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7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles

Field	Value
unit_name	7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
image	7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles.jpg
caption	Dr Joseph (Joey) Rodgers, Lieutenant Jack Munro, Sergeant-Major William (Bill) Leitch and Sergeant James Cushnie of the 7th (Southland) 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	Major General Sir Alexander Godley
commander1_label	Honorary Colonel

Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Flers - Courcelette
Battle of Morval
Battle of Le Transloy
Battle of Messines (1917)
Battle of Polygon Wood
Battle of Broodseinde
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Arras
Battle of the Ancre
Battle of Albert
Battle of Bapaume
Battle of Havrincourt
Battle of the Canal du Nord
Battle of Cambrai
Pursuit to the Selle
Battle of the Selle
Battle of the Sambre including the Capture of Le Quesnoy. The 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles was raised on 17 March 1911. During World War I they formed part of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment and served in the Battle of Gallipoli and was then withdrawn to Egypt. They would later serve in France, with the New Zealand Division.

Great War Battles

Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Flers - Courcelette. 15 – 22 Sep 1916.
Battle of Morval. 25 – 28 Sep 1916.
Battle of Le Transloy. 1 – 18 Oct 1916.
Battle of Messines. 7 – 14 Jun 1917.
Battle of Polygon Wood. 26 Sep – 3 Oct 1917.
Battle of Broodseinde. 4 Oct 1917.
Battle of Passchendaele. 12 Oct 1917.
Battle of Arras. 28 Mar 1918.
Battle of the Ancre. 5 Apr 1918.
Battle of Albert. 21 – 23 Aug 1918.
Battle of Bapaume. 31 Aug – 3 Sep 1918.
Battle of Havrincourt. 12 Sep 1918.
Battle of the Canal du Nord. 27 Sep – 1 Oct 1918.
Battle of Cambrai. 8 – 9 Oct 1918.
Pursuit to the Selle. 9 – 12 Oct 1918.
Battle of the Selle. 17 – 25 Oct 1918.
Battle of the Sambre. 4 Nov 1918, including the Capture of Le Quesnoy.

Major General Sir Alexander Godley was appointed honorary colonel of the Regiment in 1914.

Between the Wars

They amalgamated with the 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) and the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles to become the 5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles in 1921.

References

(16 July 1914). "No. 67". [[New Zealand Gazette]].
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