The New Zealand Division was an infantry division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force raised for service in the First World War. It was formed in Egypt in early 1916 when the New Zealand and Austra
Soldiers from the Pioneer Battalion performing a haka, June 1918
Major General Andrew Hamilton Russell, seen here at divisional headquarters on 21 May 1918, commanded the New Zealand Division for the duration of the war
Infantry from the 2nd Brigade's Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Division, in the Switch Line near Flers, taken some time in September 1916, after the Battle of Flers-Courcelette
New Zealand troops manning the trenches in the Messines sector, May 1917
Samuel Forsyth, VC was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded at the time to British and Commonwealth forces.
Sergeant Samuel Forsyth, 1918
A portrait of Samuel Forsyth, executed by Richard Wallwork in 1920