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6th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)
The 6th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in September 1914, and assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. The regiment fought against the forces of the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire, in Egypt, at Gallipoli, on the Sinai Peninsula, and in Palestine and Jordan. After the armistice the regiment eventually returned to Australia in March 1919. For its role in the war the regiment was awarded sixteen battle honours. During the inter-war years, the regiment was re-raised as a part-time unit based in New South Wales, adopting the designation of the "New South Wales Mounted Rifles". It was later converted to a motor regiment during the early years of the Second World War before being redesignated as an armoured car regiment. Nevertheless, it was disbanded in early 1943 without having been deployed overseas. During the post war years, the regiment was re-raised as part of the Citizens Military Force, and in 1956 was converted into an infantry unit, and in 1960 was subsumed into the Royal New South Wales Regiment.
==Formation==
The 6th Light Horse Regiment was raised at Sydney in September 1914 as part of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force,〔 and comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops.〔Gullett 1941, p. 54.〕 Each troop was divided into eight sections, of four men each. In action one man of each section, was nominated as a horse holder reducing the regiment's rifle strength by a quarter.〔Horner and Williams, Chapter: Setting up the Light Horse〕 Its personnel were mostly recruited from the state of New South Wales.〔 Once formed the regiment was assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade, serving alongside the 5th and 7th Light Horse Regiments.
All Australian Light Horse regiments used cavalry unit designations, but were mounted infantry armed with rifles, not swords or lances,〔Gullett 1941, p. 29.〕 and mounted exclusively on the Australian Waler horse.〔Gullett 1941, p. 38.〕
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