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Australia's Battle of Beersheba
As dusk fell on the 31st of October 1917, the 4th Light Horse Brigade – bayonets in hand – launched a horseback charge to seize control of the crucial town of Beersheba from the Ottoman Empire. This successful cavalry charge heralded the beginning of the end for Ottoman control of Palestine, and ensured the name of Beersheba would be forever remembered in Australian history because of its daring cavalry charge. The Cove proudly brings you the animated history of Australia's involvement in the Battle of Beersheba.
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Mark O'Neill
Mark O'Neill is an experienced Australian Army officer with operational experience in Somalia, Mozambique, Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been the Chief of Army Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Joint Operations LO to the DFAT and an lecturer at the National Security College. In 2013 he earned a PhD from the UNSW. He is currently posted to Army HQ.