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Desert Mounted Corps

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The Desert Mounted Corps was a World War I Allied army corps that operated in the Middle East (Sinai and Palestine) during 1917 and 1918. Originally formed as the Desert Column in February 1917 under the command of General Sir Philip W. Chetwode, it was expanded to a full corps, commanded by Australian General Henry Chauvel, in August 1917 following the reorganisation of the Allied forces by General Allenby after the failure of the Second Battle of Gaza.

As the Desert Column the corps contained the Anzac Mounted Division and the Imperial Mounted Division (later to become the Australian Mounted Division). Following the reorganisation, the corps contained:





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