Australian Mounted Division

Imperial Mounted Division Australian Mounted Division
Active	January 1917 – May 1919
Country	Australia  United Kingdom  France  New Zealand
Type	Division
Role	Mounted infantry Australian light horse Yeomanry cavalry
Part of	Desert Column Desert Mounted Corps
Anniversaries	31 October Beersheba Day
Equipment	Horse 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
Engagements	First World War Sinai and Palestine Campaign See battles section for more information
Commanders
Commander	Henry 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the Anzac Mounted Division formed part of Desert Column, Egyptian Expeditionary Force in World War I. The division was originally made up of the Australian 3rd Light Horse Brigade, (formerly Anzac Mounted Division) the reconstituted 4th Light Horse Brigade, and two British yeomanry brigades;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]