AIF - 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment

The 5th Light Horse Regiment was raised, from recruits from Queensland in August 1914. It was one of three regiments of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. The regiment sailed from Sydney on 21st December, 1914 and disembarked in Egypt on the 1st February, 1915. It fought in many battles at Gallipoli and Palestine before sailing home to Australia in 1919.

Trooper (Tpr) William Edward Sing DCM of the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment (left), seated at his sniping position, which was built on top of the parapet of the front line trench, and 150 yards from the Turkish trenches. Captain John Cecil Ridley is on the right. Tpr Sing succeeded in sniping over 150 Turks while on the Gallipoli Peninsula; he was subsequently awarded the DCM. The Turks were for a long time deceived by this position, which they believed to be only a traverse. August 1915

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Group of soldiers, 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment. Romani area, November 1916

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Tradition

Date of Formation:
August 1914

Date of Disbandment:
31st July 1919

Casualties:
137 killed, 708 wounded

Decorations:
1 CB
3 CMG
4 DSO
9 MC
6 DCM
18 MM
1 MSM

State Raised:
Queensland

Unit Colour Patch:

Unit History Book(s)
History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (Australian Imperial Force) from 1914 to October 1918
L.C. Wilson & H. Wetherell

Traditions inherited by:

2nd/14th Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry)

5th Light Horse Regiment Colour Patch

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5th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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