Light Horse: A History of Australia’s Mounted Arm – Jean Bou

Light Horse: A History of Australia’s Mounted Arm historian at the Australian War Memorial and a Visiting Fellow with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Jean Bou traces the origins and accomplishments of the legendary Light Horse.

The mounted soldier is one of the most evocative symbols in Australian military history. Now a celebrated part of Australia’s army heritage, the role and very existence of mounted troops in modern warfare was being called into question at the time of its most crowning military moments. Light horse regiments, particularly those that served in South Africa, Palestine and the trenches of Gallipoli, played a vital role in Australia’s early military campaigns.

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Based on extensive research from both Australia and Britain, this book is a comprehensive history of the Australian Light Horse in war and peace. Historian Jean Bou examines the place of the light horse in Australia’s military history throughout its existence, from its antecedents in the middle of the nineteenth century, until the last regiment was disbanded in 1944.

Links and Further Reading

• Jean Bou’s Website

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