To Beersheba 1917 With the Australian Light Horse

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To Beersheba 1917 With the Australian Light Horse I.Idriess, G.Haydon edited by Tom Thompson

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To Beersheba 1917 With the Australian Light Horse

A special book for the Australian Light Horse collector.

Includes 100 pages of unpublished photographs from the Haydon family archives. Showing the courage and composure of the Light Horse in this famous Sinai cavalry charge. Photos were originally taken by Guy and Barney Haydon.

The four pages of narrative relate to the Charge at Beersheba only and are provided from the diary/letters of Trooper Ion Idriess and Lieutenant Guy Haydon. Here is a chance to view the Beersheba Desert battleground of October and November 1917 as never before.

Lieutenant Guy Haydon was a member of 12th Light Horse Regiment and was the owner of Midnight the famous light horse. Barney Haydon's horse was called Polo.

Midnight and Lieutenant Guy Haydon, were two of the casualties during the Charge of Beersheba. They made it to Beersheba but as Midnight jumped the Turkish trenches she was hit by a bullet. The bullet continued through the saddle and lodged in the back of Lieutenant Haydon.

Midnight was killed but Lieutenant Haydon recovered from a very painful, serious wound.