An Australian soldier firing a Lewis Gun during the battle.
The Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
The Battle of Magdhaba, officially known in Britain as the Affair of Magdhaba, was a First World War battle fought between the British and Ottoman Empires on the 23rd of December, 1916.
The advance of the Australian 9th Light Horse Regiment.
British Empire forces, consisting of British, Australian, Indian and New Zealand soldiers, defeated the Turks on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in a day of fierce fighting.
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