The 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade 'trekking' by the Sea of Galilee en route for Rosh Pina, in Palestine. This is a digitally combined composite panorama made up of three separate images.

Subunits:

• 8th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918
• 9th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918
• 10th Light Horse Regiment October 1914 to past November 1918
• 3rd Machine Gun Squadron 3 January 1917 to past November 1918
• 3rd Signal Troop October 1914 to past November 1918

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

Campaigns:

• Egypt:  
  • Defence of Egypt, 
• Gallipoli: 
  • Defence of Anzac, 
  • Sari Bair, 
  • Withdrawal from Anzac,  
• Sinai: 
  • Romani, 
  • Sinai, 
  • Magdhaba, 
  • Rafah, 
• Palestine: 
  • First Battle of Gaza, 
  • Second Battle of Gaza, 
  • Third Battle of Gaza, 
  • Beersheba, 
  • Jerusalem, 
  • Jericho, 
  • Es Salt, 
  • Megiddo, 
  • Damascus

    many details on this page from Ross Mallett's site

Members of 3 ALH Bde riding through Damascus to cut the road to and prevent further withdrawal of Turkish and German troops, on this occasion they were issued with cavalry swords and rode with them drawn.

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