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Australian light horsemen on Walers in 1914, prior to their departure from Australia to serve in World War I. Australian Light Horse were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry, who served in the Second Boer War and World War I. During the inter-war years, a number of regiments were raised as part of Australia ...
The 9th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted rifles regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in October 1914, and assigned to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade . The regiment fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire , in Egypt, at Gallipoli , on the Sinai Peninsula, and in Palestine and Jordan.
The 10th Light Horse Regiment is a "mounted infantry" [4] regiment of the Australian Army Reserve, raised in Western Australia (WA).. While the name of the 10th Light Horse originated in the first months of World War I, the regiment traces its ceremonial lineage to mounted infantry units of the Colonial militia of Western Australia, raised during the late 19th century, such as the Western ...
The 11th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Queensland and South Australia, and came together in Brisbane in May 1915. [1] Light horse regiments normally comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops. [2]
This unit traced its lineage back to the 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles), which had been formed in 1903 as part of the amalgamation of Australia's colonial forces into the Australian Army after Federation. [9] In early 1936, the regiment was amalgamated with the 19th Light Horse to form the 4th/19th Light Horse. [9]
The 8th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted rifles regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in September 1914, and assigned to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade . The regiment fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire , in Egypt, at Gallipoli , on the Sinai Peninsula, and in Palestine and Jordan.
The regiment is an Australian Light Horse unit, and has been widely romanticised and popularised in literature and poetry throughout the 20th century. The unit sentimentally traces its lineage to 1860 and is the oldest Australian Regular Army unit through antecedent units the 2nd Moreton Light Horse (QMI) and the 14th West Moreton Light Horse ...
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.