Light Horse highlights role of Aboriginal soldiers

Sally Gall
Updated November 11 2017 - 4:43pm, first published 4:30pm
Ride for pride: Indigenous representatives from Central Australia were part of the mounted party taking part in the ceremony. Pictures: Sally Cripps.
Ride for pride: Indigenous representatives from Central Australia were part of the mounted party taking part in the ceremony. Pictures: Sally Cripps.

As well as commemorating a brave pre-dawn cavalry charge that superseded the better-known one at Beersheba almost a year earlier, the Australian Light Horse Association recently joined the Department of Veterans Affairs in honouring the role of indigenous soldiers in the first World War in Palestine.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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