ANZAC MOUNTED DIVISION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 124, 27 May 1936, Page 10

ANZAC MOUNTED DIVISION

• i WANGANUI BRANCH TO BE FORMED | ! The Anzae Mounted Division was I 1 first formed at. Salpia in Egypt in I I March, J DIG. under the leadership of I j Major-General Chauvel, later General IjSh- Harry Chauvel, G.C.B. I Towards the close of 1917 MajorI; General sir Edward Chaytor, K.C.V.0., II formerly Brigadier-General in charge of the New Zealand Mounted Brigade, as- _ ; Mimed command, General Sir Harry | Uhauvel being appointed G.O.U. of the , 'Desert Mounted Column, probably the greatest cavalry force in the history of civilised warfare. - The Anzae Mounted Division con- , sisted of three brigades of Australian light horse ami (.-ne brigade of New Zealand Mounted Rifles. The latter was I . rompriseil of Auckland, Wellington and | ' Canterbury Mounted Rifles, the Otago ‘Mounted Rifles having gone to France' .as divisional cavalry to the newly-1 I termed New Zealand (Division. From i.lune, 1916, to the cessation of hosiiiI ties the A.M.I), took part in nearly’ livery engagement in the Sinai and I ' Palestine campaign. I In .1916 General Sir .Archibald Murray, G.C.8., wrote to the War Office: I "I have indisputable proof that BirdI wood has been trying to get G.H.Q. in France to have some of my mounted I reinforcements sent to France as in- | fantry. I wish at once to make it clear that I cannot spare one man. These Anzae troops are the keystone of the defence of Egypt.” The late Field-Marshal Viscount Al- , Jen by has put the following on record I of the A.M.D.: “When I took over command of the E.E.F. in 1917, the A.M.D. were already veterans tried and proved in many a fight. Since then they have shared in the campaign which achieved the destruction of the Turkish Army and were throughout in the thick of the fighting. L found them eager in advance, ami staunch in defence. At " Beersheba a mounted charge by a light horse regiment swept across the "* I Turkish trenches and decided the day. ; In dismounted actions they showed the plash and enterprise of the best type of light infantry. The Australian light horseman combines with a splendid physique a restless activity of mind. This mutual quality renders him somewhat impatient of rigid and formal discipline. but it confers on him the gift of adaptability and that is secret of 1 much of his success. He has earned the gratitude of the Empire and the admiration of the world.” Leaving this eulogy by one of England’s greatest soldiers, in the Official t History of the A.E.F. by Sir Henry Fullett, the N.Z.M.R. Brigade has been paid the following tribute: “The New S Zealand Brigade not only won much I glory for it s people; it reflected everlasting credit up on the great business Qualities of the New Zealand Govern-

ment during the war. Not only in its lighting capacity, but in its administration and economy, it was a model of what a mounted brigade should be, and Australian officers of distinction were frequently heard to declare that the finest mounted brigade in Sinai and Palestine was this splendid little body of New Zealanders. Between the Australians and the New Zealanders there was never in the long campaign a thought of jealousy or a moment of misunderstanding. Lach trusted and swore by the other.” It is these sentiments that the Anzae Mounted Division Reunion Association wishes to revive. A movement to form a Wanganui branch is at present afoot, and any old member of the A.M.D. desirous of joining is asked to kindly communicate with Captain AV. J. Melville, Castlecliff, or Mr. Sid Smith, of Johnston and Co., Ltd., of Taupe Quay. A meeting to appoint officers and committee will shortly be advertised.

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