The 6th Light Horse Regiment was raised at Sydney in September 1914 as part of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force,[REF] and comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops [REF].
All Australian Light Horse regiments used cavalry unit designations, but were mounted infantry armed with rifles, not swords or lances,[REF] and mounted exclusively on the Australian Waler horse [REF].