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8th Light Horse Regiment
"The regiment that would eventually become the 8th Light Horse Regiment was formed at Broadmeadows camp in Victoria on 23 September 1914 as the 6th Light Horse Regiment. A reorganisation of the rapidly expanding AIF in early October resulted in the 6th being renumbered the 8th, and it became part of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. It sailed from Melbourne on 26 September 1914 and arrived in Egypt on 2 April 1915." Light Horse units were deployed to Gallipoli to fight as infantry. The 3rd Light Horse Brigade formed the first wave of the ill-starred charge at the Nek in August 1915 The casualties were calamitous and the Brigade, understrength and its leadership weakened through loss, remained in largely a defensive role until the evacuation. "And so perished the 8th Light Horse" Original riders and mounts of the 8th Light Horse outside Melbourne in 1915 AWM
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