2nd Infantry Brigade (New Zealand)

As part of the New Zealand Division, it participated in several major battles on the Western Front from 1916 to 1918 before being disbanded in 1919.

There was also a 2nd Infantry Brigade in the New Zealand Territorial Force that existed from 1924 to 1964.

It was formed in Egypt in 1916 for service with the New Zealand Division on the Western Front.

Its original commander was Brigadier General William Garnett Braithwaite, a British Army officer on secondment to the New Zealand Military Forces.

[3] The brigade fought in several major engagements including the Battles of Broodseinde, Messines and Passchendaele.

Lieutenant General Alexander Godley , commander of the NZEF, salutes marching soldiers of 2nd Infantry Brigade during a troop review after the Battle of Messines, Belgium