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6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles

Field	Value
unit_name	6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles
image	Cap badge 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles.png
caption	Cap badge of the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles
dates	1911–1921
country	New Zealand
allegiance	New Zealand Crown
branch	New Zealand Army
role	Mounted
size	Regiment
command_structure	New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
battles	World War I
commander1	Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe
commander1_label	Honorary Colonel

Middle Eastern Theatre during the Great War

The 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles was formed on March 17, 1911. They were mobilised during World War I as a squadron of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment. They served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and first saw action during the Battle of Gallipoli. As a part of the larger New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (of the ANZAC Mounted Division), they went on to serve in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.

Great War battles

Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Romani
Battle of Magdhaba
Battle of Rafa.
First Battle of Gaza
Second Battle of Gaza
Third Battle of Gaza
Battle of Beersheba
Battle of Megiddo (1918)

Between the wars

Admiral of the Fleet John Jellicoe was appointed honorary colonel of the Regiment in 1923. The regiment was renamed the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Manawatu) in 1921 and later to the simple Manawatu Rifles, which was absorbed into 2nd Armoured Regiment on 29 March 1944.

Notable unit members

Major Norman Frederick Hastings, DSO, mid, Légion d'honneur, Officer Commanding the 6th (Manawatu) Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment who died of wounds after the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli in August 1915.

Alliances

– 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

References

"firstaif".
"diggerhistory".
(26 July 1923). "No. 60". [[New Zealand Gazette]].
(1995). "New Zealand Army distinguishing patches, 1911-1991, Part 1". Malcolm Thomas.

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