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5th Light Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery

Field	Value
unit_name	5th Light Regiment,
Royal New Zealand Artillery
image	Cap badge Royal New Zealand Artillery.png
caption	Cap badge of the Royal New Zealand Artillery
dates	1952–1964
country	New Zealand
branch	Royal New Zealand Artillery
type	Territorial Force mortar regiment
command_structure	Commander Royal Artillery, New Zealand Division (c.1949–1960s)
role	Light Artillery
garrison	Invercargill
ceremonial_chief	HM The Queen
ceremonial_chief_label	Captain General
motto	Ubique (Everywhere) (Latin)
identification_symbol_label	Tac-Sign
march	Quick – The Right of the Line
Slow – The Duchess of Kent

Royal New Zealand Artillery Slow – The Duchess of Kent

The 5th Light Regiment Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery was a unit of the New Zealand Divisional Artillery (Div Arty). It was formed in 1952 to provide each of the division's brigades with a supporting mortar battery. The regiment contained members of both the Territorial and Regular Forces and had its headquarters in Wellington and batteries in Petone, Napier and Gore. It moved to Southland in 1956 and was headquartered in Invercargill. The Regiment was disbanded in 1964 as part of a reorganisation of the New Zealand Army's artillery units.

Affiliations

– Royal Artillery
– Royal Canadian Artillery
– Royal Australian Artillery

References

(2008). "The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery". Reed Publishing.
"5 Light Regiment RNZA".

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