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The New Zealanders at Gallipoli

New Zealand Transports of the Main Body

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New Zealand Transports of the Main Body.

Tons Knots Port of Departure Units on Board Numbers Carried
N.Z.T. No. 3 Maunganui 7,527 16 Wellington Headquarters Staff. N.Z. E.F.
Headquarters N.Z. Infantry Brigade
Field Troop N.Z.E.
Wellington Infantry Battalion (West Coast Coy.)
N.Z. Mounted Field Ambulance
38 Officers
528 Men
204 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 4 Tahiti 7,585 17 Lyttelton Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regt.
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt. (1 Squadron)
Canterbury Infantry Battalion (1 Company)
30 Officers
611 Men
282 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 5 Ruapehu 7,885 13 Port Chalmers Otago Mounted Rifles Regt. (1 Squadron)
Otago Infantry Battalion (less 2 Companies and Machine Gun Section)
31 Officers
785 Men
244 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 6 Orari 6,800 12 Wellington Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt.
(East Coast Squadron and 2 Troops)
Surplus horses from other transports
16 Officers
269 Men
728 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 7 Limerick 6,827 13 Wellington N.Z. Field Artillery Brigade (in part)
Wellington Infantry Battalion (No. 7 and 8 Platoons)
21 Officers
495 Men
348 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 8 Star of India 6,800 11 Auckland Auckland Mounted Rifles Regt.
New Zealand Field Ambulance
30 Officers
652 Men
395 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 9 Hawkes Bay 7,207 13 Port Chalmers Otago Mounted Rifles Regt. (less 1 Squadron)
Otago Infantry Battalion (2 Companies and Machine Gun Section)
40 Officers
930 Men
569 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 10 Arawa 9,372 12 Wellington Wellington Infantry Battalion (less West Coast Coy. and 7 and 8 Platoons)
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regt. (less 2 troops)
Field Artillery Brigade (in part)
Signal Troop N.Z.E.
59 Officers
1,259 Men
215 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 11 Athenic 12,234 12 Lyttelton Headquarters Mounted Rifles Brigade
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regt. (2 Squadrons)
Canterbury Infantry Battalion (less 1 Company)
54 Officers
1,259 Men
339 Horses
N.Z.T. No. 12 Waimana 10,389 14 Auckland Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Auckland Infantry Battalion
N.Z. Signal Company
N.Z. Divisional Train
61 Officers
1,400 Men
496 Horses

In addition to the units mentioned each transport carried the usual details—Naval Transport Officer, Medical Officers, Chaplains, etc. N.Z.T. No. 1 (s.s. “Moeraki”) and N.Z.T. No. 2 (s.s. “Monowai”) took the Samoan Force in August. 1914.