Major General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger,, known as "Kip", was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces who served in the First and Second World Wars.
Portrait of Sir Howard Kippenberger in 1952
Men of the 2nd Canterbury Battalion, New Zealand Division, rest in a shell hole on the opening day of the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, 15 September 1916
In Egypt on 4 November 1941, General Auchinleck presented Kippenberger with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his leadership during the Battle of Crete
Kippenberger (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Sam Allen, the commander of the 21st Battalion, July 1942
20th Battalion (New Zealand)
The 20th Battalion was a formation of the New Zealand Military Forces which served, initially as an infantry battalion and then as an armoured regiment, during the Second World War as part of the 2nd New Zealand Division.
Infantry of the 20th Battalion in Baggush, Egypt, September 1941
A crashed German glider on Crete
Lieutenant Colonel Howard Karl Kippenberger (left), who was the commanding officer of the 20th Battalion from its formation until late 1941, with Lieutenant Charles Hazlitt Upham, Egypt, October/November 1941
An ambulance damaged by a shell during the breakout at Minqar Qaim
