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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. It was redesignated 3rd Camel Regiment September 1916 but a shortage of camels prevented its transformation into a camel regiment. Resumed its old designation and brought up to strength again in February 1917 and assigned to the reformed 4th Light Horse Brigade. 1st Reinforcements departed Melbourne Barunga 22 December 1914, 2nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Katuna 3 February 1915, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Katuna 3 February 1915, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Wiltshire 13 April 1915, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Palermo 7 May 1915, 6th Reinforcements departed Sydney Ceramic 25 June 1915, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persia 10 August 1915, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Kyarra 20 August 1915, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Hororata 27 September 1915, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ballarat 9 September 1915, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Palermo 29 October 1915, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ceramic 23 November 1915, 13th Reinforcements departed Sydney Runic 20 January 1916, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Themistocles 28 January 1916, 15th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Katuna 9 March 1916 and Anchisses 14 March 1916, 16th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Itria 18 April 1916, 17th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Clan MacCorquodale 6 May 1916, 18th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Runic 20 June 1916, 19th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Mongolia 11 Ju1y 1916 and Themistocles 28 July 1916, 20th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Malwa 25 July 1916 and Port Sydney 7 September 1916, 21st Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor 29 September 1916, Clan MacCorquodale 19 September 1916 and Hymettus 12 September 1916, 22nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Clan MacCorquodale 19 September 1916, 23rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persic 22 December 1916, 24th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova 16 December 1916, 25th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah 17 January 1917, 26th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius 11 May 1917, 27th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Boorara 10 May 1917 and Suevic 21 June 1917, 28th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port Lincoln 22 June 1917, Themistocles 4 August 1917 and Kyarra 7 September 1917, 29th Reinforcements departed Sydney Anchisses 8 August 1917 and Melbourne Kyarra 7 September 1917, 30th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth 2 November 1917 and Nestor 21 November 1917, 31st Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses 22 December 1917 and Ormonde 7 March 1918, 32nd Reinforcements departed Sydney Wiltshire 2 February 1918, 33rd Reinforcements departed Sydney Canberra 16 November 1917, 34th Reinforcements departed Sydney Ulysses 19 December 1917.
Battle Honours: Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Nablus, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Broodeseinde, Passchendale, Lys, Kemmel, Marne 1918, Tardenois, France and Flanders 1916-18
Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai, Palestine, Western Front