The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment from New Zealand, raised for service during the First World War. It was assigned to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and formed part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Regimental Headquarters marching through Cairo 1914
The Commanding Officer Lieutenant-Colonel John Findlay
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment aboard HMNZT Tahita just before leaving Lyttelton in New Zealand
Canterbury Mounted Rifles getting ready for the second assault on Hill 60 Gallipoli 27 August 1915
Battle of Chunuk Bair
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The Battle of Chunuk Bair was a World War I battle fought between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire over control of the peak in August 1915. The capture of Chunuk Bair,, the secondary peak of the Sari Bair range, was one of the two objectives of the Battle of Sari Bair.
Turkish POWs being escorted in Chunuk Bair
Assault on Chunuk Bair, 8 August
British positions on 9 August
12 May 1925 – Unveiling of Chunuk Bair Memorial