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Australian Light Horse
Order of Battle
The Charge at Beersheba painting by George Lambert
During the Middle East Campaign from 1916 to 1918, the Australian Light Horse evolved to meet the challenges presented by circumstances and combat. The first division that was formed containing the Australian Light Horse was the Anzac [Australian and New Zealand] Mounted Division created in April 1916. Initially it was anticipated that the mounted formations would embark for service in France until the General Officer Commanding the Egyptian forces, General Murray interceded to keep them in Egypt. Consequently only the 13th Light Horse Regiment and the 4th Light Horse Regiment “B” Squadron embarked for France. The remainder were formed into the Anzac Mounted Division.
The table below maps the transformation of this initial division as it was split into two divisions and the changes that occurred until the end of 1918. Each unit that formed part of the divisions is mapped on a linear basis. Where blank spaces occur, the unit that originally occupied the cell was no longer part of the division.
| April 1916 | ||
| Division | Brigade | Regiment |
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division | ||
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 3rd (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Leicester Battery | ||
| British Somerset Battery | ||
| British 3rd Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| British 4th (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Inverness Battery | ||
| British Ayr Battery | ||
| British 4th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| Anzac Field Squadron | ||
| Anzac Signal Squadron | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| 1st Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 1st Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 1st Signal Troop | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 6th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Signal Troop | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 9th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 10th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Signal Troop | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Train | ||
| 1st Supply Section | ||
| 2nd Supply Section | ||
| 3rd Supply Section | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Supply Section | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 6th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 7th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| February 1917 | ||
| Division | Brigade | Regiment |
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division | ||
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Horse Artillery | ||
| British 3rd (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Leicester Battery | ||
| British Somerset Battery | ||
| British 3rd Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| British 4th (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Inverness Battery | ||
| British Ayr Battery | ||
| British 4th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| Anzac Field Squadron | ||
| Anzac Signal Squadron | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| 7th Sanitary Section | ||
| 1st Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 1st Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 1st Signal Troop | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 6th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 2nd Signal Troop | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Brigade | ||
| British 1/1 Staffordshire Yeomanry | ||
| British 1/1 Lincoln Yeomanry | ||
| British 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry | ||
| British 18th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Train | ||
| 1st Supply Section | ||
| 2nd Supply Section | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Supply Section | ||
| 26th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 6th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 7th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade [16 x 18 pounders] | ||
| 1/1 Nottingham Battery | ||
| 1/1 Berkshire Battery | ||
| A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| Imperial Field Squadron Engineers | ||
| 3rd Field Troop | ||
| 4th Field Troop | ||
| British 6th Field Troop | ||
| British 7th Field Troop | ||
| Imperial Signal Squadron | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| British 1/1 South Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance | ||
| British 1/2 South Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance | ||
| 8th Sanitary Section | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 9th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 10th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 3rd Signal Troop | ||
| 4th Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 4th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 11th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 12th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 4th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 4th Signal Troop | ||
| British 5th Mounted Brigade | ||
| 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry | ||
| 1/1 Gloucester Hussars | ||
| 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry | ||
| British 16th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| British 6th Mounted Brigade | ||
| 1/1 Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars | ||
| 1/1 Queens Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry | ||
| 1/1 Berkshire Yeomanry | ||
| British 17th Machinegun Squadron [Vickers machine guns] | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division Train | ||
| 3rd Supply Section | ||
| 4th Supply Section | ||
| 27th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Imperial Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| British 3/1 South Midlands Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| British 4/1 South Midlands Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| August 1917 | ||
| Division | Brigade | Regiment |
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division | ||
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division Horse Artillery | ||
| British 3rd (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Leicester Battery | ||
| British Somerset Battery | ||
| British 3rd Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| British 4th (Territorial Force) Horse Artillery Brigade [8 x 18 pounders] | ||
| British Inverness Battery | ||
| British Ayr Battery | ||
| British 4th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| Anzac Field Squadron | ||
| Anzac Signal Squadron | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| 7th Sanitary Section | ||
| 1st Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 1st Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 1st Signal Troop | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 6th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 2nd Signal Troop | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Brigade | ||
| British 1/1 Staffordshire Yeomanry | ||
| British 1/1 Lincoln Yeomanry | ||
| British 1/1 East Riding Yeomanry | ||
| British 18th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| British 22nd Mounted Brigade Signal Troop | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Train | ||
| 1st Supply Section | ||
| 2nd Supply Section | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Supply Section | ||
| 26th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 6th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 7th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| Australian Mounted Division | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade [18 x 18 pounders] | ||
| 1/1 Nottingham Battery | ||
| A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| 2nd Field Squadron | ||
| 3rd Field Troop | ||
| 4th Field Troop | ||
| 2nd Signal Squadron | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| British 1/1 South Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance | ||
| 8th Sanitary Section | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 9th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 10th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 3rd Signal Troop | ||
| 4th Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 4th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 11th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 12th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 4th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 4th Signal Troop | ||
| British 5th Mounted Brigade | ||
| 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry | ||
| 1/1 Gloucester Hussars | ||
| 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry | ||
| British 16th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| British 6th Signal Troop | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Train | ||
| 35th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 36th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 37th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 38th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 27th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| British 3/1 South Midlands Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| February 1918 | ||
| Division | Brigade | Regiment |
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 18th Horse Artillery Brigade [18 x 13 pounders] | ||
| British Somerset Battery | ||
| British Inverness Battery | ||
| British Ayr Battery | ||
| British 18th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| 1st Field Squadron | ||
| 1st Signal Squadron | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| 7th Sanitary Section | ||
| 1st Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 1st Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 1st Signal Troop | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 6th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 2nd Signal Troop | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Train | ||
| 32nd Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 33rd Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 34th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 5th New Zealand Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 26th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 6th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 7th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| Australian Mounted Division | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade [18 x 18 pounders] | ||
| 1/1 Nottingham Battery | ||
| A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| 2nd Field Squadron | ||
| 3rd Field Troop | ||
| 4th Field Troop | ||
| 2nd Signal Squadron | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| British 1/1 South Midlands Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance | ||
| 8th Sanitary Section | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 9th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 10th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 3rd Signal Troop | ||
| 4th Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 4th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 11th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 12th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 4th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 4th Signal Troop | ||
| British 5th Mounted Brigade | ||
| 1/1 Warwickshire Yeomanry | ||
| 1/1 Gloucester Hussars | ||
| 1/1 Worcestershire Yeomanry | ||
| British 16th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| British 6th Signal Troop | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Train | ||
| 35th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 36th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 37th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 38th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 27th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| British 3/1 South Midlands Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| July 1918 | ||
| Division | Brigade | Regiment |
| Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 18th Horse Artillery Brigade [18 x 13 pounders] | ||
| British Somerset Battery | ||
| British Inverness Battery | ||
| British Ayr Battery | ||
| British 18th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| 1st Field Squadron | ||
| 1st Signal Squadron | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance | ||
| 7th Sanitary Section | ||
| 1st Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 1st Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 1st Signal Troop | ||
| 2nd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 5th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 6th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 7th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 2nd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 2nd Signal Troop | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| New Zealand Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Canterbury, Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| New Zealand 1st Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| New Zealand Mounted Rifles Signal Troop | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Train | ||
| 32nd Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 33rd Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 34th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 5th New Zealand Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 26th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Anzac Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 6th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 7th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| Australian Mounted Division | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Artillery | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade [18 x 18 pounders] | ||
| 1/1 Nottingham Battery | ||
| A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | ||
| British 19th Horse Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Engineers | ||
| 2nd Field Squadron | ||
| 3rd Field Troop | ||
| 4th Field Troop | ||
| 2nd Signal Squadron | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Medical Services | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance | ||
| 8th Sanitary Section | ||
| 3rd Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 8th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 9th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 10th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 3rd Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 3rd Signal Troop | ||
| 4th Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 4th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 11th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 12th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 4th Machinegun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 4th Signal Troop | ||
| 5th Light Horse Brigade | ||
| 14th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| 15th Light Horse Regiment | ||
| French 1er Regiment Mixte de Cavalerie Du Lavant | ||
| New Zealand 2nd Machine Gun Squadron [12 x Vickers machine guns] | ||
| 5th Signal Troop | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Train | ||
| 35th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 36th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 37th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 38th Australian Army Service Corps Company | ||
| 27th Depot Unit of Supply | ||
| Australian Mounted Division Veterinary Services | ||
| 8th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 9th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
| 10th Mobile Veterinary Section | ||
Further Reading:
Australian Light Horse Order of Battle - Outline
The Australian Light Horse - Structure
Citation: Australian Light Horse Order of Battle
Posted by Project Leader
at 11:01 PM EADT
Updated: Monday, 30 March 2009 4:46 PM EADT
