Book(s) on Australian Light Horse in the Middle East WWI

[freddy326]

Can anyone recommend a good book (or books) about the Australian Light Horse in the Middle East during WWI?

I'm thinking of painting up a British Imperial and Turkish army using the Pendraken figures and I'm after a bit of inspiration!

thanks!!

[Fenton]

I have a book by Jean Bou called Australia's Palestine campaign  its part f the Australian Army Campaign series of books...really good read...Jean Bou has written quite a few book on the lighthorse if you google the name

[freddy326]

Excellent!! copy found on Amazon and duly ordered!

[WeeWars]

For general Palestine campaign inspiration you can't go wrong starting with

David L Bullock's Allenby's War

There's a colour plate of an Australia Light horseman in Osprey's British Army WW1 (3) and an Anzac mounted rifleman in NZ Expeditionary Force in WW1.

Cheers, Michael

[Fenton]

I have some photos of he lighthorse that I took when taking part in the Anzac parade and Remembrance day  in Melbourne a couple of years back if your interested

[WeeWars]

I have some photos of he lighthorse that I took when taking part in the Anzac parade and Remembrance day  in Melbourne a couple of years back if your interested

I definitely would be!

[Fenton]

I'll have a dig through Picassa see what I have

[Dickie255]

Hi Freddy

http://alh-research.tripod.com/toc.htm This is a website for Australian forces from 1899 to 1920 from the Australian Light Horse centre. There also lots of freebie books on the web for inspiration

Cheers

[WeeWars]

The Australian Light Horse at Beersheba:

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?33626-The-Australian-Light-Horse-at-Beersheba-October-31-1917

Lots of image inspiration:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=The+Charge.jpg&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=GI5MUbTnMIrL0AW6woGgCA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=2304&bih=1290#hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=australian++light+horse&oq=australian++light+horse&gs_l=img.12..0l3j0i24l7.11842.11842.0.12989.1.1.0.0.0.0.64.64.1.1.0...0.0...1c.1.7.img.q_dS42l9kog&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=4a0a7c1c8882619d&biw=2304&bih=1290

Possible scenario inspiration but certainly a great big yarn for entertainment purposes:

http://booksonwaraustralia.com/australian-light-horse-1914-1919/563-bill-the-bastard-the-australian-war-horse-light-horse-military-book-9781743312629.html

[Rob]

You do know there was a film made about the Australian Light Horse of course. 

Cheers, Rob 

[freddy326]

You do know there was a film made about the Australian Light Horse of course. 

Cheers, Rob 

Oh yes, had that one some time and the Young Indana Jones version as well!

[Fenton]

Its a not a bad film, watched it again the other night despite its defects

[Fenton]

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I keep reading this as Austrian Light Horse...

Great resources chaps!

[WeeWars]

You do know there was a film made about the Australian Light Horse of course.

It's part of the first link I gave: The Australian Light Horse at Beersheba.