 This division was to be known as the New Zealand and Australian Division, with Godley as its commander.While the New Zealand and Australian Division was forming and training in Egypt, elements were committed to the defence of the Suez Canal.On 26 January 1915, the four infantry battalions of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade – the Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington and Otago Battalions – and a supporting field ambulance were deployed in anticipation of an attack on the canal by Ottoman forces.