Light Horse re-enactment ride

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On Sunday 29 October 2017, two Australian Army personnel participated in the re-enactment of the ride to honour the service and sacrifice of those who fought in the Battle of Beersheba, in Israel in 1917.

The Battle of Beersheba took place on 31 October 1917. It was part of the wider British offensive known as the third Battle of Gaza. The Battle of Beersheba was a significant all-day battle where the famous mounted charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade led to the capture of the town of Be’er-Sheva, which enabled the British and Dominion forces to break the Ottoman line and advance into Palestine. The Australians in the Middle East fought a mobile war against the Ottoman Empire. During the three years of war 1,394 Australians were killed or wounded.

Australia’s Federation Guard provided a Catafalque party and flag and wreath orderlies with the Australian Army Band, an Army Rabbi and Army Chaplain in attendance as well.
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My great grandfather Thomas Joseph canny was a lighthorseman at Beersheba in the first world and he served with Australian 9th light horse regiment in the first world at Beersheba in the first world war

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