Brigadier General Ryrie leading the 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade across the desert at Esdud on the Philistine Plain.

Subunits:

• 5th Light Horse Regiment September 1914 to past November 1918
• 6th Light Horse Regiment September 1914 to past November 1918
• 7th Light Horse Regiment September 1914 to past November 1918
• 2nd Machine Gun Squadron 3 January 1917 to past November 1918
• 2nd Signal Troop September 1914 to past November 1918

Commanders:

• Brigadier General G. de L. Ryrie 17 September 1914 to past November 1918

Campaigns:

• Egypt: 
  • Defence of Egypt, 
• Gallipoli: 
  • Defence of Anzac, 
  • Withdrawal from Anzac, 
• Sinai: 
  • Romani, 
  • Sinai, 
  • Magdhaba, 
  • Rafah, 
• Palestine:  
  • First Battle of Gaza, 
  • Second Battle of Gaza, 
  • Third Battle of Gaza, 
  • Beersheba, 
  • Jerusalem, 
  • Jericho, 
  • Es Salt, 
  • Megiddo, 
  • Amman

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