1st Light Horse Brigade
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The 1st Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force, which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time
A trooper of the 1st Light Horse Regiment
Survivors from the failed attack at Pope's Hill, 7 August 1915
3rd Light Horse Regiment in front of Bethlehem
The 1st Light Horse Brigade resting on the road between Jerusalem and Latron after fighting at Abu Tellul on 14–16 July
The 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers was an Australian Army light cavalry regiment. Its complicated lineage includes the New South Wales Lancers which was first formed as a colonial unit in 1885 as t
1st Light Horse Brigade
…part of the 1st Contingent that was hastily put together in the middle of August 1914, and consisted of 1,560 men organised into three regiments – the 1st, 2nd and 3rd – each of approximately 520 men, under the overall command of Brigadier General Harry Chauvel. The brigade's personnel were drawn from the…
New South Wales Lancers
1st Light Horse Regiment in the Sinai Desert
An Australian Matilda Frog flamethrower tank in Borneo, 1945.