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Friday, 27 May 2011
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Bert Schramm Diary Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
Bert Schramm Diary
Bert Schramm
Welcome to the Bert Schramm Diary.
2823 Private Herbert Leslie SCHRAMM, a 22 year old Farmer from Whites River, South Australia. He enlisted on 17 February 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 10 July 1919.
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Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, Gallipoli Album, May 1915 Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
Gallipoli Album, May 1915
Leaders who died at the Dardanelles
Welcome to the Gallipoli Album, May 1915.
As casualties lists from the Gallipoli Campaign became known in Australia from early May 1915, it became a practice to publish a photograph of individuals. These photographs were supplied by the families of the person on the casualty list. There were few photographs published in relation to the number of casualties listed. To give the extent of the human tragedy that unfolded, the photographs were extracted from the various newspapers and placed in this album. Each photograph is clearly identified to an individual and brief details are given as a short biography.
The evolving photograph album of the Australian Roll of Honour at Gallipoli is now available on the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre Site at:
The following lists the photographs that are available. Part A are the listings of the photographs on each page of the album while Part B following below Part A is an alphabetical listing of the men named in photographs.
3rd Light Horse Brigade, AIF, Marching Song of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade Topic: AIF - Marching Songs
3rd LH Bde, AIF
3rd Light Horse Brigade, AIF
Marching Song: "ANZAC, 20th December 1915"
3rd LH Bde, AIF, practicing in the Egyptian desert, January 1916.
[Click on picture to play movie clip to the singing of John Thompson]
In an effort to rebuild the 3rd Light Horse Brigade after the withdrawal from Gallipoli in December 1915, the GOC, Brigadier General Antill turned to music to assist in the bonding process. Selecting the music to the popular American Civil War tune, "Marching through Georgia", was the easy part. To play the tune, the 8th Light Horse Regiment band was reconstituted and began rehearsing on 12 January 1916. Within in two days, the band gave their first performance. To generate additional enthusiasm, on 16 January 1916, Antill announced a competition for an aspiring poet within the Brigade to put words to the tune which were distinctly Australian. As an added incentive, a prize of one guinea [£1/1/- or about USD500] was offered for the best entry. The prize was claimed a week later. There is no record of the name of the man who collected the prize but his lyrics are recorded below.
3rd LH Bde, AIF, practicing in the Egyptian desert, January 1916.
[Click on picture to play movie clip to the singing of John Thompson]
Verse 1. We’re horsemen from Australia of the good old British breed, We rallied to the colours when we heard the Empire’s need, You bet we’re out to play the game, and if we don’t succeed, We’ll join our mates who took the count before us.
Chorus. We are, we are, the Third Light Horse Brigade. We face the odds with ne’er a man afraid, We lost our gallant comrades and there’s many a score unpaid, Undaunted still we’re out for what’s before us.
Verse 2. Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Signallers, Field Ambulance and Train We did our bit at Anzac, where we’d like to go again, For though we got it in the NEK, we’ll fight with might and main, To square our mates who took the count before us.
Chorus.
Verse 3. Send the news to Kitchener, tell Birdwood with a snap, Say that we Australian boys are busting for a scrap. We want to tackle Germany and wipe her off the Map, Then toast our mates who took the count before us.
Chorus.
3rd LH Bde, AIF, having lunch in the Egyptian desert, January 1916.
[Click on picture to play movie clip to the singing of John Thompson]
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