1st Light Horse Brigade

1st Light Horse Brigade
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1st Light Horse Brigade
Active	1914 - 1918
Country	Australia
Allegiance	Australian Crown
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Mounted Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	Anzac Mounted Division
Equipment	Horse
Engagements	Dardanelles Campaign Sinai and Palestine Campaign

Middle Eastern Theatre during World War I

The 1st Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force they served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade first saw action during the Dardanelles Campaign in the Battle of Gallipoli. After being withdrawn to Egypt in February 1916 they formed part of the Anzac Mounted Division together with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and were involved in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. ¹²

Brigadier General Henry George Chauvel 15 August 1914 to 6 November 1915

Brigadier General Charles Frederick Cox 6 November 1915 to past November 1918 ³

The Australian Light Horse during World War I

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