New Zealand 7th Brigade

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1916-1919
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Ypres
Somme
Messines
Passchendaele
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:New_Zealand_Memorial_at_Passchendaele
gptkb:New_Zealand_Memorial_at_Messines
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:New_Zealand_Division
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1916
gptkbp:country gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1919
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Lee-Enfield_rifle
gptkb:Vickers_machine_gun
gptkb:Bren_gun
gptkbp:finaleDate Battle of the Canal du Nord
gptkbp:firstClaim Battle of the Somme
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Auckland
gptkbp:historicalRole community engagement
reconnaissance missions
medical support
defensive operations
engineering support
logistics and supply
post-war reconstruction efforts
veteran support initiatives
infantry assault
training of new recruits
supporting artillery
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part_of_the_New_Zealand_Expeditionary_Force
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Zealand 7th Brigade
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:New_Zealand_Army_badge
gptkbp:legacy influenced_modern_New_Zealand_military_structure
gptkbp:motto In_Arduis_Fidelis
gptkbp:nickname The Seventh
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Brigadier_General_William_George_McClymont
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_Zealand_Army
gptkbp:recruitment volunteer soldiers
gptkbp:size approximately 3,000 personnel
gptkbp:supports gptkb:New_Zealand_Medical_Corps
gptkb:New_Zealand_Artillery
New_Zealand_Engineers
gptkbp:training gptkb:Trentham_Military_Camp
gptkbp:type infantry brigade
gptkbp:uniform standard_British_Army_uniform