Welcome to the 7th Cavalry

The 7th Division Cavalry Regiment was formed in April 1940, mainly with men who were from New South Wales and Queensland, as the Victorians and South Australians with the regiment were released to form the basis of the 8th Division Cavalry Regiment. The 7th carried out its initial armoured vehicle training at Cowra with Vickers light tanks and machine-gun carriers. Destined for the Middle East, the regiment sailed from Sydney Harbour, on board the Queen Mary, on Boxing Day 1940 and arrived in Egypt at the start of February 1941. The regiment then immediately moved to Palestine, where it continued training. In April the regiment handed over its vehicles to the 6th Division Cavalry Regiment, which used them in the advance to Benghazi. The 7th moved to the Suez Canal, where it helped with the defences. The following month, the regiment was sent to Cyprus to support British troops who had been sent to the island.

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