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1st Infantry Brigade
Active	1916 – 1919
Country	New Zealand
Branch	New Zealand Army
Engagements	First World War Battle of the Somme Battle of Messines Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Albert Second Battle of Bapaume Battle of Havrincourt Battle of the Canal du Nord Battle of Cambrai Battle of the Selle Battle of the Sambre
Commanders
Notable commanders	Francis Earl Johnston Charles Henry Brown

The 1st Infantry Brigade was a formation of the New Zealand Army raised in Egypt in 1916 for service on the Western Front in the First World War. It served in many of the major engagements on the Western Front, including the Battles of the Somme and Passchendaele. The brigade was disbanded after the war.

References

• Gray, John H. (2010). From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The New Zealand Division on the Western Front 1916 – 1918. Christchurch, New Zealand: Wilson Scott Publishing. ISBN 9781877427305.
• McGibbon (Editor), Ian (2000). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195583760. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)