11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles

November 2020 December 2012 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles Cap badge 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles.png Cap badge of the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles 1911–1921 New Zealand New Zealand Crown New Zealand Army Mounted Regiment New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade World War I 300px|thumb|right|Middle Eastern Theatre during the Great War The 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles was formed on 17 March 1911. They were mobilised during World War I as a squadron of the Auckland 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.firstaif http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm 1 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724080529/http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm 24 July 2008 deaddiggerhistory http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm 1 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043043/http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm 27 April 2010 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 They became the 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (North Auckland) in 1921 and later was renamed the North Auckland Mounted Rifles, which was absorbed into the 1st Armoured Regiment, on 29 March 1944. Alliances – Royal Scots GreysThomas Malcolm Lord Cliff 1995 New Zealand Army distinguishing patches, 1911-1991, Part 1 0473032902 169 Malcolm Thomas References Category:Military units and formations established in 1911 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1921 Category:Cavalry regiments of New Zealand Category:Military units and formations of New Zealand in World War I Category:New Zealand in World War I Category:History of the Northland Region Category:1911 establishments in New Zealand Category:1921 disestablishments in New Zealand