 Meanwhile , the majority of the Australian Light Horse had remained in the Middle East and subsequently served in Egypt , Sinai , Palestine and Syria with the Desert Column of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force . In August 1917 the column was expanded to become the Desert Mounted Corps , which consisted of the ANZAC Mounted Division , Australian Mounted Division and the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade ( which included a number of Australian , British and New Zealand camel companies ) . In contrast to the static trench warfare that developed in Europe , the troops in the Middle East mostly experienced a more fluid form of warfare involving manoeuvre and combined arms tactics . 
