The ANZAC Mounted Division (officially known as the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division) was a mounted infantry division formed in March 1916 in Egypt during World War I following the Battle of Gallipoli when the Australian and New Zealand regiments returned from fighting in a dismounted role. For the remainder of the war it served in the Middle East, in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Commanded by Major General Sir Harry Chauvel from March 1916 to 1917 when Major General Edward Chaytor took command for the remainder of the war.
The title ANZAC indicated its composite Australian and New Zealand units and as such was possibly the first official use of this term for this purpose, rather than as a designation for an army corps.
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The division contained three or four mounted brigades. At its core were the following three brigades:
The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was transferred to the Imperial Mounted Division (which became the Australian Mounted Division). The British 22nd Mounted (Yeomanry) Brigade replaced the 3rd Light Horse Brigade until it left for the Yeomanry Mounted Division in July 1917.[1]
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