Winton 5th Light Horse planning to commemorate charge of Beersheba

Sally Gall
Updated January 18 2017 - 9:55am, first published January 13 2017 - 7:30am
A Light Horse patrol passing through Zernukah, Israel in 1918. Photo sourced from State Library of Queensland.
A Light Horse patrol passing through Zernukah, Israel in 1918. Photo sourced from State Library of Queensland.

One hundred years ago, on October 31, 1917, the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse conducted the world’s last great cavalry charge, capturing the wells of Beersheba for Allied forces in World War I’s Palestinian conflict.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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