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5th Light Horse Brigade

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Active
  
1918

Allegiance
  
Australian Crown

Type
  
Mounted Infantry

Country
  
Australia  France

Branch
  
Australian Army

Size
  
Brigade

5th Light Horse 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.

Contents

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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