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|unit_name=Imperial Mounted Division<br>Australian Mounted Division
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|dates=January 1917{{snd}}May 1919
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|role= [[Mounted infantry]]<br>[[Australian light horse]]<br>[[Yeomanry]] [[cavalry]]
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|command_structure=[[Desert Column]]<br>[[Desert Mounted Corps]]
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|equipment= [[Horse]] [[rifle]] and [[bayonet]] (Yeomanry armed with swords) 1916–1918. After the Yeomanry were sent to the Western Front, from mid-1918 a [[sword]] was added to the Light Horse along with Mixte de Cavalerie du Lavant Regiment
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|battles=[[First World War]]
*[[Sinai and Palestine campaign]]<br>{{small|See [[#Battles|battles section]] for more information}}
|anniversaries=31 October Beersheba Day
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|commander1=[[Henry Hodgson (British Army officer)|Henry Hodgson]]
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{{Campaignbox Sinai and Palestine}}
The '''Australian Mounted Division''' originally formed as the '''Imperial Mounted Division''' in January 1917, was a [[mounted infantry]], [[Australian Light Horse|light horse]] and [[yeomanry]] [[division (military)|division]]. The division was formed in [[Egypt]], and along with the [[Anzac Mounted Division]] formed part of [[Desert Column]], [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] in [[World War I]]. The division was originally made up of the [[Australia]]n [[3rd Light Horse Brigade]], (formerly [[Anzac Mounted Division]]) the reconstituted [[4th Light Horse Brigade]], and two [[United Kingdom|British]] yeomanry brigades; the [[5th Mounted Brigade]] and [[6th Mounted Brigade]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Falls |1930 Vol. 1|pp=273–4}}</ref>

== History ==

===Formation===
The '''Imperial Mounted Division''' was formed in Egypt in 1917 by bringing together two [[Australian Light Horse]] brigades, two British [[Yeomanry]] brigades, and a British [[horse artillery]] brigade{{efn|name=Brigade|The basic organic unit of the [[Royal Artillery]] was, and is, the [[Artillery battery|Battery]].<ref name=MOD_RA>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/23445.aspx |title=The Royal Artillery |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]] |access-date=18 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023001138/http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/23445.aspx |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref> When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of [[World War I]], a field artillery brigade of [[Headquarters#Military|headquarters]] (4 officers, 37 [[Other ranks (UK)|other ranks]]), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154)<ref name=LLT_WAB>{{cite web | url=http://www.1914-1918.net/whatartbrig.htm | title=What was an artillery brigade? | publisher=The Long, Long Trail | first=Chris | last=Baker | access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref> had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by a [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938.  Note that the battery strength refers to a battery of six guns; a four-gun battery would be about two thirds of this; a brigade of four four-gun batteries would be approximately the same strength as a brigade of three six-gun batteries.}} (four [[Artillery battery|batteries]]).<ref name="Perry56">{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=56}}</ref> These units were:
* The [[3rd Light Horse Brigade]] was formed in Australia in October 1914 with the [[8th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|8th]], [[9th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|9th]], and [[10th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|10th Light Horse Regiments]] and was posted to Egypt in March 1915.  It was dismounted and served in [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] from May to December attached to the [[New Zealand and Australian Division]]<ref name=Perry51>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=51}}</ref> (notably the [[Battle of Sari Bair]]).<ref name=Perry41>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=41}}</ref>  It joined the [[ANZAC Mounted Division]] when it was formed in March 1916<ref name=Perry51/> and saw action with it at the battles of [[Battle of Romani|Romani]] and [[Battle of Magdhaba|Magdhaba]].<ref name=Perry52>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=52}}</ref>  It joined the division on formation in January 1917; it was replaced in the ANZAC Mounted Division by the British [[22nd Mounted Brigade]].<ref name=Perry51/>
* The [[4th Light Horse Brigade]] was formed in Australia in February 1915 with the [[11th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|11th]], [[12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|12th]], and [[13th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|13th Light Horse Regiments]] and was posted to Egypt in July 1915.  The brigade was broken up:<ref name=Perry55>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=55}}</ref> the 11th Light Horse Regiment was dismounted and served in Gallipoli as reinforcements to other regiments;<ref name=11lhr>{{cite web | url=http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_10569.asp | title=11th Australian Light Horse Regiment | publisher=Australian War Memorial | access-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref> the 12th Light Horse Regiment was dismounted and attached to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade in Gallipoli (August{{snd}}December 1915) and [[2nd Light Horse Brigade]] in Egypt (April 1915{{snd}}January 1917);<ref name=Perry40>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=40}}</ref> and the 13th Light Horse Regiment remained mounted and joined the [[2nd Division (Australia)|2nd Australian Division]].  The brigade was reformed in January 1917{{snd}}with the [[4th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|4th Light Horse Regiment]] in place of the 13th{{snd}} and joined the division on formation.<ref name=Perry55/>
* The [[5th Mounted Brigade]] was formed as part of the [[Territorial Force]] in 1908 as the [[1st South Midland Mounted Brigade]] with three [[yeomanry]] regiments: the [[Warwickshire Yeomanry]], the [[Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]] and the [[Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars]].<ref name=Westlake15>{{harvnb|Westlake|1992|p=15}}</ref>  Shortly after the outbreak of war, it was assigned to the [[2nd Mounted Division]] and moved to Egypt in April 1915.  It was dismounted in August 1915 and took part in the [[Gallipoli Campaign]] as 1st Mounted Brigade, notably the [[Battle of Scimitar Hill]].  Due to losses and [[Wastage (military)|wastage]] during August 1915, it formed a battalion sized unit{{snd}}1st South Midland Regiment{{snd}}in [[1st Composite Mounted Brigade]].  It returned to Egypt in December where it was reformed and remounted.<ref name=Becke1017>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|pp=10–17}}</ref>  The 2nd Mounted Division was broken up in January 1916 and it served as Corps Troops from 21 January 1916 (numbered as 5th Mounted Brigade from April).  It joined the division on formation.<ref name=Perry55/>
* The [[6th Mounted Brigade]] was likewise formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908 as the [[2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade]] with three yeomanry regiments: the [[Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars]], the [[Berkshire Yeomanry]] and the [[Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars]].<ref name=Westlake15/>  On 19 September 1914, the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars was posted to the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|BEF]], joining the [[4th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|4th Cavalry Brigade]] in France.<ref name=LLT_QOOH>{{cite web|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=26 March 2013|last=Baker|first=Chris|title=The Oxfordshire Yeomanry|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/ox.htm}}</ref> The [[Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry]] joined in the same month to replace them.<ref name=LLT_QODY>{{cite web|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=26 March 2013|last=Baker|first=Chris|title=The Dorset Yeomanry |url=http://www.1914-1918.net/dorsetyeo.htm}}</ref>  The brigade's early service was identical to the 5th Mounted Brigade until January 1916 when it joined the [[Western Frontier Force]].<ref name=Becke1017/>  It joined the division on formation.<ref name=Perry55/>
* [[XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]] was formed for the division in January 1917 with four British Territorial Force horse artillery batteries: the [[1/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery|1/1st Berkshire]] and [[1/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery|1/1st Nottinghamshire Batteries]] of the [[Royal Horse Artillery]], and [[1/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company|1/A]] and [[1/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company|1/B Batteries]] of the [[Honourable Artillery Company]].<ref name=Perry54>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=54}}</ref>  All four batteries had originally gone out to Egypt with the 2nd Mounted Division in April 1915, but did not proceed to Gallipoli with the division.  Instead, they variously served on the [[Suez Canal]] Defences,<ref name=Becke16>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=16}}</ref> as part of the Western Frontier Force in the [[Senussi Campaign]],<ref name=Frederick449>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=449}}</ref> or in [[Aden]] where 1/B Battery HAC and 1/1st Berkshire RHA fought a sharp action at [[Sheikh Othman]] that removed the [[South Arabia during World War I|Turkish threat to Aden]] for the rest of the war.<ref name=Farndale357>{{harvnb|Farndale|1988|p=357}}</ref>  They rejoined 2nd Mounted Division on its return from Gallipoli in December 1915,<ref name=Becke17>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=17}}</ref> however, the dismemberment of the division began almost immediately as units were posted to the Western Frontier Force, Suez Canal Defences or to various other commands.<ref name=Becke16/>  Initially, each battery was equipped with four<ref name=Westlake3>{{harvnb|Westlake|1992|p=3}}</ref> [[Ordnance QF 15-pounder|Ehrhardt 15-pounder]] guns<ref name=Clarke23>{{harvnb|Clarke|2004|p=23}}</ref> but were re-equipped with more modern [[18 pounder]]s (four per battery) in time for the [[First Battle of Gaza]] (26{{snd}}27 March 1917).<ref name=Farndale83>{{harvnb|Farndale|1988|p=83}}</ref>  In practice, the batteries were tactically attached to the mounted brigades, for example, 1/1st Nottinghamshire RHA to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade<ref name=3alhb>{{cite web | url=http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/1860079/3rd-australian-light-horse-brigade/ | title=3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade | publisher=Australian Light Horse Studies Centre | date=8 November 2009 | access-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref> and 1/A Battery HAC to the 4th Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=4alhb>{{cite web | url=http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/1860096/4th-australian-light-horse-brigade/ | title=4th Australian Light Horse Brigade | publisher=Australian Light Horse Studies Centre | date=24 March 2009 | access-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref>
The division was also provided with support units, mostly assigned or attached directly to the brigades, but including an engineer [[Squadron (army)|squadron]], a signals squadron, and [[Train (military)|train]].<ref name=Perry54/>

==Service history==
The division joined the [[Desert Column]]<ref name=Perry56/> alongside the ANZAC Mounted Division.<ref name=Perry52/>

During the [[First Battle of Gaza]], the division (as the ''Imperial Mounted Division'') provided protection from counter-attack on the eastern flank while the main infantry assault was underway.  The brigades became the rearguard during the withdrawal from Gaza after the attack was called off.
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==Composition==
===5th Mounted Brigade (January 1917 – April 1918)===
With the division, it took part in the [[First Battle of Gaza|First]] and [[Second Battle of Gaza|Second]] Battles of Gaza.<ref name=Perry56>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=56}}</ref>

The brigade remained with the division when it was renamed '''Australian Mounted Division''' on 30 June 1917.  It then took part in the [[Third Battle of Gaza]] including the [[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Capture of Beersheba]] and the [[Battle of Mughar Ridge]].  It also resisted the Turkish counter-attacks in the [[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Turkish Defence of Jerusalem]].<ref name=Perry56/>
[[File:Lady Butlers Charge at Huj.jpg|thumb|[[Charge at Huj]], by [[Elizabeth Thompson|Lady Butler]]]]
Three of the brigade's squadrons took part in the [[Charge at Huj]], the last British cavalry charge against enemy guns.

In March 1918, the [[2nd Indian Cavalry Division]] was broken up in France.  The Canadian ([[Canadian Cavalry Brigade]]) and British units ([[7th Dragoon Guards]], [[8th Hussars]] and [[N Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|N]] and [[X Battery Royal Horse Artillery|X Batteries, RHA]]) remained in France and the Indian elements were sent to Egypt.<ref name=Perry20>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=20}}</ref>

By an [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] GHQ Order of 12 April 1918, the mounted troops of the EEF were reorganised when the Indian Army units arrived in [[Theater (warfare)|theatre]].  On 24 April 1918, the [[5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|2nd Mounted Division]]{{efn|Not to be confused with the original [[2nd Mounted Division]] which served dismounted in Gallipoli.}} was formed<ref name=Perry28>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=28}}</ref> on the Indian Establishment{{efn|[[British Indian Army]] standard whereby brigades only retained one British regiment or battalion and most support units were Indian (artillery excepted).}};<ref name=Perry27>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=27}}</ref> 5th Mounted Brigade was merged with elements of the [[3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade]] and assigned to the new division.<ref name=Perry26>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=26}}</ref>{{efn|Later, the brigade was redesignated as [[13th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)|13th Cavalry Brigade]] and the division as [[5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|5th Cavalry Division]].<ref name=Perry26/>}}

===6th Mounted Brigade (January 1917 – June 1917)===
With the division, it took part in the [[First Battle of Gaza|First]] and [[Second Battle of Gaza|Second]] Battles of Gaza.<ref name=Perry56/>  The complete brigade was transferred to the newly formed [[Yeomanry Mounted Division]] on 27 June 1917, joining it at el Maraqeb.<ref name=Becke33>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=33}}</ref>

===[[5th Light Horse Brigade]] (from mid-1918)===
*[[14th Light Horse Regiment]]
*[[15th Light Horse Regiment]]
*16th Regiment Mixte de Marche de Palestine et Syrie (also known as the 1er Régiment Mixte de Marche de Cavalerie du Lavant)

===[[XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]]===
[[File:Romani 18-pounder.jpg|thumb| British [[Ordnance QF 18-pounder|18-pounders]] as used by the division]]
On establishment the Imperial Mounted Division had been supplied with [[Ordnance QF 18-pounder|18–pounder artillery guns]]. In September 1917 the guns were replaced with [[Ordnance QF 13-pounder|13-pounders]], making the division "even more capable," according to Erickson.<ref>Erickson 2007 p. 112</ref><ref>Powles 1922 p. 28</ref><ref>Keogh 1955 pp. 125–6</ref>

[[File:HACBelah.jpg|thumb|HAC 13-pounders March 1918]]
* [[1/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery]] (RHA)
* [[1/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery]]
* [[1/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]] (HAC)
* [[1/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]]
* XIX RHA Brigade [[Ammunition column|Ammunition Column]]
Each battery was equipped with four [[Ordnance QF 13 pounder]] field guns.<ref name=Farndale95>{{harvnb|Farndale|1988|p=95}}</ref>
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==Battles==
The division served in the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]] from formation through to the end of the [[First World War]] including<ref name=Perry56/>
*[[First Battle of Gaza]] (26 and 27 March 1917)
*[[Second Battle of Gaza]] (17{{snd}}19 April)
*[[Third Battle of Gaza]]
**[[Battle of Beersheba (1917)|Battle of Beersheba]] (31 October)
<!--**[[Battle of Hareira and Sheria]] need to find a cite for this one-->
**[[Battle of Mughar Ridge|El Maghar]] (13 and 14 November)
*Defence against counter-attacks before [[Battle of Jerusalem (1917)|Jerusalem]] (27 November{{snd}}30 December)
*[[Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt (1918)|Second Trans-Jordan Raid]] (30 April{{snd}}4 May 1918)
<!--*[[Occupation of the Jordan Valley (1918)]] need to find a cite for this one-->
*The Final Offensive
<!--*[[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]] need to find a cite for this one-->
<!--**[[Battle of Sharon (1918)]] need to find a cite for this one-->
<!--***[[Capture of Jenin]] need to find a cite for this one-->
**[[Battle of Samakh]] (25 September)
<!--***[[Capture of Tiberias]] need to find a cite for this one-->
**[[Capture of Damascus (1918)|Capture of Damascus]] (1 October)
<!--**[[Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub]] need to find a cite for this one-->
<!--**[[Charge at Kaukab]] need to find a cite for this one-->
<!--*[[Pursuit to Haritan]] need to find a cite for this one-->

==Orders of battle==
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"
!colspan=2 | Imperial Mounted Division – January 1917
|-
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On formation in Egypt in January 1917, the division commanded the following units.<ref name=Perry54/><ref name=Mallett>{{cite web|url=http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Australian_Mounted_Division.html |title=Australian Mounted Division by Ross Mallett (28 June 2010) |access-date=2016-01-06 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228203023/http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Australian_Mounted_Division.html |archive-date=2015-02-28 }}</ref>  British units and formations are shown in ''italics''.
|- valign=top
| '''[[3rd Light Horse Brigade]]'''
* [[8th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|8th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[9th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|9th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[10th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|10th Light Horse Regiment]]
* 3rd Machine Gun Squadron{{refn|group=Imp|name=MG|Each machine gun squadron was equipped with twelve [[Vickers machine gun]]s.<ref name=Mallett/>}}
* 3rd Signal Troop
|rowspan=4| '''Divisional troops'''
*'''Artillery'''
**''[[XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]]''{{refn|group=Imp|Each battery was equipped with four [[18 pounder]]s.<ref name=Farndale83>{{harvnb|Farndale|1988|p=83}}</ref>}}
*** ''[[1/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery]] (RHA)''{{refn|group=Imp|name=3alhb|Attached to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=3alhb/>}}
*** ''[[1/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]] (HAC)''{{refn|group=Imp|name=4alhb|Attached to the 4th Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=4alhb/>}}
*** ''[[1/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]]''{{refn|group=Imp|name=BHAC|Attached to the 5th Mounted Brigade.<ref name=Becke12>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=12}}</ref>}}
*** ''[[1/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery]]''{{refn|group=Imp|name=Berks|Attached to the 6th Mounted Brigade.<ref name=Becke12/>}}
*** ''XIX RHA Brigade [[Ammunition column|Ammunition Column]]''
*'''Engineers'''
**Imperial Mounted Division Field Squadron
***3rd Field Troop
***4th Field Troop
***''6th Field Troop''
***''7th Field Troop''
*'''Signals'''
**Imperial Mounted Division Signal Squadron
*'''Medical'''
**3rd [[Light horse field ambulance|Light Horse Field Ambulance]]{{refn|group=Imp|name=3alhb}}
**4th Light Horse Field Ambulance{{refn|group=Imp|name=4alhb}}
**8th [[List of Australian Army medical units in World War I#Sanitary Sections|Sanitary Section]]
*'''Mobile Veterinary Sections'''
**8th Mobile Veterinary Section{{refn|group=Imp|name=3alhb}}
**9th Mobile Veterinary Section{{refn|group=Imp|name=4alhb}}
*'''Imperial Mounted Division Train'''
**3rd Supply Section{{efn|name=3train|Originally the ''3rd Light Horse Brigade Train'', designated ''3rd Supply Section'' from February 1916 and ''35th Company, [[Australian Army Service Corps]]'' from February 1917.<ref name=3alhb/>}}
**4th Supply Section{{efn|name=4train|Originally the ''4th Light Horse Brigade Train'', designated ''4th Supply Section'' from February 1916 and ''36th Company, Australian Army Service Corps'' from February 1917.<ref name=4alhb/>}}
**27th Depot Unit of Supply
|- valign=top
| '''[[4th Light Horse Brigade]]'''
* [[4th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|4th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[11th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|11th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|12th Light Horse Regiment]]
* 4th Machine Gun Squadron{{refn|group=Imp|name=MG}}
* 4th Signal Troop
|- valign=top
| '''''[[5th Mounted Brigade]]'''''
* ''[[1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry]]''
* ''[[1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]]''
* ''[[1/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars]]''
* ''16th Machine Gun Squadron''{{refn|group=Imp|name=MG}}
* ''5th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop''
* ''5th Mounted Brigade [[Field Ambulance]], [[Royal Army Medical Corps|RAMC]]''
* ''5th Mounted Brigade Mobile Veterinary Section''
|- valign=top
| '''''[[6th Mounted Brigade]]'''''
* ''[[1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars]]''
* ''[[1/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry]]''
* ''[[1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry]]''
* ''17th Machine Gun Squadron''{{refn|group=Imp|name=MG}}
* ''6th Mounted Brigade Signal Troop''
* ''5th Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, RAMC''
* ''5th Mounted Brigade Mobile Veterinary Section''
|-
|colspan=2 style="border:0px"| {{reflist|group=Imp}}
|
|}
{| class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"
!colspan=2 | Australian Mounted Division – July 1918
|-
|colspan=2 |
By July 1918, the division had been redesignated and reorganized almost entirely with Australian units.<ref name=Perry54/><ref name=Mallett/>  Non-Australian units and formations are shown in ''italics''.
|- valign=top
| '''[[3rd Light Horse Brigade]]'''
* [[8th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|8th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[9th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|9th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[10th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|10th Light Horse Regiment]]
* 3rd Machine Gun Squadron{{refn|group=Aus|name=MG|Each machine gun squadron was equipped with twelve [[Vickers machine gun]]s.<ref name=Mallett/>}}
* 3rd Signal Troop
|rowspan=3| '''Divisional troops'''
*'''Artillery'''
**''[[XIX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]]''{{refn|group=Aus|Each battery was re-equipped with four [[13 pounder]]s.<ref name=Farndale95>{{harvnb|Farndale|1988|p=95}}</ref>}}
*** ''[[1/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery]] (RHA)''{{refn|group=Aus|name=3alhb|Attached to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=3alhb/>}}
*** ''[[1/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]] (HAC)''{{refn|group=Aus|name=4alhb|Attached to the 4th Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=4alhb/>}}
*** ''[[1/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]]''{{refn|group=Aus|name=5alhb|Attached to the 5th Light Horse Brigade.<ref name=5alhb>{{cite web | url=http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/index.blog/1860195/5th-australian-light-horse-brigade/ | title=5th Australian Light Horse Brigade | publisher=Australian Light Horse Studies Centre | date=24 December 2009 | access-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref>}}
*** ''XIX RHA Brigade [[Ammunition column|Ammunition Column]]''
*'''Engineers'''
**2nd Field Squadron
*'''Signals'''
**2nd Signal Squadron
*'''Medical'''
**3rd [[Light horse field ambulance|Light Horse Field Ambulance]]{{refn|group=Aus|name=3alhb}}
**4th Light Horse Field Ambulance{{refn|group=Aus|name=4alhb}}
**5th Light Horse Field Ambulance{{refn|group=Aus|name=5alhb}}
**8th [[List of Australian Army medical units in World War I#Sanitary Sections|Sanitary Section]]
*'''Mobile Veterinary Sections'''
**8th Mobile Veterinary Section{{refn|group=Aus|name=3alhb}}
**9th Mobile Veterinary Section{{refn|group=Aus|name=4alhb}}
**10th Mobile Veterinary Section{{refn|group=Aus|name=5alhb}}
*'''Australian Mounted Division Train'''
**35th Company, [[Australian Army Service Corps]]{{efn|name=3train}}
**36th Company, Australian Army Service Corps{{efn|name=4train}}
**37th Company, Australian Army Service Corps{{efn|name=5train|Originally the ''5th Light Horse Brigade Train'', designated ''37th Company, Australian Army Service Corps'' from July 1918.<ref name=5alhb/>}}
**38th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
**27th Depot Unit of Supply
|- valign=top
| '''[[4th Light Horse Brigade]]'''
* [[4th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|4th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[11th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|11th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[12th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|12th Light Horse Regiment]]
* 4th Machine Gun Squadron{{refn|group=Aus|name=MG}}
* 4th Signal Troop
|- valign=top
| '''[[5th Light Horse Brigade]]'''
* [[14th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|14th Light Horse Regiment]]
* [[15th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|15th Light Horse Regiment]]
* ''1er Regiment Mixte de Cavalerie du Lavant''{{efn|name=Mixte|Made up of two [[Squadron (army)|squadron]]s of the ''1<sup>er</sup> Régiment de [[Spahi]]s''

and two squadrons of the ''4<sup>e</sup> Regiment de Marche [[Chasseurs d'Afrique]]''.<ref name=5alhb/>}}
* ''2nd New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron''{{refn|group=Aus|name=MG}}
* 5th Signal Troop
|-
|colspan=2 style="border:0px"| {{reflist|group=Aus}}
|
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Military history of Australia}}
*[[Military history of Australia during World War I]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
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  | title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
  | publisher = His Majesty's Stationery Office
  | location = London
  | isbn = 1-871167-12-4
}}
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}}
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}}
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  | year = 1988
  | series = History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
  | title = The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base, 1914–18
  | publisher = The Royal Artillery Institution
  | location = Woolwich
  | isbn = 1-870114-05-1
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Frederick | first = J.B.M.
  | year = 1984
  | title = Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
  | publisher = Microform Academic Publishers
  | location = Wakefield, Yorkshire
  | isbn = 1-85117-009-X
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = James | first = Brigadier E.A.
  | year = 1978
  | title = British Regiments 1914–18
  | publisher = Samson Books
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-906304-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Jones | first = Ian
  | year = 1987
  | title = The Australian Light Horse
  | series = Australians at War
  | publisher = Time-Life Books
  | location = Australia
  | oclc=18459444
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Massey | first = William T.
  | year = 1920
  | title = Allenby's Final Triumph
  | url = https://archive.org/details/allenbysfinaltri00massrich
  | publisher = Constable & Co.
  | location = London
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Perry | first = F.W.
  | year = 1992
  | title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5A. The Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa
  | publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books
  | location = Newport
  | isbn = 1-871167-25-6
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Perry | first = F.W.
  | year = 1993
  | title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
  | publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books
  | location = Newport
  | isbn = 1-871167-23-X
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Preston | first = R.M.P.
  | year = 1921
  | title = The Desert Mounted Corps: An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria 1917–1918
  | url = https://archive.org/details/desertmountedco00presgoog
  | publisher = Constable & Co.
  | location = London
  | oclc = 3900439
}}
* {{cite book
  | last = Westlake | first = Ray
  | year = 1992
  | title = British Territorial Units 1914–18
  | publisher = Osprey Publishing
  | isbn = 978-1-85532-168-7
}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150228202933/http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/ First AIF Order of Battle 1914–1918: Australian Mounted Division]

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{{Australian Light Horse}}

[[Category:Divisions of Australia in World War I]]
[[Category:Cavalry divisions]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1917]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919]]