Chauvel Australian Light Horse Ride

The Chauvel Australian Light Horse Ride is a 700km journey across rural Australia, honouring the courage of Light Horsemen from World War I. Eight re-enactors in WWI Light Horse uniforms will travel from Shepparton to Tallangatta, visiting schools and RSLs along the way. Key events in the Upper Murray include: 9 April, 6pm: Commemorative service at Tintaldra Avenue of Honour 14 April, 11am: Commemorative service at Cudgewa War Memorial, followed by the send-off for the Forgotten Ride over Keelangie 16 April, 1pm: Commemorative service at Sandy Memorial, Tallangatta The ride, sponsored by the Australian Light Horse Society and supported by the General Sir Harry Chauvel Memorial Foundation, honours the men who served in the New South Wales and Victorian Mounted Infantry during the Boer War and helped form the Australian Light Horse Regiments in WWI. The event also marks the 160th anniversary of General Sir Harry Chauvel’s birth. Chauvel, a boy from the bush, rose through the ranks to command the Desert Mounted Corps in WWI. As he said "commemoration is about the men who did the job." The Riders will also remember the forgotten route over Keelangie that men took to enlist and catch the train to Tallangatta, where they began their service.