Fateful cavalry charge earns Aussies an Israeli monument
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| Ricki Roen |
| Australian philanthropist Richard Pratt, left, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Australian Governor-General Michael Jeffery stand by the statue unveiled April 28, 2008 memorializing the Light Horse Brigade. |
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By Dan Goldberg
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Published: 04/30/2008
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A new park in Beersheva memorializes the "last great cavalry charge" by Australian troops in 1917, which helped win a battle that set the stage for the creation of the Jewish state.
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