The bravery of hundreds of young Anzac soldiers on horseback at the Battle of Beersheba has been remembered in the desert where it happened.
The commemorations in Israel included a re-enactment of history's last great cavalry charge 100 years ago, which Kiwi troopers had paved the way for.
Now 100 years on, a ceremony was held to remember the Anzacs who died in the Battle of Beersheba, including eight New Zealanders.
"With the future in our hands, we have peace, prosperity and security," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said at the ceremony.
"But it was made possible because of those heroes. We always remember that. We remember the sacrifices of these young men from New Zealand and from Australia."
The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade succeeded in securing a key lookout point near Beersheba, allowing the Australian Light Horse Brigade to charge the Turkish trenches and capture the strategic Biblical town.
"It's only fitting that we should join together today in remembering their service and their sacrifice," Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy said.
It was an important victory for the Anzac troops after crushing defeats at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
"Beersheba was there for a rare and welcome victory, a boost to a war weary nation, which seemed to be nearing the end of its reserves of fortitude and manpower," Dame Patsy said.
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