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Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline, Part 1

Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline, Part 2

Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline, Part 3

Queensland Mounted Infantry, Outline, Part 4

 

Queensland Mounted Infantry 1860 - 1900

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1860 - 1866

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1885

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1886

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1887

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1888

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1889

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1890

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1891

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1892

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1893

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1894

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1895

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1896

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1897

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1898

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1899

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1900

 

Queensland Mounted Infantry, Battalions

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 1st Battalion, 1901 

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 2nd Battalion, 1901

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 1901

Queensland Mounted Infantry, 4th Battalion, 1901

 

Regiments

Queensland Militia - 13th and 2nd Australian Light Horse

Queensland Militia - 14th, 3rd and 11th and 2nd Australian Light Horse

Queensland Militia - 15th, 1st and 5th Australian Light Horse

Queensland Militia - 27th Australian Light Horse

Further Reading:

Queensland Mounted Infantry

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Australian Light Horse Regiments, AIF

Regimental Embarkation Equipment Stock List, 1914

Part 7, Miscellaneous Camp Equipment.

This Table is based on the "War Establishments of the Australian Military Forces, 1912." Provision is made for an Armourer as a Staff Sergeant of the Regiment. No other "Attached" Officers, N.C.O.'s, or Men have been provided for. This latter personnel should come to the Regiment fully equipped.

"All Ranks" does not include Officers unless specially mentioned.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Section 1B.
Bugles	4		1 per squadron and 1 per sergt. trumpeter
Trumpets	7		2 per squadron and 1 per sergt. trumpeter
Strings, bugle or trumpet, green	11		1 per bugle or trumpet
CAMP EQUIPMENT.
Section 2A.
Axes
Felling, curved helve	7		1 per headquarters and 2 per squadron, additional to those forming part of cart or wagon equipment
Hand, Mark 11.	4		1 per headquarters and 1 per squadron
Bags, line, gear	18		1 per set of pack saddlery
Boxes, candle, F.S., filled	8		1 per lantern
Buckets, water, G.S., canvas	531		1 per riding horse and 1 per 2 draught or pack horses, including attached, additional to those forming part of cart or wagon equipment
Helves, maul, 34½-in.	9		1 per 8 draught horses and 25 per cent. spare
Hooks, reaping, large	33		11 per squadron
Kettles, camp, oval, 12-qt.	41		1 per 3 officers and 1 per 16 other ranks
Lanterns, tent, folding	8		2 per headquarters and 2 per squadron
Mallets, heel-peg	88		1 per 3 officers' horses; 1 per packhorse; and 1 per 8 other horses except draught horses
Mauls, G .S., heads	7		1 per 8 draught horses
Pads, surcingle	563		1 per horse, including attached
Pegs, picketing, with rope loop	625		1 per head rope and 1 per heel rope, except those used for heavy draught horses
Posts, picket, 2½-ft., with rope loop	64		1 per draught horse and 25 per cent. spare
Ropes
Heel	140		25 per cent. for unruly horses
Picketing, 4 ft. 9 in.	563		1 per horse, including attached
Rugs, horse	563		1 per horse, including attached
Sheets, ground	531		1 per officer and all ranks
Section 12.
Balances, spring, 80 lbs. (or 100 lbs.)	3
Implements, butchers
Balances, spring, 4 lbs.	3
Cases, wood, empty	3
Choppers, meat	3
Hooks, dressing, 9-in.	18
Knives
Cutting	3
Flaying, large	3
Saws, tenon, 14-in.	3
Sheets, ground (unserviceable)	3
Steels	3
Steelyards, 56 lbs.	3
Section 13a.
Blankets, G.S.	1,062		2 per officer and all ranks
Section 13c.
Stretchers, ambulance	3		1 per squadron
TOOLS, ARTIFICERS, & OPENING PACKAGES
Weedon Section.
Bags, tool, filled, regt, armourers	1		For contents see E.S.O Part 2, Section II, L.H. p.31.
Boxes, rod, tool, clearing	1
Section 7.
Panniers, G.S., carpenters	1		To be filled with tools set out on Pees 32 and 33, E.S.O., Part 2. Section II., L.H.
Panniers, tool, filled, saddlers	3		For contents see E.S.O. Part l, General, para. 237
Bags, Earners', filled	16		1 per farrier Q.M.S., farrier sergeant, shoeing smith corporal, and shoeing smith. For contents see E.S.O., Part l, General, para. 115
Pincers, horn-cutting	6
N.I.V.
Bags, shoemakers', leather, filled	1		For contents see E.S.O. Part 1, General, para. 219
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Section 2A.
Boxes, stationery, field	2
Section 7.
Cutters, wire, Mark V.	303		Includes 1 per officer
Section 10A.
Nails, horseshoe (assorted size.)	39,000		60 per set of shoes
Shoes, horse (assorted) sets	650		1 set per horse, including attached, and 15 per cent spare
Valises, horseshoe	18
Section 12.
Knives, opening tins	6
VETERINARY STORES.
Chests, veterinary, officers, 84 lbs.	1		To be brought to the regiment by the veterinary officer
Chests, veterinary, unit, 25 lbs.	3		To be brought to the regiment by the veterinary officer
Wallets, veterinary	4		To be brought to the regiment by the veterinary officer

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Further Reading:

The Australian Light Horse, AIF, Contents

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Gallipoli Campaign - 1915

Questions to the Turkish General Staff, Part 7

During 1919, after the defeat of Turkey, a unique opportunity was opened up for CEW Bean to question the members of the Turkish General Staff about the Gallipoli Campaign. Bean presented a list of 111 questions. In June 1919, he received the answers. In the following transcription, the answers given by the Turkish General Staff will be qualified by the questions asked by Bean.

Questions 103 - 106

103. What big guns were there at ANZAC (ARI BURNU) before October?

104. What heavy German and Austrian batteries were placed in position before December?

105. In what position were they placed?

106. What was the object of placing them there?

At Ari Burnu before October the largest calibre gun was the old pattern 21 cm mortar. There was very little ammunition. In November an Austrian 24 cm mortar battery arrived at Suvla and took up a position in Manik Dere. The maximum range of the mortar was 6,000 metres.

Questions 107 - 111

106. What was the object of placing them there?

107. Which of the battles did the Turks consider the most severe?

108. Which of our attacks did they consider the most brilliant? And theirs?

109. What was the Turkish estimate of our generals?

110. What German forces were present?

111. What German Commanders were present?

The fighting in the Dardanelles campaign from beginning to end was very difficult and severe. The performance of both sides were brilliant.

From the Turkish point of view the best British operations were:

1. The larding and establishing positions on the Peninsula.

2. The brilliant attack on Chunuk Barir on 6th August.

3. The attack on Kanlisirt.

4. The evacuation.

The Anzac Commander {General Birdwood) was recognised as a very active commander.

There were no German units during the campaign except:

Machine Gun Detachment off the Goeben.

Personnel of 3 Batteries.

A weak Engineer Company.

In the early days at Anafarta and Suvla there were two German officers commanding Divisions, and 1 officer commanding a Regiment. Later there were:

1 Army Corps Commander;

1 Divisional Commander; and,

Some Artillery officers.

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Gallipoli Campaign

Citation: Gallipoli Campaign - 1915, Questions to the Turkish General Staff, Part 7

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Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916

Part 8,  5th Australian Division

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), p. 386:

5th Australian Division.

G.O.C. -

Colonel (temp. Major-General) Hon. J . W. McCay, C. B.

G.S.O. 1 -

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) C. M. Wagstaff, C.I.E., D.S.O.

C.R.A. -

Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) S. E. Christian, C.M.G.

C.R.E. -

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) A. B. Carey, C.M.G.

8th Australian Infantry Brigade.
G.O.C. -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) E. Tivey, D.S.O.

29th Battalion;

30th Battalion;

31st Battalion;

32nd Battalion;

8th Machine-Gun Company.

14th Australian Infantry Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) G. G. H. Irving.

53rd Battalion;

54th Battalion;

55th Battalion;

56th Battalion;

14th Machine-Gun Company.

15th Australian Infantry Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Colonel) H. E. Elliott.

57th Battalion;

58th Battalion;

59th Battalion;

60th Battalion;

15th Machine-Gun Company.

Divisional Troops.

Mounted Troops -

"C" Sqdn., 13th Light Horse Regiment.

5th Divisional Cyclist Company.

Artillery -

XIII Field Artillery Brigade.

XIV Field Artillery Brigade.

XV Field Artillery Brigade.

XXV Howitzer Brigade.

5th Divisional Ammunition Column.

Engineers -

8th Field Company.

14th Field Company.

15th Field Company.

Signal Service -

5th Divisional Signal Company.

Pioneers -

5th Pioneer Battalion.

A.S.C. -

10th, 18th, 28th and 29th Coys., A.A.S.C.

Medical units -

8th, 14th and 15th Field Ambulances.

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Further Reading:

AIF & MEF & EEF, Contents 

AIF, MEF and the EEF

Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916, Part 8, 5th Australian Division

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8th (VMR) Australian Light Horse Regiment

1908

Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1st Battalion (north), 1891-1903
8th (VMR) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1903-1912
16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1912-1919
8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1919-1941
8th Recce Battalion Indi Light Horse, 1942-1943
8th Australian Cavalry Regiment, 1943-1944

Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising

   South Africa 1899 - 1902

District

North Eastern Victoria

3rd Northern Victoria Brigade

Vacant.

Lieutenant Colonel WB Pleasents, VD.

Second Lieutenant JE Sergeant, Honorary Lieutenant, 3 March 1908.

Honorary Lieutenant SE Simpson, 11 October 1907.

Captain JH Patterson, 1 October 1905.

Lieutenant AC Wilson.

Machine Gun Section

Beechworth

Vacant.

Captain RD Crocker, 1 April 1905.

Captain LC Maygar, VC, 9 May 1905.

Lieutenant GE Lydiard, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant FT Crocker, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant G Fay, 17 March 1908.

Major JL Martin, 14 February 1906.

Lieutenant J Standish.

Second Lieutenant CE Clements, 10 September 1906.

Second Lieutenant A Mitchell, 1 July 1908.

3rd Wangaratta - Rutherglen - Moyhu Squadron

Captain TG Clarke, 28 August 1907.

Lieutenant R Manley

Lieutenant JJ Teague, 1 September 1905.

4th Beechworth - Myrtleford Squadron

Captain RB Barnes, 13 August 1907.

Lieutenant HJ Shannon, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant A McG McLaurin, 1 July 1905.

Second Lieutenant JE Regan, 9 November 1906.

Second Lieutenant AE Deverell, 1 July 1908.

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Further Reading:

Victorian Mounted Rifles, 1st Battalion (North)

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