 Following the armistice , the Australian Mounted Division went into camp at Tripoli while the Anzac Mounted Division , having borne the brunt of the entire campaign , suffered heavily from malaria and influenza in the Jordan Valley . Australia 's role in the Sinai and Palestine campaign was later acknowledged by Field Marshal Edmund Allenby , who had been commander @-@ in @-@ chief of the Allied forces in the Middle East , as having been considerable . Total Australian battle casualties in the campaign were 4 @,@ 851 , including 1 @,@ 374 dead . 
