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Category: Light Horse/Brigades

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2nd Light Horse Brigade  

[Anzac Mounted Division]

  • Formed Australia September 1914. 

     

    • Attached to New Zealand and Australian Division December 1914 to April 1915. 

     

    • Assigned to Anzac Mounted Division March 1916.

 

Sub Units

Brigadier General Ryrie leading the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade across the desert at Esdud on the Philistine Plain.

Subunits:

Commanders:

Campaigns:

  • Egypt: 
    • Defence of Egypt, 
  • Gallipoli: 
    • Defence of Anzac, 
    • Withdrawal from Anzac, 
  • Sinai: 
    • Romani, 
    • Sinai, 
    • Magdhaba, 
    • Rafah, 
  • Palestine:  
    • First Battle of Gaza, 
    • Second Battle of Gaza, 
    • Third Battle of Gaza, 
    • Beersheba, 
    • Jerusalem, 
    • Jericho, 
    • Es Salt, 
    • Megiddo, 
    • Amman

 

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