Operations in Which NZ Troops Served

This list shows the principal operations and battles in which NZ troops participated in during World War 1.

Samoa

Operation	Date
​Capture of Samoa	29 August 1914

Mediterranean

Operation	Date
​Action on Suez Canal	3-4 February 1915
​Landing at Anzac Cove	25-26 April 1915
​Second Battle of Krithea	6-8 May 1915
​Battle of Suvla	2-21 August 1915
​Evacuation of Anzac	19 December 1915
Operations against the Senussi	25 December 1915

France & Belgium

Operation	Date
​Battle of Glers-Courcelette	15-22 September 1916
Battle of Morval	25-28 September 1916
Battle of Transloy Ridge	1-8 October 1916
Battle of Messines	7-14 June 1917
Battle of Ypres	31 July – 10 November 1917
Battle of Polygone Wood	26 September – 3 October 1917
Battle of Passchendaele	4-12 October 1917
Attacks on Polderhock Chateau	November – December 1917
German Advance Colinchamps-Hebuterne	March 1918
Allied Advance through Rossignol Wood, Puisieux, Achiet, Grevillers, Bapaume	July 1918
Battle of Havrincourt-Epchy, Battle of Cambrai and the Hindenburg Line	September 1918
Battle of Le Cateau, Battle of Selle River	October 1918
Battle of the Sambre, Le Quesnoy	November 1918

Sinai & Pelestine

Battle of Romain                                                               4-5 August 1916
Actions of Katia, Aogratina, and Bir el Abd             6-12 August 1916
Action of Mazar                                                                16-17 August 1916
Occupation of El Arish                                                    21 December 1916
Battle of Magdhaba                                                        23 December 1916
Battle of Rafa                                                                     9 January 1917
First Battle of Gaza                                                          26 March 1917
Second Battle of Gaza                                                    17-19 April 1917
Action of Tel el Saba and capture of Beersheba  31 October 1917
Actions of Ras el Nagb and Te Khuweilfeh             1-6 November 1917
Action of Ayun Kara                                                         14 November 1917
Occupation of Jaffa                                                         16 November 1917
Action of River Auja                                                        24 November 1917
Action of Khirbet Hadrah                                              25 November 1917
Action of El Muntar                                                         17 February 1918
Capture of Jericho                                                           21 February 1918
Action near Shunet Nimrin                                           24 March 1918
Battle of Amman                                                              27-30 March 1918
Action of East Bank of Jordan                                      9 April 1918
Raid on Es Salt                                                                   1-6 May 1918
Action of Abu Tellul                                                         14 July 1918
Action at Jisr ed Damieh                                                21 September 1918
Capture of Es Salt                                                             23 September 1918
Capture of Suwaileh                                                       24 September 1918
Capture of Amman                                                          25 September 1918
Surrender of remainder of Turkish Fourth Army           27 September 1918

Operation	Date
​Battle of Romain	4-5 August 1916
​Actions of Katia, Aogratina, and Bir el Abd	6-12 August 1916
​Action of Mazar	16-17 August 1916
​Occupation of El Arish	​21 December 1916
Battle of Magdhaba	​23 December 1916
​Battle of Rafa	​9 January 1917
First Battle of Gaza	26 March 1917
Second Battle of Gaza	17-19 April 1917
Action of Tel el Saba and capture of Beersheba	31 October 1917
Actions of Ras el Nagb and Te Khuweilfeh	1-6 November 1917
Action of Ayun Kara	14 November 1917
Occupation of Jaffa	16 November 1917
​Action of River Auja	24 November 1917
Action of Khirbet Hadrah	25 November 1917
Action of El Muntar	17 February 1918
Capture of Jericho	21 February 1918
Action near Shunet Nimrin	​24 March 1918
Battle of Amman	​27-30 March 1918
​Action of East Bank of Jordan	9 April 1918
​Raid on Es Salt	​1-6 May 1918
​Action of Abu Tellul	​14 July 1918
​Action at Jisr ed Damieh	21 September 1918
Capture of Es Salt	23 September 1918
Capture of Suwaileh	24 September 1918
​Capture of Amman	​25 September 1918
Surrender of remainder of Turkish Fourth Army	​27 September 1918

Source: The Wellington Regiment (NZEF) 1914 - 1919; by WH Cunningham, CAL Treadwell, & JS Hanna