Waikato Mounted Rifles - Time Line

Time Line

  • 1911 - Waikato Mounted Rifles is descended from the 2nd and 4th Regiments Auckland Mounted Rifles, raised and trained by Lt.-Colonel Joseph Henry Banks, which were amalgamated in 1911 to form 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles.
  • WWI - Provided 4th (Waikato) Squadron of Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and provided reinforcements.
  • 1921 - renamed The Waikato Mounted Rifles.
  • 1942 - renamed 4th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Waikato Mounted Rifles).
  • 1944 - amalgamated with 3rd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Auckland Mounted Rifles), and 11th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (North Auckland Mounted Rifles), to form 1st Armoured Regiment.
  • 1950 - 1st Armoured Regiment (Waikato), RNZAC absorbed The Waikato Regiment.
  • 1953 - became part of 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade
  • 1962 - amalgamated with The Wellington East Coast Regiment (City of Hastings' Own), to form Waikato/Wellington East Coast Sqn, Queen Alexandra's Regiment.
  • 1999 - transferred to 6th Battalion (Hauraki), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • 2002 - renamed Waikato Mounted Rifles.

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