11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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Active | 1915–1919 1921–1943 |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Australian Army |
Type | Mounted infantry |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | 4th Light Horse Brigade |
Motto(s) | Forward |
Engagements | First World War |
Battle honours | Gallipoli 1915–1916 Suvla Sari Bair Egypt 1915–1917 Romani Palestine 1917-1918 Beersheba El Mughar Nebi Samwill Jerusalem Jordan (Es Salt) Megiddo Sharon Samakh Damascus 1918 |
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Unit colour patch |
The 11th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in August 1914, and assigned to the 4th Light Horse Brigade. The regiment fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire, in Egypt, at Gallipoli, on the Sinai Peninsula, and in Palestine and Jordan. After the armistice the regiment eventually returned to Australia in March 1919. For its role in the war the regiment was awarded fourteen battle honours. During the inter-war years, the regiment was re-raised as a part-time unit based in the Darling Downs region of Queensland. It was later converted to a motor regiment during the Second World War but was disbanded in 1943 without having been deployed overseas.