2 Cav celebrates in Iraq

Keeping the flame: Lt-Col Roger Noble watches as Tpr Brendan Higgins cuts the cake.Photo by Sgt Craig Sharp

THE “crazy” charge of the Light Horse that led to the capture of Beersheba in 1917 has been celebrated in the Iraqi desert.
Soldiers of 2 Cav Regt with the AMTG in southern Iraq – 996km from Beersheba – carved up a magnificent cake to mark the anniversary – which is also recognised as the regiment’s official birthday – on October 31.

The youngest member of the cavalry element, Tpr Brendan Higgs, cut the cake with an Iraqi dagger, watched by AMTG CO Lt-Col Roger Noble.

2 Cav Regt traces its origins to the Light Horse in World War I and wears the “blue on blue” colour patch of the 4th Light Horse Regiment.