page_title: Otago Infantry Regiment (NZEF)
section_title: France and Flanders
hierarchical_section_title: Otago Infantry Regiment (NZEF) / France and Flanders
caption_attribution_description: English: Framed photographic portait of Sergeant Richard Travis VC, WW1
context_page_description: The Otago Infantry Regiment was a military unit that served within the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in World War I during the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front. This Regiment and the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment were composed mostly of men from Otago and Southland. The Otago Infantry Regiment represented the continuation of the Dunedin and Invercargill Militia Battalions formed in 1860.
context_section_description: The Otago Infantry Regiment was involved in fighting on the Western Front from 1916–1918. Before moving to France the Regiment was reorganized and now comprised the 1st and 2nd battalions as part of the newly formed New Zealand Division. The 1st Battalion was part of the Division's 1st Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Battalion was part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, effectively splitting the Otago Infantry Regiment in two.
  Lieut.-Colonel A. Moore who had senior commands, of and within, the Regiment since Egypt in 1914 was reassigned on 25 August 1916. He was later killed in action.
  Two soldiers from the Otago Regiment were executed: Jack Braithwaite in 1916 and Victor Spencer in 1917, charged with mutiny and desertion respectively. They were pardoned 93 years later.
  During early 1918 the 3rd Battalion from Otago supplied reinforcements to the two active Otago Battalions on the front. Archibald Baxter an Otago conscientious objector was assigned to the 3rd Otago Battalion during early 1918.
  The Regiment last saw action on 5 November 1918. The armistice was met with apathy by most of the men of the Regiment.
caption: Sergeant Richard Travis VC. was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during the Hundred Days Offensive.[21]
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