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The plaque commemorates those who served in the 12th Light Horse Regiment during World War One and also service of the Light Horse during the Boer War. The regimental guidon was laid up in the church in 1990.
The 12th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted unit of the Australian Army. It was raised in New South Wales in 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) for service during the First World War. After fighting at Gallipoli as reinforcements, the regiment served in the Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire, seeing action in several notable battles including Beersheba, the capture of Jerusalam, Megiddo and the capture of Damascus. In the aftermath of the war, the regiment was used to suppress the 1919 Egyptian Uprising, before being disbanded in late 1919.
Location
| Address: | 122 Rusden Street, St Peter`s Anglican Cathedral, Armidale, 2350 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -30.515102 Long: 151.665237 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 4th November, 2017 |
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The Regimental Guidon of the 12th Light Horse AIF as laid up on the 18th November 1990
South Africa 1899 - 1900 Gallipoli 1915
Rumani Egypt 1915 - 17
Gaza Beersheba Jerusalem
Jordan (Es-Salt) Megiddo
Sharon Damascus
Palestine 1917 - 18
Dedicated to those who served and in memory of all who died
We will remember them
Lest We Forget
Dedicated on 4th November 2017 by the 12th / 16th Hunter Rivers Lancers Regiment
