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  • Abbott, Percy Phipps (2)
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  • First World War, 1914-1918 (14)

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  • Rafa (5)
  • Damascus (4)
  • Semakh (1)

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  1. 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 2nd Light Horse Regiment was raised at Enoggera in Queensland on 18 August 1914. Its recruits came mainly from Queensland but some hailed from the northern rivers district of New South Wales. The ...

    U51036

  2. 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 3rd Light Horse Regiment was raised in Adelaide on 17 August 1914. Although most of its recruits were enlisted in South Australia, one of the regiment's three squadrons was composed of Tasmanians ...

    U51037

  3. 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 1st Light Horse Regiment was raised, from recruits from New South Wales, at Rosebury Park in Sydney in August 1914. It was one of three regiments of the 1st Light Horse Brigade - the first mounted...

    U51035

  4. 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 4th Light Horse Regiment was formed as the divisional cavalry regiment for the 1st Australian Division on 11 August 1914. Belying traditional stereotypes, over 20 per cent of the original regiment...

    U51038

  5. 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The regiment that would eventually become the 8th Light Horse Regiment was formed at Broadmeadows camp in Victoria on 23 September 1914 as the 6th Light Horse Regiment. A reorganisation of the rapidly...

    U51042

  6. 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The 9th Light Horse Regiment was formed in Adelaide and trained in Melbourne between October 1914 and February 1915. Approximately three-quarters of the regiment hailed from South Australia and the ot...

    U51043

  7. 15th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The 15th Light Horse Regiment was formed in Palestine in June 1918 from members of the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps (ICC). The ICC had been disbanded because camel-mounted troops, ...

    U51049

  8. 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 6th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Sydney in September 1914 from men who had enlisted in New South Wales, and became part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney on 21 December 191...

    U51040

  9. 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The 5th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Brisbane in September 1914, entirely from men who had enlisted in Queensland, and became part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney on 21 Decem...

    U51039

  10. 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 12th Light Horse Regiment was raised, as part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, at Liverpool, New South Wales, on 1 March 1915. It sailed from Australia in two contingents in June 1915. The first co...

    U51046

  11. 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 7th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Sydney in October 1914 from men who had enlisted in New South Wales, and became part of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Sailing from Sydney in late December 191...

    U51041

  12. 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment AIF was the only AIF light horse regiment recruited in Western Australia during the First World War. The regiment was raised in October 1914 when it became ...

    U51044

  13. 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The formation of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, and the 11th Light Horse Regiment as part of it, was announced on 11 February 1915. Two squadrons of the 11th Light Horse were subsequently formed in Quee...

    U51045

  14. 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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    The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed in Palestine in June 1918 from members of the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps (ICC). The ICC had been disbanded because camel-mounted troops, ...

    U51048

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