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The Australian Soldier Park, in Beersheba, Israel is dedicated to the memory of the Australian Light Horse regiments, [1] that captured the town from the Ottoman Empire during World War I. The park was established in 2008 on a large area, and is maintained by a team of its own employees. On its eastern corner there is a memorial statue of a ...
The Memorial to the Australian Light Horse at Tamworth was unveiled by Major General Digger James on 29 October 2005. [30] The Australian Light Horse is commemorated by the Light Horse Interchange and sculptural installations along the M4 motorway where it is crossed by the M7 at Eastern Creek in Western Sydney. [31]
Mounted Memorial in 2005 The Mounted Memorial, Canberra is on Anzac Parade , the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue in Canberra , the national capital city of Australia . [ 1 ] It is a copy of a memorial that was originally constructed in Port Said in 1932 but removed in 1956; a second copy was erected at Mount Clarence, Western Australia .
In April 2008, Australia's governor-general, Major General (ret) Michael Jeffery, and Israeli president, Shimon Peres, unveiled a monument to the light horse in Beersheba, Israel. [239] It was made by Australian sculptor Peter Corlett with funding support from businessman Richard Pratt. [240]
9th Light Horse trench Gallipoli. In February 1915, the 9th Light Horse Regiment left Melbourne for Egypt, arriving on the 1 February 1915. [1] When the Australian infantry units were dispatched to Gallipoli, it was thought the terrain was unsuitable for mounted troops, and the light horse regiments remained in Egypt.
The 12th Light Horse Regiment was established on 1 March 1915 [Note 1] at Liverpool, New South Wales, and two days later began forming at Holsworthy as part of the all-volunteer Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which was raised for service overseas during the First World War.
On 11 August 1914, the 4th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Melbourne, as the divisional cavalry regiment of the 1st Division. [1] Light horse regiments normally comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops. [2] Each troop was divided into eight sections, of four men each.
The 13th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Victoria in March 1915. Being the thirteenth regiment raised within the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) they were soon given the nickname the "Devil's Own" regiment, [1] and comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops. [2]