Australian Light Horse units

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cavalry-type unit military formation mounted infantry

Australian Light Horse units were mounted infantry formations of the Australian Army renowned for their mobility and famous World War I actions, such as the charge at Beersheba.

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Label Occurrences
Australian Light Horse 2
Australian Light Horse (in armoured role) 1
Australian Light Horse units canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry-type unit ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
mounted infantry ⓘ
associatedWith ANZAC tradition ⓘ
Australian national identity ⓘ
branch Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
Citizen Military Forces ⓘ
commandLanguage English ⓘ
commemoratedBy Australian war memorials ⓘ
Beersheba Day ceremonies ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
disbanded mid 20th century ⓘ
doctrine fight dismounted ⓘ
rapid movement to battlefield ⓘ
equipmentUsed bayonet ⓘ
horse ⓘ
light machine gun ⓘ
rifle ⓘ
garrisonLocation Australian states ⓘ
hasRole mobile reserve ⓘ
mounted infantry ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
influenced Australian cavalry traditions ⓘ
influencedBy British Army doctrine ⓘ
surface form: British mounted infantry doctrine
legacy Australian armoured units ⓘ
notableFor charge at Beersheba ⓘ
high mobility in desert warfare ⓘ
use of bayonet charges while mounted ⓘ
organizedAs brigade ⓘ
regiment ⓘ
squadron ⓘ
partOf Australian Army ⓘ
subclassOf light cavalry ⓘ
mounted troops ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
trainingFocus fieldcraft ⓘ
horsemanship ⓘ
marksmanship ⓘ
uniformFeature emu plume ⓘ
slouch hat ⓘ
usedInConflict Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ
surface form: Gallipoli campaign

Second Boer War ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)

World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Australian Armoured Corps → formedFrom → Australian Light Horse units ⓘ
Australian Imperial Force → notableFormation → Australian Light Horse units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Light Horse
Battle of Beersheba (1917) → combatantUnit → Australian Light Horse units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Light Horse
Australian Tank Corps → precededBy → Australian Light Horse units ⓘ
this entity surface form: Australian Light Horse (in armoured role)