6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles

The 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles was formed on March 17, 1911. They were mobilised during World War I as a squadron of the Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment. They served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and first saw action during the Battle of Gallipoli. As a part of the larger New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (of the ANZAC Mounted Division) they went on to serve in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.

Great War Battles

 * Battle of Gallipoli
 * Battle of Romani
 * Battle of Magdhaba
 * Battle of Rafa.
 * First Battle of Gaza
 * Second Battle of Gaza
 * Third Battle of Gaza
 * Battle of Beersheba
 * Battle of Megiddo (1918)

Between the Wars
It was remamed the 6th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Manawatu) in 1921 and later to the simple, Manawatu Rifles ,which It was absorbed into 2nd Armoured Regiment on 29 March 1944.

Notable Unit Members

 * Major Norman Frederick Hastings, DSO, mid, Légion d'honneur, Officer Commanding the 6th (Manawatu) Squadron, Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment who died of wounds after the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli in August 1915.