Mounted Memorial, Canberra

The memorial was sculpted by Melbourne born sculptor, Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863-1918) - it was his last piece before his death.

The original memorial bore the inscription "Erected by their comrades and the governments of Australia and New Zealand in memory of the members of the Australian Light Horse, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, The Imperial Camel Corps and the Australian Flying Corps who lost their lives in Egypt, Palestine and Syria 1916 - 1919"

Two castings in bronze were made, the first of which was erected on the original masonry base at Albany Western Australia in 1964.

Australian cavalry leader of 1914-1918 who commanded the 1st Light Horse Brigade and the 1st Australian Division on Gallipoli in 1915, then successively commanded the ANZAC Mounted Division, the Desert Column and the Desert Mounted Corps in operations in Egypt, Palestine and Syria 1916-1918 On Anzac Day 2005, as on previous similar commemorations, mounted members of the Australian Army or commemoration teams were at the memorial, as was obvious from copious amounts of horse droppings around the memorial; some can be seen in the photograph.

Commemorations for the Battle of Beersheba typically occur at the memorial in Canberra every year on 31 October, with bigger gatherings on the 5-year dates.