1st Light Horse Brigade

1st Light Horse Brigade
A trooper of the 1st Light Horse Regiment
Active	1902–1921
Country	Australia
Allegiance	Australian Crown
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Mounted infantry
Role	Light horse
Size	~1,500 personnel
Part of	1st Australian Contingent (1914–15) Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) New Zealand and Australian Division (1915–16) Anzac Mounted Division (1916–19)
Equipment	Horse, rifle and bayonet
Engagements	World War I Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Sari Bair Battle of the Nek Sinai and Palestine Campaign Battle of Romani Battle of Magdhaba Battle of Rafa Second Battle of Gaza Battle of Beersheba Battle of Mughar Ridge Capture of Jericho First Transjordan attack on Amman First Battle of Amman (1918) Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt Third Transjordan attack Second Battle of Amman (1918)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Harry Chauvel Charles Frederick Cox
Insignia
Unit colour patch

The 1st Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in New South Wales and then later in Queensland. In 1914, the brigade was re-constituted as part of the AIF and was sent to Egypt. Forming part of the New Zealand and Australian Division, during the Gallipoli Campaign it served in a dismounted role between May and December 1915. After being withdrawn to Egypt it served in the Anzac Mounted Division from March 1916 as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, taking part in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign until the end of the war. It was disbanded in 1919. After the war, the AIF light horse regiments were demobilised and disbanded; however, the brigade briefly existed as a part-time militia formation in Queensland until 1921 when its regiments were reorganised into cavalry brigades.