3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles

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|dates= 1911–1921

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File:Band of the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles at the Cambridge Camp, 1913 (21421797779).jpg

The 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles was formed on March 17, 1911. They were mobilised during the First World War as a squadron of the Auckland Mounted Rifles 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.{{cite web|title=firstaif |url=http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724080529/http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm |archivedate=2008-07-24 }}{{cite web|title=diggerhistory |url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043043/http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm |archivedate=2010-04-27 }}