New Zealand. Army. Otago Mounted Rifles
A New Zealand Mounted Regiment formed for service during the Great War. It was formed from units of the Territorial Force consisting of the 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) the 7th (Southland) Mounted Rifles and the 12th (Otago) Mounted Rifles. They saw service during the Battle of Gallipoli, with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and was later withdrawn to Egypt. They later left the brigade and served in served in France with the New Zealand Division becoming the only New Zealand Mounted troops to serve in France.
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Date:
1980 - 2009
Ref:
Eph-A-WAR-WI-Reunions-1980/2009
Description:
Includes:
1980: Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment re-union 1980. Dunedin 10th, 1th, 12th October 1980. Programme
2006: Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' A...
Date:
1964 - 1968
Ref:
Eph-A-WAR-WI-Reunions-1960s
Description:
Includes:
1964: New Zealand Main Body 1st NZEF. 50th Reunion. The Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 18 October 1964. Lest we forget. Order of service (...
Date:
29 Jan 1916-8 Feb 1917
By:
Williamson, George Pringle, 1893-1970
Ref:
MS-Papers-8888
Description:
Diary covers the period 29 Jan 1916 to 8 Feb 1917 while he was serving as Corpural in the Otago Mounted Rifles on the Western Front. The diary contains desc...
Date:
3 Jul 1918
From:
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Ref:
1/2-013386-G
Description:
Prime Minister William Massey shakes hands with the commanding officer of the Otago Mounted Rifles before inspecting them during World War I. View from behin...
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Date:
24 Sep 1994
From:
History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II
By:
Bisphan, Bernard Arnold, 1922-2007
Ref:
OHInt-0571/05
Description:
Bernard Arnold Bisphan born Glentunnel, Selwyn District, 1922. Recalls volunteering for Air Force at the age of 18 years and spending two months training at ...
Date:
21 Sep 1994
From:
History of the Army in New Zealand during World War II
By:
Familton, Arthur Lawrence, active 1941-1994
Ref:
OHInt-0571/12
Description:
Arthur Lawrence Familton born Oamaru. Recalls joining band in Oamaru in 1917 at the age of 12 years and serving band of Otago Mounted Rifles until World War ...
Date:
1915
From:
Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968: Images of the Gallipoli campaign
Ref:
1/4-058131-F
Description:
Probably soldiers of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, occupying a trench on Table Top, Gallipoli, during the night of August ...
Date:
3 Jul 1918
From:
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Ref:
1/2-013351-G
Description:
Prime Minister William Massey inspecting the Otago Mounted Rifles. Accompanied by an officer, Massey walks along a line of riders and mounts towards the cam...
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Date:
1914-1918
By:
Fraser family
Ref:
MS-Group-2081
Description:
Collection comprises correspondence, postcards and photographs of the brothers Vincent ('Vin') Livingstone Fraser and William ('Billy') Fraser, top their fat...
Date:
1885-1917
By:
Westmacott, Herbert Horatio Spencer, 1885-1960
Ref:
Micro-MS-0847
Description:
Detailed memoirs cover childhood and youth in South Canterbury, the family's move to the King Country ca 1913, military service in World War I, including Gal...
Date:
July 1918
From:
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives, World War 1914-1918
Ref:
1/2-013350-G
Description:
Soldiers of the Otago Mounted Rifles parading past William Fergusson Massey and others at Oessy, France, July 1918. Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sander...
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Date:
1914-1917
From:
Dominion Museum : Historical material
Ref:
MS-Papers-9863-03
Description:
Comprises letter from Col Bauchop to E C Walmesley, thanking him for his work in the stores department; also three photographs described as `two photographs ...