Champion
@krissy - your grandfather is one of the many Australian legends who have shaped our great southern land and its magnificent history.
Here's a tad more .....
Today we remember the charge of Beersheba by the Australian Light Horse during the third Battle of Gaza in Palestine.
As dusk fell on 31 October 1917, the 4th Light Horse Brigade, bayonets in hand, launched a horseback charge to seize control of the crucial town of Beersheba from the Ottoman Empire.
It was a vital component of the Allied forces' campaign to secure the Sinai Peninsula and ensure the shipping corridors along the Suez Canal remained open to Britain and its allies.
It is remembered as the last great cavalry charge and heralded the beginning of the end for Ottoman control of Palestine and ensured the name of Beersheba would be forever remembered in Australian history because of its daring cavalry charge.
The 4th Light Horse Brigade suffered a total of 35 killed and 39 wounded; of these, the 12th Light Horse Regiment suffered 20 killed and 19 wounded.
Lest we forget
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