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The
Desert Mounted Corps was a
World War I Allied army
corps that operated in the
Middle East (
Sinai and
Palestine) during
1917 and
1918. Originally formed as the
Desert Column in February 1917 under the command of General Sir
Philip W. Chetwode, it was expanded to a full corps, commanded by
Australian General
Henry Chauvel, in August 1917 following the reorganisation of the Allied forces by General
Allenby after the failure of the
Second Battle of Gaza. The Desert Mounted Corps wasn't an
Anzac corps — it contained numerous
British and
Indian cavalry brigades as well as some
French colonial cavalry — but the
Australian and
New Zealand units provided the veteran foundation and it was the first army corps to be commanded by an Australian.
The Desert Column contained the
Anzac Mounted Division and the Imperial Mounted Division (later to become the
Australian Mounted Division). The Desert Mounted Corps contained:
In mid-1918, the Corps was reorganised again. Two Indian cavalry divisions were transferred from the
Western Front in France, and reorganised to incorporate some of the Yeomanry Mounted Division. The Anzac Mounted Division was detached. The Camel Corps was reduced to a battalion and many of its personnel transferred to the Australian Mounted Division. Still commanded by Chauvel, the corps now consisted of:
4th (Indian) Mounted Division
5th (Indian) Mounted Division
Australian Mounted Division
There were also seven batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery, an Armoured Car detachment and the 7th Light Car Patrol.
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