- 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars)
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dates= 1911 - 1921
country=New Zealand
allegiance= New Zealand Crown
branch=New Zealand Army
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role= Mounted
size= Regiment
command_structure=New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
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battles=Great War
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battle_honours=The 5th Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) was formed on March 17 1911. It formed part of the
Otago Mounted Rifle Regiment so they saw service during theBattle of Gallipoli ,Egypt . They later served inFrance with theNew Zealand Division and were the only New Zealand Mounted troops to serve inFrance .Great War Battles
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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.
*Persuit 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] .Between the Wars
They amalgamated with
7th Southland Mounted Rifles and the12th Otago Mounted Rifles to become the5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles . They were redesignated the5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Otago Hussars) 0n 4 August 1923 and in 1927 they became theOtago Mounted Rifles . 29 March 1944 saw them absorbed into the3rd Armoured Regiment . [cite web|title=firstaif|url=http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm] [cite web|title=diggerhistory|url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm]References
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