Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

Hill 60, Gallipoli, 22 - 23, and 27 August 1915

The Battle for Hill 60, Gallipoli, 22 - 23, and 27 August 1915, Roll of Honour

Gallipoli Campaign

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The Battle of Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915, Album Contents

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album Contents

Gueudecourt, 1915.

Gueudecourt, a village on the Somme battlefield in northern France, became the scene of two attacks by Australian troops in November 1916 which were made amid conditions rated as the most difficult ever faced by the AIF. The British offensive of this front in September-during which I Anzac Corps was resting in the Ypres sector after its losses at Pozieres and Mouquet Farm had advanced the line into a valley below the Bapaume heights. Here the onset of Autumn rains turned the ground into a quagmire, and attacks against the German lines by the British Fourth and Fifth Armies during October all failed totally with heavy losses.

This album comprises maps extracted from the various Unit War Diaries. Each map is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each item should be read in conjunction with the specific War Diaries which are available here:

AIF War Diaries

Items:

Page 1

Area in which the Battle of Gueudecourt was fought.

Area in which the Battle of Gueudecourt was fought. s

Gueudecourt Sector, 6 November 1916

Gueudecourt Sector, 6 November 1916 s

Poziers to Gueudecourt, 16 August 1916

Poziers to Gueudecourt, 16 August 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation from 2.30pm to 5.30pm, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, movements, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, movements, 14 November 1916 s

Page 2

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 6 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 6 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, movements, 6 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, movements, 6 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 11 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 11 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 21 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 21 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Brigade Boundaries, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Brigade Boundaries, 14

Page 3

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Brigade Boundaries, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Brigade Boundaries, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Barrage Map, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Barrage Map, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Trench Map Segment, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Trench Map Segment, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Hand Drawn Trench Map, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Hand Drawn Trench Map, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 6 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Situation, 6 November 1916 s

Page 4

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Artillery Map, 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Artillery Map, 14 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Trench Map, 1 December 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, Trench Map, 1 December 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 15 Brigade Activity, 20-30 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 15 Brigade Activity, 20-30 November 1916 s

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 1st Battalion Activity, 4 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, 1st Battalion Activity, 4 November 1916 s

Further Reading:

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Roll of Honour

The Western Front

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album Contents

Where Australians Fought, Western Front Battles, 1916 - 1918, Outline

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Where Australians Fought

Western Front Battles, 1916 - 1918

Outline

Chronology of Western Front Battles, 1916 - 1918

The followin index is a listing of all major battles which occurred on the Western Front during 1916 to 1918 in which Australians participated.

Each link opens a description page of the particular battle. At the bottom of each page is a section called "Further Reading" which gives a brief menu highlighting other items. Foremost of all items is the "Contents" page which allows you to explore in a systematic manner the material that resides upon this site.

1916

Fromelles, France, July 19 to 20, 1916.

Pozieres, France, July 23 to August 5, 1916.

Mouquet Farm, France, August 8 to September 3, 1916.

Gueudecourt, France, November 5 to 14, 1916.

1917

First Bullecourt, France, April 11, 1917.

Lagnicourt, France, April 15, 1917.

Second Bullecourt, France, May 3 to 17, 1917.

Messines, Belgium, June 7, 1917.

Third Ypres, Belgium, September till to November, 1917.

Menin Road, Belgium, September 20, 1917.

Polygon Wood, Belgium, September 26, 1917.

Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917.

Poelcappelle, Belgium, October 9, 1917.

Passchendaele, Belgium, October 12, 1917.

1918

Hébuterne, France, March 27 to April 5, 1918.

First Dernancourt, France, March 28, 1918.

First Morlancourt, France, March 28 to 30, 1918.

First Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 4, 1918.

Second Dernancourt, France, April 5, 1918.

Hangard Wood, France, April 7, 1918.

Hazebrouck, France, April 14 to 17, 1918.

Second Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 24 to 25, 1918.

Es Salt, Palestine, April 30 to May 3, 1918.

Second Morlancourt, France, May 4 to 9, 1918.

Ville-sur-Ancre, France, May 19, 1918.

Third Morlancourt, France, June 10, 1918.

Hamel, France, July 4, 1918.

Amiens, France, August 8, 1918.

Lihons, France, August 9 to 11, 1918.

Etinehem, France, August 10 to 13, 1918.

Proyart, France, August 10 to 12, 1918.

Lille, France, August 16 to 17, 1918.

Chuignes, France, August 23, 1918.

Mont St Quentin, France, August 31 to September 2, 1918.

Hindenburg Outpost Line, France, September 18, 1918.

St Quentin Canal, France, September 29 to October 1, 1918.

Montbrehain, France, October 5, 1918.

Alphabetical List of Western Front Battles, 1916 - 1918

A

Amiens, France, August 8, 1918.

Broodseinde, Belgium, October 4, 1917.

Bullecourt - First, France, April 11, 1917.

Bullecourt - Second , France, May 3 to 17, 1917.

Chuignes, France, August 23, 1918.

Dernancourt - First , France, March 28, 1918.

Dernancourt - Second , France, April 5, 1918.

Etinehem, France, August 10 to 13, 1918.

First Bullecourt, France, April 11, 1917.

First Dernancourt, France, March 28, 1918.

First Morlancourt, France, March 28 to 30, 1918.

First Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 4, 1918.

Fromelles, France, July 19 to 20, 1916.

Gueudecourt, France, November 5 to 14, 1916.

Hamel, France, July 4, 1918.

Hangard Wood, France, April 7, 1918.

Hazebrouck, France, April 14 to 17, 1918.

Hébuterne, France, March 27 to April 5, 1918.

Hindenburg Outpost Line, France, September 18, 1918.

Lagnicourt, France, April 15, 1917.

Lihons, France, August 9 to 11, 1918.

Lille, France, August 16 to 17, 1918.

Menin Road, Belgium, September 20, 1917.

Messines, Belgium, June 7, 1917.

Mont St Quentin, France, August 31 to September 2, 1918.

Montbrehain, France, October 5, 1918.

Morlancourt - First , France, March 28 to 30, 1918.

Morlancour t - Second , France, May 4 to 9, 1918.

Morlancourt - Third , France, June 10, 1918.

Mouquet Farm, France, August 8 to September 3, 1916.

Passchendaele, Belgium, October 12, 1917.

Poelcappelle, Belgium, October 9, 1917.

Polygon Wood, Belgium, September 26, 1917.

Pozieres, France, July 23 to August 5, 1916.

Proyart, France, August 10 to 12, 1918.

Second Bullecourt, France, May 3 to 17, 1917.

Second Dernancourt, France, April 5, 1918.

Second Morlancourt, France, May 4 to 9, 1918.

Second Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 24 to 25, 1918.

St Quentin Canal, France, September 29 to October 1, 1918.

Third Morlancourt, France, June 10, 1918.

Third Ypres, Belgium, September till to November, 1917.

Ville-sur-Ancre, France, May 19, 1918.

Villers-Bretonneux - First , France, April 4, 1918.

Villers-Bretonneux - Second , France, April 24 to 25, 1918.

Ypres - Third , Belgium, September till to November, 1917.

Further Reading:

Western Front Battles

Citation: Where Australians Fought, Western Front Battles, 1916 - 1918, Outline

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

Contents

Items

Desert Column Forum Pix
Desert Column Forum Pix, Album Contents
Desert Column Forum Pix

Boer War

Boer War Aboriginal Servicemen
Boer War Aboriginal Servicemen, Album Contents

NSW Citizens Bushmans Contingent
NSW Citizens Bushmans Contingent, Contents
NSW Citizens Bushmans Contingent Album

2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Album Contents

1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry
1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry
1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry, Album Contents
And
1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Draft
1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Draft, Album Contents

1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, Contents
1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Album

Lieutenant Bisdee, VC
Lieutenant Bisdee, VC, Snapshots on the Field, Contents
Lieutenant Bisdee, VC, Snapshots on the Field

2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen
2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen, Contents
2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Album

South Australia
For the Empire
For the Empire

5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen
278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL South African Album
278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL South African Album Contents

1st Victorian Mounted Infantry
Henry Devine MCLAY, Album Contents

5th & 6th Victorian Mounted Rifles
5th & 6th Victorian Mounted Rifles Album
5th & 6th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Album Contents

Western Australian Boer War Archives
WA Agent General Cash Account 1899-1902
WA Contingents Rates of Pay, 1899 - 1901

No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein

No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein

No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein Album Contents

The Knapsack Bible
The Knapsack Bible
The Knapsack Bible, Album Contents

Miscellaneous Collection of Boer War Post Cards
Boer War Correspondence, Album Contents

Great War

Bent Street, Paddington
Bent Street, Paddington
Bent Street, Paddington Album Contents

WHAT ABOUT IT, JACK?
"WHAT ABOUT IT, JACK?", Service Stories, Album Contents

Menangle Military Camp

Menangle Military Camp Employees, Album Contents
Menangle Military Officers, Album Contents

LAWSON HM, Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917

Gallipoli Albums
May 1915
Gallipoli Album, May 1915
Gallipoli Album, May 1915, Contents
June 1915
Gallipoli Album, June 1915

The Battle of Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915, Maps
Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915
The Battle of Hill 60, Gallipoli, August 1915, Album Contents

Reverend Merrington's Gallipoli Diaries
Reverend Merrington's Gallipoli Diaries
Reverend Merrington's Gallipoli Diaries, Album Contents

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Maps

The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album Contents
The Battle of Gueudecourt, France, 5 - 14 November 1916, Album

Anzac Mounted Division

Reports February 1918
Anzac Mounted Division Daily Reports, February 1918
Anzac Mounted Division Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

1st Light Horse Brigade

2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF
2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Album
2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Album
2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Album Contents

War Diary and Routine Orders Album
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1915
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1917
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1918
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1919

War Diary and Routine Orders Album Contents
2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914 - 1919, Album Contents

2nd Light Horse Brigade

Activity Reports, February 1918

2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance
3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance Album

8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
8th Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcements
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 30th Reinforcements Album Contents

9th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
HAHN's Postcard, Port Said Rest Camp, 5 August 1917, Service Stories, Album Contents

12 Light Horse Regiment
Embarkation Book Album
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book Album Contents
War Diary and Routine Orders Album
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916 - 1919
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders (2), 1916 - 1919
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders (3), 1916 - 1919
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders (4), 1916 - 1919
War Diary and Routine Orders Album Contents
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916 - 1919, Album Contents

HARRIS Manuscript
The 4th Brigade's Trek from the Canal to Khanyunus and the 2nd Gaza Battle
HARRIS Manuscript Album Contents

Trooper Ellis, The Military Force Souvenir Album
Trooper Ellis, The Military Force Souvenir Album
Trooper Ellis, The Military Force Souvenir Album, Contents

Lieutenant William Lang
Lieutenant William Lang Photograph Album
Lieutenant William Lang Photograph Album, Contents

256 Private Edward John CULLOTON
Trooper Edward John Culloton Photograph Album
Trooper Edward John Culloton Photograph Album, Contents

Bert Schramm
Bert Schramm Diary
Bert Schramm Diary, Contents
Bert Schramm's Photo Album

17647 Sapper Joseph McKINNON
Joseph McKinnon Photograph Album
Joseph McKinnon Photograph Album Contents

The Frederickson Collection
Frederickson Album
The Frederickson Collection, Album Contents

Post Grear War

The AIF XI
The AIF XI Tour of South Africa, 1919
The AIF XI Tour of South Africa, 1919, Album Contents

AIF to CMF Changes
AIF to CMF Changes

Next of Kin Wanted
Next of Kin Wanted

Further Reading:

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Contents

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

Brigadier General Granville de Laune Ryrie Commanding Officer of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade

During the Jordan Valley days of the Anzac Mounted Division in 1918, a daily report was issued by the Brigade to Regiments under its command to keep the men informed as to the happenings around them. The information was vital to keep the men alive and well.

This archive was discovered in private hands and has been generously donated to the Australian public for open use. The pages are only free for private study purposes and cannot be reproduced for commercial purposes.

This album comprises these reports. Each report page is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each dated document should be read in conjunction with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade War Diary for February 1918 which is available here:

2nd Light Horse Brigade War Diary, February 1918

Listings in the Album:

Page 1
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 1 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 1 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 2 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 2 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 3 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 3 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 4 February 1918, p. 1
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 4 February 1918, p. 1 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 4 February 1918, p. 2
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 4 February 1918, p. 2 s

Page 2
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 5 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 5 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 6 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 6 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 7 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 7 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 8 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 8 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 9 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 9 February 1918 s

Page 3
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 10 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 10 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 11 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 11 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 12 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 12 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 13 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 13 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 14 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 14 February 1918 s

Page 4
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 15 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 15 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 16 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 16 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 17 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 17 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 18 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 18 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 19 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 19 February 1918 s

Page 5
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 20 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 20 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 21 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 21 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 22 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 22 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 23 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 23 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 24 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 24 February 1918 s

Page 6
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 25 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 25 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 26 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 26 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 27 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 27 February 1918 s
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 28 February 1918
2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, 28 February 1918 s

Further Reading:

2nd Light Horse Brigade, AIF

Anzac Mounted Division, AIF

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Anzac Mounted Division Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

Anzac Mounted Division Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

Major General Sir Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor KCMG KCVO CB Commanding Officer of the Anzac Mounted Division

During the Jordan Valley days of the Anzac Mounted Division in 1918, a daily report was issued to the Brigades under its command to keep the men informed as to the happenings around them. The information was vital to keep the men alive and well.

This album comprises these reports. Each report page is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Each dated document should be read in conjunction with the Anzac Mounted Division War Diary for February 1918 which is available here:

Anzac Mounted Division War Diary, February 1918

Maps of the operations described in the papers have been attached to the rear of the album.

Listings in the Album:

Page 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 1 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 1 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 2 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 2 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 3 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 3 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 4 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 4 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 5 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 5 February 1918 s

Page 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 6 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 6 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 7 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 7 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 8 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 8 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 9 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 9 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 10 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 10 February 1918 s

Page 3
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 11 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 11 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 12 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 12 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 13 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 13 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 14 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 14 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 15 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 15 February 1918 s

Page 4
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 16 February 1918, p. 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 16 February 1918, p. 1 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 16 February 1918, p. 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 16 February 1918, p. 2 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 1 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 2 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 3
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 3 s

Page 5
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 4
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 17 February 1918, p. 4 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 18 February 1918, p. 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 18 February 1918, p. 1 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 18 February 1918, p. 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 18 February 1918, p. 2 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 19 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 19 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 20 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 20 February 1918 s

Page 6
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 21 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 21 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 1 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 2 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 3
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 3 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 4
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 4 s

Page 7
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 5
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 22 February 1918, p. 5 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 1
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 1 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 2
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 2 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 3
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 3 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 4
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 4 s

Page 8
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 5
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 5 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 6
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 6 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 7
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 23 February 1918, p. 7 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 24 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 24 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 25 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 25 February 1918 s

Page 9
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 26 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 26 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 27 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 27 February 1918 s
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 28 February 1918
Anzac MD Daily Intelligence Report, 28 February 1918 s
Jericho Operations, Full Map
Jericho Operations, Full Map s
Jericho Operations, Southern Map Section
Jericho Operations, Northern Map Section

Further Reading:

Anzac Mounted Division, AIF

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Anzac Mounted Division Daily Reports, February 1918, Album Contents

Jordan Valley 1918, Jordan Valley Maps, Contents

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Jordan Valley 1918

Jordan Valley Maps

Contents

Items

Maps
Outposts - The "W" Series
Tel el Truny
El Ghoraniye Bridgehead
El Ghoraniye Bridges, 1893 - 2010

Campaign Maps
February 1918
Jericho Operations, Full Map
Jericho Operations, Full Map s
Jericho Operations, Southern Map Section
Jericho Operations, Northern Map Section

Further Reading:

Jordan Valley 1918

Jordan Valley Maps

Citation: Jordan Valley 1918, Jordan Valley Maps, Contents

Jordan Valley 1918, Jordan Valley Maps, El Ghoraniye Bridges, 1893 - 2010

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Jordan Valley 1918

Jordan Valley Maps

El Ghoraniye Bridges, 1893 - 2010

Jordan Valley photograph highlighting the region around the El Ghoraniye Bridge

The El Ghoraniye Bridgehead was seen as an important crossing point from Jerusalem to the west of the Jordan River over to the east into the hills of Moab. When the Allied forces arrived in the Jordan Valley during February 1918, the problem of pursuing the war into Moab required excellent communications between the two sides of the river, a major natural barrier.

The Ottomans had erected a wooden bridge in 1893 for the specific purpose of facilitating trade from Amman to Jerusalem. The bridge was designed to collect various tolls and taxes from the travelling merchants and whomever else could afford to use the bridge

El Ghoraniye Bridge built by the Ottomans in 1893

The Ottoman El Ghoraniye Bridge was burnt in 1918 in response to the Allied advance into the Jordan Valley. When the allied forces had secured both sides of the Jordan River around the El Ghoraniye Bridgehead, they proceeded to construct a temporary bridge from pontoons.

El Ghoraniye Pontoon Bridge

This temporary bridge served to allow the Allied forces to enter into Moab and attack Amman during March 1918.

Subsequent to this attack, a more permanent and stable bridge was required and this was quickly erected.

El Ghoraniye Trestle Bridge

The trestle bridge was a more stable structure but its main feature militating against any long term solution was the trestles themselves which blocked any amenity to the river, let alone snagged every piece of debris floating down the river, including Ottoman devices to destroy the bridge.

El Ghoraniye Suspension Bridge

As the occupation proceeded, a more substantial suspension bridge was built which satisfied all military requirements and was a great asset to the locals.

Post War El Ghoraniye Suspension Bridge in civilian use

The free use of the suspension bridge by the local people meant that commerce could thrive between both sides of the Jordan River, regardless of whom occupied the various territories.

After the Great War, the traffic became so intense that plans for a better bridge at El Ghoraniye were laid.

Allenby Bridge Opening 1919

In 1919, the newly built bridge, named by the British Occupation Force as the Allenby Bridge after General Allenby, was opened.

Allenby Bridge, 1919

Over the next decade traffic grew until the single lane bridge proved to be rather cumbersome and prone to traffic jams and hold-ups. The British Palestine Authority began the construction of the two lane bridge which was opened in 1934.

New Allenby Bridge, 1934

This bridge became both the focus of trade between east and west Jordan but also a symbol for those bent on destruction of that communication. The New Allenby Bridge was damaged in 1946 by the Jewish underground army, the Palmach.

The Palmach damage to the Allenby Bridge, 1946

The bridge was repaired and once again traffic resumed.

After the granting of independence to Israel and Jordan in 1947, the Allenby Bridge became part of the Jordan state infrastructure and remained that way until the Six Day in 1967, when this time the 1934 bridge was completely destroyed.

The destroyed Allenby Bridge on 1 June 1967

At the end of the war, through secret meetings between Israel and Jordan, the bridge was sufficiently restored to allow foot traffic, and so keep the flow of commerce going between the east and west banks.

The Allenby Bridge restorred for foot traffic, 1967

While the Bridge was repaired for limited traffic, the needs of commerce required a bridge capable of sustaining wheeled traffic. Even though Israel and Jordan were in a state of war, the reality of commerce forced these two erstwhile enemies to make agreements regarding a new bridge. Anything of substance was not going to be built during the state of war but a cheap truss style bridge was constructed by the engineering troops of Israel and Jordan. The temporary bridge was opened in 1968.

The replacement Allenby Bridge built in 1968

As the years of truce turned into decades, more and more work was undertaken on the temporary bridge to make it more stable and accessible.

Additional work on the 1968 Allenby Bridge

By 1980, the bridge was quite substantial again although the size meant it was restricted to only one lane of traffic.

The breakthrough occurred with the Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty at the border crossing for the bridge on 26 October 1994. With a state of peace declared between the two nations, thoughts again went to constructing a new bridge, something to reflect the harmony between these two very ancient nations.

To celebrate the Peace Treaty, the Japanese Government gifted a new bridge to Jordan and Israel with construction to begin in 1996 and projected to conclude in 1999.

The Japanese constructed Bridge next to the truss bridge, 1999.

This unique photograph illustrates the nature of the Jordan River and the two bridges spanning the river, as well as the scale of the project.

In 1999, the new, four lane bridge was ready to be opened. The name of the bridge was already part of the contention so in the end, a compromise was worked out. It would carry two names.

The Japanese constructed Bridge

On the Israeli side it was called the Gesher Alenbi or Allenby Bridge while on the Jordanian side, it bore the name Jisr al-Malek Hussein or in English, the King Hussein Bridge. The bridge forms an important and symbolic meeting between the hills of Judea and the hills of Moab, a symbiosis between these two areas which has been ongoing for many thousands of years.

Further Reading:

Jordan Valley 1918

Jordan Valley Maps

Citation: Jordan Valley 1918, Jordan Valley Maps, El Ghoraniye Bridges, 1893 - 2010

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Album Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Album Contents

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson KCB (1859 – 1933)

During the difficult days of man-power shortage in the Middle East, General Henry Merrick LAWSON, a well known specialist in combing out rear areas for front line soldiers, was sent to Egypt to perform a similar function as he had done on the Western Front.

This album comprises his report. Each report page is posted twice, the first post being a full sized document while the second is of smaller size noted with an "s" at the end of the link.

Listings in the Album:

Page 1
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Cover
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Cover s
The Author, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson KCB (30 January 1859 – 1933)
The Author, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Merrick Lawson KCB (30 January 1859 – 1933), Portrait
Table of Contents
Table of Contents s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 1
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 1 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 2
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 2 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 3
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 3 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 4
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 4 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 5
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 5 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 6
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 6 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 7
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 7 s

Page 3
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 8
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 8 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 9
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 9 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 10
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 10 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 11
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 11 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 12
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 12 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 13
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 13 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 14
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 14 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 15
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 15 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 16
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 16 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 17
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 17 s

Page 5
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 18
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 18 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 19
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 19 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 20
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 20 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 21
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 21 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 22
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 22 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 23
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 23 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 24
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 24 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 25
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 25 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 27
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 27 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 28
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 28 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 29
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 29 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 30
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 30 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 31
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 31 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 32
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 32 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 33
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 33 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 34
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 34 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 35
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 35 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 36
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 36 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 37
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 37 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 38
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 38 s

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Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 39
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 39 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 40
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 40 s
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 41
Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Page 41 s

Further Reading:

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Man-Power in Egypt, Report, 17 May 1917, Album Contents

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, The AIF XI Tour of South Africa, 1919, Album Contents

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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

The AIF XI Tour of South Africa, 1919, Album Contents

The AIF XI South African Touring Team, 1919

At the conclusion of the Great war, an AIF Test Team XI was selected to tour of South Africa in 1919 as a moral boosting initiative. From 18 October to 12 December 1919, 1919, the team played 10 matches of between 3 to 5 days, depending upon the team they were up against.

This album aims to document features of this series.

Items

Australian Imperial Forces in South Africa 1919 Match Fixtures
Australian Imperial Forces in South Africa 1919 Batting and Fielding Statistics
Australian Imperial Forces in South Africa 1919 First-class Bowling Statistics

Listings in the Album:

Page 1
The AIF XI Team
Soldier Cricketers who will meet a NSW Team today
2nd Military District Nominal Roll for NSW Team Members of the AIF XI
Samuel Charles WINNING
Samuel Charles WINNING
Samuel Charles WINNING Information
Hampden Stanley Bray 'Hammy" LOVE
Hampden Stanley Bray 'Hammy" LOVE
Hampden Stanley Bray 'Hammy" LOVE Information
John Tinline MURRAY
John Tinline MURRAY
John Tinline MURRAY Information
Eric Alister BULL
Eric Alister BULL Information

Page 2
Jack Morrison GREGORY
Jack Morrison GREGORY
Edmund James LONG
Edmund James LONG
William Albert Stanley "Cracker" OLDFIELD
William Albert Stanley "Cracker" OLDFIELD
Cyril Talbot DOCKER
Cyril Talbot DOCKER
Clarence Everard "Nip" PELLEW
Clarence Everard "Nip" PELLEW

Page 3
Herbert Leslie "Herby" COLLINS
Herbert Leslie "Herby" COLLINS
Herbert Leslie "Herby" COLLINS
Carl Bleakley WILLIS
Carl Bleakley WILLIS
Carl Bleakley WILLIS
Albert Wallis LAMPARD
William Leo TRENERRY
William Leo TRENERRY
William Leo TRENERRY

Page 4
William Stuart STIRLING
William Stuart STIRLING
William Stuart STIRLING
John Morris "Johnny" TAYLOR
John Morris "Johnny" TAYLOR
Ernest James CAMERON, Team Manager
The last game of the AIF Cricket XI in England, 13 September 1919.

Further Reading: