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Photograph allegedly showing the charge of the 4th and 12th Regiments of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917. The photograph has been claimed to have been taken by Trooper E.G. Elliot of the brigade's 4th Machine Gun Squadron who was in an advanced position performing range finding duties and was unaware that the charge was planned but fortunately had a small camera with him. Another claim is that it was taken by a Turkish defender whose camera was later captured.

The authenticity of the photo has long been disputed. Ian Jones in Is This The Charge At Beersheba?, Journal of the Australian War Memorial, October 1983 makes a case for it being authentic; Matthew Woodhead and and Jacqui Lobach, in The Australian Charge at Beersheba, 1917: Is the Photograph Genuine or Staged, Wartime, Issue 1 (November 1997) refute Jones' arguments and present a case for the photograph as showing a reenactment of the charge, staged for Frank Hurley, Australian Official Photographer on 7 February 1918 while the brigade was encamped at Belah.

Australian War Memorial catalogue number A02684

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• Charge (warfare)
• Battle of Beersheba
• Stockman
• Military history of Australia during World War I