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
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
First Battle of Gaza
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The First Battle of Gaza was fought on 26 March 1917 during the first attempt by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, which was a British Empire military formation, formed on 10 March 1916 under the comm
ANZAC Mounted Division
…Jifjafa, Romani, Bir el Ard, Magdhaba Rafa, 1st Gaza, 2nd Gaza, Beersheba, Tel el Khuweilfe, Mughar Ridge, Ayun Kara Jericho, Amman, Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt, Third Transjordan attack…
Ottoman officers who successfully defended Gaza during the first battle
The Eastern Desert (also known as the Negev)
Australian prisoners captured at Shellal
Kress Von Kressenstein and Colonel Gott at Huj in 1916