoy A WW1 NZEF hospital, first called the New Zealand War Contingent Hospital in Aug 1915 and then became the New Zealand Military Hospital (in Dec 1915) and in Jul 1916 was designated as the became the No 2 New Zealand General Hospital Established in 1940 for soldier accommodation and training Established in 1942 as a Brigade and was part of the defence of Auckland Established in 1940 for soldier accommodation and training Established in 1942 for the 10 th Brigade Group Established in 1942 to accommodate a Brigade (1 st Brigade) Established in 1940 as a Territorial Force training Established in 1940 as a battalion training Established 1 as a Motor Transport Park 1,900 patient capacity