Its units were: The Brigade was nominally independent but was placed under command of the 2nd New Zealand Division specifically for the El Alamein battle.

[1] The NZ infantry gained their objectives, but as with Operation Lightfoot on the first day of the battle, lanes could not be cleared through the minefields until night was almost over.

By 4 November, the battle was won, and Montgomery was entertaining the captured Afrika Korps commander, Wilhelm von Thoma, to dinner in his caravan.

If the British armour owed any debt to the infantry of 8th army, the debt was paid on 2 November by 9th Armoured Brigade in heroism and blood....[4]General Bernard Freyberg, the NZ Division's commander, also paid tribute to the gallant support provided by the brigade.

[5] After the battle, the 9th Armoured Brigade, which had been reduced to a handful of operational tanks, was withdrawn to Syria to regroup and undertake internal security duties.