The 5th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in August 1914, and assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. The
5th Light Horse Regiment hat badge
A group of officers of the 5th Light Horse Regiment en route to the Middle East
5th Light Horse crossing the pontoon bridge at the Ghoraniye Bridgehead
Turkish guns captured by the regiment October 1916
ANZAC Mounted Division
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The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was a mounted infantry division of the British Empire during World War I. The division was raised in March 1916 and was assigned to the I ANZAC Corps. O
5th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
…Allied evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula. After arriving back in Egypt, the regiment still with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, was assigned to the ANZAC Mounted Division. Their first action was to defend the Suez Canal from an Ottoman incursion through the Sinai desert. The regiment's role was mainly patrolling the…
Men of the division watering their horses at the foot of Mount Zion, January 1918.
ANZAC Mounted Division tac sign
Lighthorseman, horse, and their equipment
The second GOC Major-General Edward Chaytor