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Posting of Joseph Patrick Hehir

Description 4th Lighthorse Regiment
Date 16 February 1917
Place Camp Moascar, Ismailia, Egypt

Narrative

4th Light Horse Regiment (Victoria) [4th Light Horse Brigade]

Formed Victoria August 1914 for 1st Division. Departed Melbourne Wiltshire 18 October 1914. B squadron sent to the Western Front in March 1916 and formed part of I Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment and later II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment from 2 July 1916. D Squadron formed at Tel El Kebir, Egypt 11 March 1916 for service in France where it formed part of II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment from 2 July 1916. B and D Squadrons, assigned to II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment, wore its patch (see below). The main body of the regiment was attached to 1st Light Horse Brigade March 1916.

References

1. Hehir, Joseph Patrick