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New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
Cap Badge of the New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
Active1916-1919
CountryNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps New Zealand
AllegianceNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps British Empire
RoleMachine Gunners
Size5 Companies
2 Squadrons
Part ofNew Zealand Expeditionary Force
EngagementsFirst World War
  • Western Front
  • Sinai and Palestine campaign

The New Zealand Machine Gun Corps was an administrative corps of the New Zealand Military Forces during the First World War. It was formed in early 1916, following the Gallipoli campaign in response to a need for more effective machine gun support. The corps initially comprised independent machine gun companies and a mounted machine gun squadron, although in 1918 the machine gun companies were brought together into a machine gun battalion. The New Zealand Machine Gun Corps was disbanded at the end of the war.

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