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A '''light horse regiment''' was the basic tactical unit of [[mounted]] troops in the Australian Army. Light horse regiments were formed by the Citizen Military Force for home service before the First World War, and new regiments were raised for the Australian Imperial Force from 1914 onwards. The light horse were originally mounted infantry who used horses for transport but fought on foot using rifles and other [[infantry]] weapons. While they were officially classed as mounted infantry, the Australian Imperial Force light horse sometimes carried out mounted charges, as at Beersheba in 1917. By 1918 many AIF light horse regiments had been issued with swords and officially converted to cavalry with a similar role to British [[cavalry regiment]]s.

Light horse regiments were usually grouped into Light Horse Brigades, which were a form of [[mounted brigade]].

We now have a page for every AIF light horse regiment but we don't yet have the CMF regiments.

* [[:Category:Australian light horse regiments]] lists every Australian light horse regiment that has a page on the site.
* [[:Category:Australian Imperial Force light horse regiments]] lists only Australian Imperial Force regiments.

== Further Reading ==

* Jean Bou, 'Cavalry, Firepower, and Swords: The Australian Light Horse and the Tactical Lessons of Cavalry Operations in Palestine, 1916-1918', ''Journal of Military History'' 71/1 (2007).

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−	* Jean ~~Bou, '~~Cavalry, Firepower, and Swords: The Australian Light Horse and the Tactical Lessons of Cavalry Operations in Palestine, 1916-1918~~', ''~~Journal of Military History'' 71/~~1 (2007)~~.	+	* {{cite journal \|last=Bou \|first=Jean \|date=January 2007 \|title= Cavalry, Firepower, and Swords: The Australian Light Horse and the Tactical Lessons of Cavalry Operations in Palestine, 1916-1918\|journal=Journal of Military History \|volume=71 \| issue = 1 \|pages= 99-126\| url = http://muse.jhu.edu/article/208737}}

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