Australian Mounted Division

Imperial Mounted Division
Australian Mounted Division
ActiveJanuary 1917 – May 1919
Country Australia
 United Kingdom
 France
 New Zealand
TypeDivision
RoleMounted infantry
Australian light horse
Yeomanry cavalry
Part ofDesert Column
Desert Mounted Corps
Anniversaries31 October Beersheba Day
EquipmentHorse rifle and bayonet (Yeomanry armed with swords) 1916–1918. After the Yeomanry were sent to the Western Front, from mid-1918 a sword was added to the Light Horse along with Mixte de Cavalerie du Lavant Regiment
EngagementsFirst World War
Commanders
CommanderHenry Hodgson

The Australian Mounted Division originally formed as the Imperial Mounted Division in January 1917, was a mounted infantry, light horse and yeomanry division. The division was formed in Egypt, and along with the Anzac Mounted Division formed part of Desert Column, Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I. The division was originally made up of the Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade, (formerly Anzac Mounted Division) the reconstituted 4th Light Horse Brigade, and two British yeomanry brigades; the 5th Mounted Brigade and 6th Mounted Brigade.[1]

  1. ^ Falls & 1930 Vol. 1, pp. 273–4