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The formation of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, and the 11th Light Horse Regiment as part of it, was announced on 11th February 1915. Two squadrons of the 11th Light Horse were subsequently formed in Queensland, and a third in South Australia. The regiment was united for the first time at Fraser's Paddock Camp, outside Brisbane, on 2 May 1915. It sailed from Australia in two contingents in June 1915.
Members of C
Squadron, 11th Australian
Light Horse Regiment resting their horses on the road to Beersheba, Palestine,
1917
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Portrait
of 530 Corporal Charles Leonard King, of the 11th Australian Light Horse
Regiment (11 ALH), standing beside a local shoe shine boy at a street curb. The
11th Australian Light Horse regiment initially trained as infantry in Egypt in
July 1915, and fought dismounted at Gallipoli when it was deployed a month
later. The regiment later returned to its mounted role in July 1916, when it
took part in the defence of the Suez Canal.
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This page was last updated
30/12/06.
Tradition
Date of
Formation:
11th February 1915
Date of
Disbandment:
1st September 1919
Casualties:
95 killed, 521 wounded
Decorations:
4 DSO
9 MC, 1 bar
6 DCM
13 MM
27 MID
2 Foreign awards
State Raised:
Queensland
Unit Colour Patch:
History of the 11th Light Horse Regiment
E.W. Hammond
Traditions inherited by:
2nd/14th Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry).
11th Light Horse Regiment Colour Patch
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