5th Light Horse Brigade

Active 1918 Allegiance Australian Crown Type Mounted Infantry		Country Australia France Branch Australian Army Size Brigade

The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force, formed in Palestine in July 1918 they served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, as part of the Australian Mounted Division.

Commander
Formation
Battles
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Commander

Brigadier General G. M. MacArthur Onslow

Formation

14th Light Horse Regiment

15th Light Horse Regiment

16th Regiment Mixte de Marche de Palestine et Syrie (also known as the 1er Régiment Mixte de Cavalerie du Lavant), composed of two squadrons of French Chasseurs d'Afrique and one squadron of Spahis,

2nd New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron

5th Signal Troop

B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company attached

Battles

Battle of Megiddo (1918)

Battle of Sharon

Battle of Tulkarm

References

5th Light Horse Brigade Wikipedia

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Contents

Commander

Formation

Battles

References