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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Cap & collar badges of New Zealand's Mounted Units circa 1911/1919 |
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supported 12 Mounted Units in 1911.They all served in WW1.NZs
proportion of mounted to infantry was different from Australia's.
Australia raised 15 Mounted Regiments and 60 Battalions of Infantry. The Kiwi's raised 12 Mounted Rifle Units and 17 Infantry units. Like the Australian Light Horse the New Zealand Mounted Rifles were Mounted Infantry not cavalry ( despite names like 'hussars' or 'yeomanry cavalry') and they were sometimes used as infantry.
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The
hat badge and collar dogs shown right are for the New Zealand Mounted
Rifles Reinforcements. Details
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For Queen Alexandra's Own Band badge
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1st Mounted Rifles, Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry badge & collar dogs |
Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles |
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Photo by Shaun Aumua |
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3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles (2 versions) |
4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles |
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5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) |
6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles |
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Top: large sand cast version made in Egypt |
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7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles |
8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles |
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| 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles | 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles |
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| 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles | 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles (void & solid) |
