Those Who Have the Courage

Foreword 9 Preface 10 Author's introduction 14 Part 1 * Colonial era 1 Colonial cavalry 18 2 The Waikato war 25 3 Enthusiastic amateurs 38 4 Volunteer defenders 52 5 The Second Anglo-Boer War I: New Zealand sends the cavalry 64 6 The Second Anglo-Boer War II: mounted rifles 74 7 A professional revolution 87 Part 2 * Mounted rifles 8 Standing up for Empire 97 9 Fighting on foot: Gallipoli 106 10 Into the Bible Lands: the Sinai 122 11 The mounted rifles in Palestine 135 12 Tanks and the Western Front 150 13 New traditions and the decision to mechanise 162 Part 3 * Armoured Corps 14 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 176 15 Divisional Cavalry: two tests of fire 186 16 The New Zealand Armoured Corps and the Pacific war 200 17 The North African war and the formation of 4 Armoured Brigade 215 18 First battles in Italy: Orsogna and Cassino 229 19 Italy: from Cassino to the stop-banks 243 20 Reconstruction and the race to Trieste 256 21 J-Force and the Divisional Cavalry 272 Part 4 * Armoured evolution 22 An Armoured Corps and a royal title 278 23 Return to divisional armour 285 24 The Korean War 301 25 Mid-century armour 311 26 Changing focus 319 27 Vietnam 334 28 An Armoured Cavalry force 353 29 The Scorpion purchase and M113A1 upgrade 368 Part 5 * Challenging decades 30 Armour wars: the politics of a new vehicle 382 31 East Timor and Afghanistan 397 32 Restructuring and an armoured tradition 412 Appendices 1 Rolls of Honour 425 2 Remembrance Rolls 476 3 Service-related honours 478 4 Selected key personnel 505 5 Summary regimental and unit histories 527 6 Key vehicles in New Zealand armoured service 549 7 Selected organisational charts 561 8 Awards and trophies 570 9 Regimental colours and guidons 573 Notes 576 Bibliography 609 Index