A Thousand Miles of Battles, by Ian JonesIan Jones’ revised edition of “A Thousand Miles of Battles” is now available from our shop (here). It was first published in 1987, but last year a new revised edition was released by ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) Inc.

Ian wrote and co-produced the film The Lighthorsemen and there is an excellent action shot included in the book (p.115) from the film’s scene covering the charge at Beersheba. The book also uses many of the same images we have highlighted in our exhibition and many others I’d like to have used if we had more space. These include AWM B00277 and AWM P03631.087 (see below).

Three members of the 8th Australian Light Horse Regimental Signal Station, sit with their heliograph set up on the pier on the Sea of Galilee. Photographer: J.P. Campbell B00277

Four unidentified members of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment machine gun in action at Khurbetha-Ibn. This image is a colour Paget Plate. Photographer: Frank Hurley P03631.087

If you want a well produced and written illustrated contemporary history of the Light Horse then it is currently very hard to go past this book.