Battle of Rafa (World War 1, 9 January 1917 to 9 January 1917)

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The Battle of Rafa, 9 January 1916

The Battle of Rafa, also known as the Action of Rafah, fought on 9 January 1917, was the third and final battle to complete the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula by British forces during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.

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Showing 8 people of interest from campaign

RUSHTON, James

Service number 942
Sergeant
3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
AIF WW1
Born 1891

ROBERTS, Clive

Service number 903A
Trooper
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 30 Oct 1897

SMITH, George Achilles

Service number OFFICER
Captain
3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
AIF WW1
Born 4 May 1882

HEINZE, William John

Service number 1106
Trooper
9th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 15 May 1890

LEWIS, Lancelot Ashley

Service number COMMI...
Major
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 25 Sep 1885
Norwood Football Club 1903 - 1912

MCNAMARA, Francis Hubert

Service number 5
Air Vice Marshal
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 4 Apr 1894

DIXON, Graham Patrick

Service number MEDIC...
Lieutenant Colonel
Australian Army Medical Corps (2nd AIF)
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 16 May 1873

TAYLOR, Tom Braithwaite

Service number 1510
Trooper
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 19 Nov 1890

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