7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles

7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
	Dr Joseph (Joey) Rodgers, Lieutenant Jack Munro, Sergeant-Major William (Bill) Leitch and Sergeant James Cushnie of the 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles
Active	1911–1921
Country	New Zealand
Allegiance	New Zealand Crown
Branch	New Zealand Army
Role	Mounted
Size	Regiment
Part of	New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Engagements	World War I 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.;
Commanders
Honorary Colonel	Major General Sir Alexander Godley

Active1911–1921

Country

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World War I they formed part of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment and served in the Battle of Gallipoli and was then withdrawn to Egypt.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.

v t e New Zealand Great War Mounted Regiments
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment	3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles 11th (North Auckland) Mounted Rifles
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment	1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) 8th (South Canterbury) Mounted Rifles 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment	Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles
Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment	5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles
Corps troops	II ANZAC Corps Mounted Regiment

Between the Wars