3rd Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery

3rd Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
Active 1940–1990
Country New Zealand
Branch Territorial Force
Type Artillery
Role Field Artillery
Size One regiment
Part of Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
Garrison/HQ Dunedin / Burnham
Motto Ubique (Everywhere) (Latin)
March Quick – The Right of the Line
Slow – The Duchess of Kent
Commanders
Captain General HM The Queen

The 3rd Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery was a New Zealand Army artillery regiment. It was formed in 1940 and disbanded in 1990. It was formed in 1940 through the amalgamation of the field artillery batteries in Dunedin and Christchurch, and tasked with training reinforcements for the 2nd and 3rd NZ Divisions.

After the Second World War it became one of the earmarked artillery regiments for the putative 3rd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

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