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Welcome to the Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force . If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the
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The scope of this task force is to oversee the development and expansion of articles related to the military affairs of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, including those islands that fall outside the scope of the
Southeast Asian military history task force . Military activities in and by Papua New Guinea fall under this task force. While titled "military history ", the task force encompasses present-day military topics for all areas within its scope. The task force's area of interest overlaps with a number of other Wikiprojects, and as such issues, conflicts, requests for assistance, or announcements related to:
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Abraham, B.S. (
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contribs ) (Mainly work on biographies, also have a deep interest in decorations and their recipients)
Adamdaley (
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Aeonx (
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Ando the Commando (
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Anotherclown (
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AusTerrapin (
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AustralianRupert (
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Deathlibrarian (
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Dfadden (
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Gnangarra (
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Grant65 (
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Hawkeye7 (
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Hugo999 (
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Ian Rose (
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Kralizec! (
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Minorhistorian (
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Newm30 (
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Nford24 (
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NZDF1985 (
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Oliver Nouther (
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RoslynSKP (
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Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Saberwyn (
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Stanley Bannerman (
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Sticks66 (
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xfyre99 (
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Zawed (
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2nd Division (New Zealand) •
Court martial of Breaker Morant •
History of the Royal Australian Navy •
Military history of New Zealand •
Military history of New Zealand in World War I •
Military history of New Zealand during World War II •
New Zealand Army •
New Zealand in the Vietnam War •
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment •
Slouch hat •
Uniforms of the New Zealand Army
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Citizen Air Force (Australia) •
Auckland Regiment •
Canterbury Regiment (currently a redirect) •
7th Brigade (New Zealand) •
11th Brigade (New Zealand) •
12th Brigade (New Zealand) •
South Australian Imperial Bushmen •
Tasmanian Citizen Bushmen •
Tasmanian Mounted Infantry •
Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen (currently redirect) •
1st Military Police Battalion (Australia) •
Victorian Citizen Bushmen •
Victorian Imperial Bushmen •
Western Australian Mounted Infantry (currently redirect) •
Western Australian Citizen Bushmen •
2nd/4th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment •
3rd/6th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment •
No. 83 (Army Cooperation) Wing •
No. 52 Squadron RNZAF •
No. 51 Squadron RNZAF •
No. 43 Squadron RNZAF •
No. 12 Squadron RNZAF •
No. 11 Squadron RNZAF •
No. 10 Squadron RNZAF •
CAC/North American Avon Sabre in Australian service •
GAF/Dassault Mirage III in Australian service •
Harry Charles Bundock •
Grant Cavenagh •
Frederick Hay Christison •
John August Clareborough •
Jack Kerr Coffey •
John Craven •
Ralph Daly •
Charles Stewart Davies •
Harold Charles de Low •
William Huggett Douglas •
Herbert Frederick Henry Durant •
Leslie Glanville Howard Dyke •
Henry Herrick Edwards •
Cyril Maurice Lloyd Elliott •
Frederick Percy Herbert Fewtrell •
Alexander Moore Forbes •
Stephen Gilbert Friend •
Vivian Harrold Gatliff •
Arthur Harry Langman Godfrey •
Leonard George Goss •
Peter Haddad •
William Allan Hailes •
Neville Gordon Hatton •
Health Services Wing RAAF •
William Alexander Henderson •
John Hill •
Frederick Brock Hinton •
Oswald Vick Hoad •
Austin Claude Selwyn Holland •
Maurice Barber Bevan Keating •
Douglas Oswald Luke Kitto •
Errol Knox •
Ian Lillie •
Thomas Steane Louch •
John Walter Main •
Gordon Edward Manchester •
James Eric Gifford Martin •
Athelsan Markham Martyn •
John Maxwell •
Patrick Sanfield McGrath •
Eric George Henderson McKenzie •
Kenneth Alan McKenzie •
Douglas Murray McWhae •
Arthur James Mills •
Raymond Frederic Monaghan •
Gerald Vincent Moriarty •
New Zealand Infantry Brigade (currently a redirect) •
Edward Michael Neylan •
Francis Roger North •
Harry Scott Nurse •
David O'Brien •
Douglas Paine •
William Edward Hill Pascoe •
Michael Phelps •
Claude Esdaile Prior •
Ralph Carlyle Geoffrey Prisk •
Beauchamp Worters Pulver •
John Herbert Rasmussen •
John David Rogers •
Henry Gordon Rourke •
Harry Blamyre Sewell •
Colin McOlvin Sharp •
Edward Lonergan Sheehan •
James Thomas Simpson •
Fritz Peter Max Solling •
William Howard St. Clair •
Robert Mackay Stodart •
Roy Buchanan Sutherland •
Harold Bourue Taylor •
Percy Chamberlin Thompson •
Roy Meldrum Thompson •
Walter James Urquhart •
Donald Norwood Veron •
Roy William Whiston Walsh •
Augustine William Wardell •
Thomas Edgar Weavers •
David Welch •
Frank Elwyn Wells •
Allan Respen Wendt •
Ernst Morgan Williams •
Kenneth Williams •
Kenneth Agnew Wills •
Roy Gordon •
New Zealand Rarotongan Company •
Joint Task Force 633
Expansion needed
2nd Infantry Brigade (New Zealand) •
Australian Mounted Division •
Australian Army Veterinary Corps •
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps •
Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency •
32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers •
1st Aviation Regiment (Australia) •
1st Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia) •
II Anzac Corps •
Australian military involvement in peacekeeping •
Emile Dechaineux •
Harold Farncomb •
History of the Australian Army •
History of the Royal Australian Air Force •
John Baker •
John Royston •
John Ryan (Australian soldier) •
Lark Force •
New Guinea campaign •
Robert William Rankin •
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers •
HMNZS Resolution (A-14) •
Military history of New Zealand in Malaysia •
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade •
New Zealand Rifle Brigade •
Survey Motor Boat •
List of Australian generals and brigadiers •
Air Lift Group •
Surveillance and Response Group •
Combat Support Group RAAF •
Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF •
41 Wing •
No. 26 Squadron RAAF •
No. 29 Squadron RAAF •
Air Movements Training and Development Unit RAAF •
Surveillance and Control Training Unit RAAF • No. 386 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF •
No. 322 Combat Support Squadron RAAF •
No. 323 Combat Support Squadron RAAF •
No. 324 Combat Support Squadron RAAF •
No. 1 Combat Logistics Squadron RAAF •
No. 1 Air Terminal Squadron RAAF •
No. 3 Airfield Defence Squadron RAAF •
New South Wales Mounted Rifles •
Combat Reserve Wing RAAF •
New Zealand Women's Land Army •
6th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery •
12th Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery •
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1st Division (New Zealand) •
4th Division (New Zealand) •
5th Division (New Zealand) •
7th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery •
27th Machine Gun Battalion (New Zealand) •
29th Battalion (New Zealand) •
30th Battalion (New Zealand) •
32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers •
36th Battalion (New Zealand) •
New Zealand Women's Land Army •
Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency •
Harold Pope (soldier)
Merging needed
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List of Australian Army artillery units in World War I •
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit •
Australian occupation of German New Guinea •
Bombing of Rabaul (November 1943) •
FCU UNTAC •
Geoffrey Fisken •
Henry Arthur Goddard •
Military history of Oceania •
New Zealand Army •
Imperial Service Club
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George Shelley (soldier and adventurer) (
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Gadfium (
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