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The 4th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) serving in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Victoria and Tasmania. After the outbreak of World War I, the brigade was raised as a volunteer formation within the AIF in March 1915 and shipped to Egypt and was broken up in August 1915 to provide dismounted reinforcements to other light horse formations already deployed to Gallipoli. Reformed in February 1917, the brigade was assigned to the Imperial Mounted Division, which formed part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and in June 1917 transferred to the Australian Mounted Division, where it served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end

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  • The 4th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) serving in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Victoria and Tasmania. After the outbreak of World War I, the brigade was raised as a volunteer formation within the AIF in March 1915 and shipped to Egypt and was broken up in August 1915 to provide dismounted reinforcements to other light horse formations already deployed to Gallipoli. Reformed in February 1917, the brigade was assigned to the Imperial Mounted Division, which formed part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and in June 1917 transferred to the Australian Mounted Division, where it served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. After the war, the AIF light horse regiments were demobilised and disbanded; however, the brigade briefly existed as a part-time militia formation in New South Wales until 1921 when its regiments were reorganised into cavalry brigades. (en)
  • La 4th Light Horse Brigade était une brigade d'infanterie montée de la Première Force Impériale australienne ayant servi sur le front du Moyen-Orient lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle fut créée en mars 1915 et envoyée en Égypte sans ses chevaux et fut démantelée en août 1915 au même endroit. Elle fut reformée en février 1917 et rattachée à l'Imperial Mounted Division qui devint en juin 1917 l' (en), dans laquelle elle servit à la campagne du Sinaï et de la Palestine jusqu'à a fin de la guerre. * Portail de l’histoire militaire * Portail de la Première Guerre mondiale * Portail de l’Australie (fr)
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  • 1921-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1902-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • * Second Battle of Gaza * Battle of Beersheba (1917) **Charge at Sheria * Battle of Mughar Ridge * Battle of Jerusalem (1917) * Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt * Battle of Megiddo (1918) **Battle of Sharon *** Battle of Samakh * Capture of Damascus (1918) (en)
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  • Australian Light Horse monument at Beersheba (en)
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  • Australian Mounted Division, 1917–19. (en)
  • Imperial Mounted Division, 1917 (en)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • 1902 (xsd:integer)
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  • Horse, Sword in 1918 (en)
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  • Cavalry Brigade (en)
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  • The 4th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) serving in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Victoria and Tasmania. After the outbreak of World War I, the brigade was raised as a volunteer formation within the AIF in March 1915 and shipped to Egypt and was broken up in August 1915 to provide dismounted reinforcements to other light horse formations already deployed to Gallipoli. Reformed in February 1917, the brigade was assigned to the Imperial Mounted Division, which formed part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and in June 1917 transferred to the Australian Mounted Division, where it served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end (en)
  • La 4th Light Horse Brigade était une brigade d'infanterie montée de la Première Force Impériale australienne ayant servi sur le front du Moyen-Orient lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle fut créée en mars 1915 et envoyée en Égypte sans ses chevaux et fut démantelée en août 1915 au même endroit. Elle fut reformée en février 1917 et rattachée à l'Imperial Mounted Division qui devint en juin 1917 l' (en), dans laquelle elle servit à la campagne du Sinaï et de la Palestine jusqu'à a fin de la guerre. (fr)
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  • 4th Light Horse Brigade (en)
  • 4th Light Horse Brigade (fr)
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