3rd Light Horse Brigade

3rd Light Horse Brigade

Infobox Military Unit
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dates= 1914 - 1918
country=Australia
allegiance=Australian Crown
branch=Australian Army
type= Mounted Infantry
role=
size= Brigade
command_structure= Anzac Mounted Division
New Zealand and Australian Division
Anzac Mounted Division
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battles=Dardanelles Campaign
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
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battle_honours=The 3rd 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 where they were noted for their charge during the battle of the Nek. [cite web|title=lighthorse.org|url=http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/nek.htm]

After being withdrawn to Egypt in February 1916 they were involved in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. They were attached to a number of different formations being part of the New Zealand and Australian Division in December 1914, the Anzac Mounted Division in March 1916 and the Australian Mounted Division in june 1917 who they remained with until the end of the war. [cite web|title=diggerhistory|url=http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-a-l-horse/3rd_lh_bde.htm] [cite web|title=unsw.adfa.edu.au|url=http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Light_Horse.html]

Commanders

*Brigadier General F. G. Hughes 17 October 1914 to 8 October 1915
*Brigadier General J. M. Antill 8 October 1915 to August 1916
*Brigadier General J. R. Royston August 1916 to 30 October 1917
*Brigadier General L.C. Wilson 30 October 1917 to past November 1918 [cite web|title=unsw.adfa.edu.au|url=http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Light_Horse.html]

Formation

*8th Light Horse Regiment
*9th Light Horse Regiment
*10th Light Horse Regiment
*3rd Machine Gun Squadron
*3rd Signal Troop [cite web|title=unsw.adfa.edu.au|url=http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Light_Horse.html]

Battles

*Battle of Gallipoli
*Battle of the Nek
*Battle of Sinai
*Battle of Romani
*Battle of Magdhaba
*Battle of Rafa
*First Battle of Gaza
*Second Battle of Gaza
*Third Battle of Gaza
*Battle of Beersheba
*Battle of Es Salt
*Battle of Megiddo (1918)

References

ee Also

*1st Light Horse Brigade
*2nd Light Horse Brigade
*4th Light Horse Brigade
*5th Light Horse Brigade


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