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

About This Campaign

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.

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from campaign

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RUSHTON, James

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

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HEINZE, William John

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

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CROZIER, John Francis

Service number 2634
Trooper
2nd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 5 Dec 1888

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ROGERS, Ernest Arthur

Service number 932
Sergeant
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 6 Dec 1890

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MCBRIDE, Neil Hamilton

Service number 2367
Trooper
3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
AIF WW1
Born 12 Oct 1892

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TAYLOR, Tom Braithwaite

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

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MCNAMARA, Francis Hubert

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

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ROBERTS, Clive

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