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Formed as part of 5 Infantry Brigade, Second Echelon, 2NZEF, 5 Fd Regt left NZ for England in 1940. After training there for about six months they were sent to Greece in time to be evacuated to Crete. After this disastrous introduction to the War in Greece and Crete, 5th Field Regiment served in the Desert Campaign and later in Italy, with honour and distinction.
Commanding Officers:
| LtCol KW Fraser | May 1940 - Nov 1941 |
| LtCol KWR Glasgow | Dec 1941 - May 1943 |
| LtCol LW Thornton | Jun 1943 - Dec 1943 |
| Apr 1944 - Jul 1944 |
| LtCol ET Kensington | Dec 1943 - Apr 1944 |
| LtCol CH Sawyers | Aug 1944 - Oct 1944 |
| Nov 1944 - May 1945 |
| LtCol SW Nicholson | Oct 1944 - Nov 1944 |
| LtCol GP Hanna | May 1945 - Aug 1945 |
| LtCol RH Dyson | Aug 1945 - Dec 1945 |
Original RSM: W Langevad
Strength (11 May 1944): 42 Officers, 644 ORs
Composition:
Attached units:
- 16 Light Aid Detachment (1 Officer, 13 ORs)
- F Section, 2 NZ Divisional Signals
Regimental progress from the 5th Field Regiment Association:
- Embarkation
- Life on board the Aquitania
- Sojourn in England, June - December 1940
- Voyage England to Egypt, 1940 - 41
- Greece
- Crete
- Reforming the Regiment
- 1941 Desert Campaign
- Baggush, Kabrit, el Adem, ElMaza, Syria
- Mersa Matruh, Alam Nayil
- Minqar Qaim
- Miteiriya Ridge, Thompsons Promontory, Breakthrough
- Bardia el Agheila, Nofilia
- Beni Ulid, Tarhuna, Azizia, Tripoli
- Medenine
- Tebaga Gap
- Gabes, Wadi Akarit
- Towards Takrouna
- Battle at Takrouna
- End of the North African Campaign
Personal accounts:
Ref: "Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War"
Newsletters of the 5th Field Regt Assoc.
"The Trail of the Black Diamond" by RD Munro
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