New Zealanders in the First World War – Middle East

Massey, W.T. The desert campaigns
Part I: The canal campaign (Egypt, Suez Canal, Maghdaba, Rafa); Part II: In the Libyan desert (Senussi, Sollum, Siwa).

Nicol, C. G. The Story of Two Campaigns: Official War History of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, 1914-1919.
Reveals "the deeds of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Gallipoli and Sinai-Palestine Campaigns".

Powles, C.G. The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine
Battle by battle account. Commanding officers, pp. 278-281; chronology, pp. 282-3. Regiments which formed the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade included Auckland Mounted Rifles, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Wellington Mounted Rifles, 1st and 2nd Machine Gun Squads, New Zealand Engineers, Camel Company, New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance, No. 2 Mobile Veterinary Section, ANZAC Mounted Divisional Train.

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New Zealand and the First World War: Middle East.
Information, maps and photos from New Zealand History Online. Examines the Sinai and Palestine campaigns and explores the history of the Ottoman Emipre.
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