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The brigade remained in Egypt and, combined with the 1st and 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigades, made up the ANZAC Mounted Division which served through the Sinai and Palestine campaign.
This is incorrect because the ANZAC Mounted Division was formed with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade plus the 1st, 2nd **and 3rd** Australian Light Horse Brigades, not just the 1st and 2nd.
Full reasoning
The article omits the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade from the ANZAC Mounted Division's original composition.
Authoritative sources describe the division as including the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade together with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades:
- NZ History’s Auckland Mounted Rifles timeline says that when the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was officially established in April 1916, it comprised the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade, 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade, 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade, and New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
- The Australian War Memorial likewise states that the ANZAC Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in April 1916 by joining the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades.
So the sentence is factually wrong as written: it leaves out one of the division’s constituent brigades.
2 sources
- Auckland Mounted Rifles timeline 1914-19 | NZ History
The ‘Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division’ is officially established... it comprises: 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade; 2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade; 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade; New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.
- Boomerang and fern leaf sign : ANZAC Mounted Division | Australian War Memorial
The ANZAC Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in April 1916 by joining the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade and 1, 2 and 3 Australian Light Horse Brigades...