 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1914, 8th Light Horse Regiment yakabva kuSydney ichienda kuEgypt, ichisvika pana 1 February 1915. Apo mauto epasi eAustralia akatumirwa kuGallipoli, zvaifungidzirwa kuti nzvimbo yacho yakanga isina kukodzera mauto akatasva mabhiza, uye mapoka evarwi vemabhiza akaramba ari muEgipita. Zvisinei, kurasikirwa kukuru pakati pemabhatani ehondo dzeAustralia kwakaguma nekuendeswa kwe3rd Light Horse Brigade sekusimbisa muna Chivabvu 1915. Pakusvika, hurumende yakabatanidzwa neNew Zealand neAustralia Division. Chirongwa ichi chakabatanidzwa zvikuru muHondo yeNek, ichitambura kurasikirwa kwakakomba kubatanidza mukuru wayo anotungamirira, Mutevedzeri Mukuru Alexander White, uyo akaurayiwa achitungamirira boka rokutanga. Chikwata chacho chakanga chichinyanya kushandiswa mukuzvidzivirira, kusvikira chadzoserwa kuEgypt muna December 1915. 