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| Cap
& collar badges of New
Zealand's Mounted Units circa 1911/1919 |
| New Zealand raised and
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
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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)
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6th
(Manawatu) Mounted Rifles |
 
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Top: large sand cast
version made in Egypt
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7th
(Southland) Mounted Rifles
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8th
(South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles |
 
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| 9th
(Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles |
10th
(Nelson) Mounted Rifles |
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This image a
"blown up" collar dog
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| 11th
(North Auckland) Mounted Rifles |
12th
(Otago) Mounted Rifles (void & solid) |
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| The Fourth
Battalion, Imperial Camel Brigade, better known as the Imperial Camel
Corps, was formed in December 1916. The 15th & 16th Companies of
the 4th Battalion, which was raised from two companies of the New
Zealand Mounted rifles were raised on the 24th July & 17th October
1916 and had a total strength of 12 officers and 338 other ranks. The
battalion operated in Egypt, the Sinai Desert & the Jordan valley
during 1917 & 1918. |
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