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The New Zealand War Medal was a campaign medal authorised in 1869 to be awarded to Imperial and Colonial troops involved in the New Zealand Wars of 1845–47 and 1860–66. [1] The New Zealand Wars were previously known as the Māori Wars, Anglo-Māori Wars or Land Wars. Imperial forces included British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign . 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War , 6 in the Second Boer War , 4 in the Vietnam War and 2 in the Russian Civil War . [ 1 ]
The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It ...
Prior to 1946 the New Zealand armed forces received honours of the United Kingdom, including military decorations and campaign medals. Since the end of World War 2 there have been constant moves towards an independent New Zealand honours system. This has resulted in a new system of New Zealand honours, gallantry and bravery awards, and campaign ...
Australian campaign medals are listed in order of precedence as defined in references below. Those campaign medals which have been independently issued by Australia to its armed forces are in bold . Second Boer War
The Mesopotamia Flight supplied by Australia in 1915 included six New Zealand airmen: Hugh Reilly, William Burn (died 1915, the first New Zealand airman killed in the war) and Will Scotland; and air mechanics Francis Adams (died in 1916 as a POW), Stanley Brewster and Laurence Pitcher. [78]
Between the yellow and blue and between the blue and white there was a narrow stripe of red. Yellow represented the Australian wattle, white the NZ silver fern, blue the ocean and red for the Australian gum blossom and NZ rata. [2] In 1990, from the original design there were 1000 medals initially privately produced by Ross E. Smith, OAM of ...
Charles Heaphy, New Zealand's first Victoria Cross recipient. The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valour of the British and Commonwealth forces. The highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, it was first instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856 after the Crimean War. [1]