World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, WILLIAMS, 10 Light Horse
Photograph of Lieutenant Arthur Tyrrell Willimas of 139 Barker Road Subiaco, 1st Reinforcements, enlisted 23 November 1914, returned 5 May 1917
10 Light Horse was raised as a squadron, then a regiment in October 1914.and formed part of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade in Egypt. The Regiment served dismounted in Gallipoli and fought at the charge at the Nek on 7 August 1915, and at Hill 60 on 29-30 August. The only Victoria Cross awarded to a Light Horseman recognised the valour of Lieutenant Hugo Throssell at Hill 60.
After Gallipoli the Regiment was bought up to strength to defended Egypt from the Ottoman Army advancing on the Suez Canal. Through 1916 they drove the Turks across the deserts of Sinai, participating in the battles of Romani and Magdhaba.
In 1917 as part of the Desert Column they advanced into Palestine and participated in the bloody battles to break the Gaza-Beersheba line and helped capture Jerusalem. They participated in the Es Salt Raid in May 1918. In August they were equipped with swords and retrained as cavalry. In this role they took part in the rout of the Ottoman army in the Jordan Valley, a campaign the light horse referred to as "The Great Ride". In September the 10th was the first formed regiment to enter Damascus.
Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918. After the end of the war, the regiment saw action in putting down the Egyptian uprising of 1919. The Regiment was one of the few to return home as a formed unit arriving in Fremantle on 4 August 1919 on board Oxfordshire.
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This photograph is part of the extensive Phil Sullivan 10th Light Horse Collection donated to the Army Museum in November 2023.
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Nearest geotagged records:
- PHOTOGRAPH: HOUSE AT 10 BEDFORD AVENUE, SUBIACO (0.08km away)
- World War 1, Australia, ROBERTS, 11 Battalion, 1914 (0.11km away)
- DRAWING: '98 BARKER ROAD SUBIACO', CHRIS CLARKSON (0.11km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: HOUSE AT 98 BARKER ROAD, SUBIACO (0.11km away)
- World War 1, Australia Western Australia Perth, ROBERTS, 11 Battalion, 1914 (0.12km away)
- World War 1, Europe, Western Front, ROBERTS, 1918 (0.12km away)
- DRAWING: '134 TOWNSEND ROAD SUBIACO', CHRIS CLARKSON (0.18km away)
- World War 1, Australia Western Australia, BICKFORD, 1916 (0.19km away)
- World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 3237 HARRISON, 10 Light Horse (0.21km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH: HOUSE IN TOWNSHEND ROAD, SUBIACO (0.21km away)
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