Infantry Day celebrated
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Infantry soldiers of Waiouru Camp took the afternoon off to celebrate Infantry Day last Thursday. On the same day, 8 August 1915 at Gallipoli, the Wellington Infantry Battalion seized a vital piece of ground from the Turks, known as Chunuk Bair.
Today in the New Zealand Army there are two regular force and six territorial force battalions which have their own special dates to celebrate as Infantry Day, peculiar to their battalion. For infantry soldiers not in one of those battalions, the Chunuk Bair battle date
is used. For the Infantry soldiers in Waiouru, the day was celebrated with an early morning memorial service to remember all fallen Infantry soldiers. This was followed by an afternoon of Top-Town' type games, then a social gathering in the
evening. The Infantry is the biggest corps in the army today and nearly all of the wars that New Zealand has participated in have been predominantly an Infantry contribution, so Infantry day is keenly celebrated.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, 13 August 1991, Page 13
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167Infantry Day celebrated Ruapehu Bulletin, 13 August 1991, Page 13
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