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4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

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Thursday, 26 November 2009

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Outline
Topic: AIF - 4B - 4 LHR

4th LHR, AIF

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Outline

4th Light Horse taking the salute in Melbourne, September 1914

[From: The Australasian, 3 October 1914, p. 5.]

Formation

The 4th Light Horse Regiment was formed as Divisional Cavalry for the Australian Division. It was part of the 1st Contingent and raised at Broadmeadows Training Camp to the north of Melbourne, Victoria, on 11 August 1914. The recruits were drawn in large part from the Melbourne metropolitan area although the balance of men came from all seven Militia Regiments within the 3rd Military District which incorporated all of Victoria and part of Southern New South Wales. The men from New South Wales found themselves mainly in "C" Squadron. Many of the men went from the Light Horse Militia formation into the AIF Light Horse.

"A" Squadron recruited mainly from:
13th Light Horse Regiment (6 men).
20th Light Horse Regiment (13 men).
29th Light Horse Regiment (7 men).

"B" Squadron recruited mainly from:
15th Light Horse Regiment (5 men).
16th Light Horse Regiment (7 men).

"C" Squadron recruited mainly from:
17th Light Horse Regiment (10 men).
19th Light Horse Regiment (5 men).

Training

4th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No 45, 1 October 1914

[Note: This is the earliest surviving 4th LHR RO. Click on page for larger version.]

Training of the 4th Light Horse Regiment occurred at Broadmeadows Training Camp from August until October 1914.

Embarkation

Embarkation of the 4th Light Horse Regiment occurred by both the HMAT A18 Wiltshire and the HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian, departing from Melbourne, Victoria, 19 October 1914.

HMAT A18 Wiltshire

[See: His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ships, A18.]

The bulk of the 4th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the HMAT A18 Wiltshire.

HMAT A25 Anglo-Egyptian at Port Melbourne, 1916

[See: His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ships, A25.]

Twelve men selected from the Regiment were allotted to embark on the HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian. On board the Anglo Egyptian was the Divisional Ammunition Column and the 2nd Light Horse Regiment which had embarked from Brisbane about a month before.

The 4th Light Horse Regiment sailed by convoy from Albany and passed by the action against the Emden at the Cocos Islands. The Wiltshire and Anglo Egyptian disembarked the 4th Light Horse Regiment in Egypt on 10 December 1914.

Colour Patch

Initially, the only colour separation of the various Australian mounted troops was by use of the pennant. The marker pennants were carried on poles to mark lines troop lines in camps in Egypt. They were not lance pennants as the Australian lancers had red over white pennants on their lances.

Pennant of the 4th Light Horse Regiment

While this pennant was useful in distinguishing horse and troop lines, it failed to identify the individual with a unit. The AIF 1st Australian Division Standing Orders issued in December 1914 ordered the Australian Light Horse Regiments to wear a 4 inch wide [10.2cm] blue armband with the regiment name marked on the band in black lettering.

The earlier systems proved to be ineffective so to assist with identification of the men in the various units within the AIF, Divisional Order No 81 (A) Administration was issued at Mena on 8 March 1915 detailing the Colour Patch for the 4th Light Horse Regiment as others received their colours. The colour patch was made of cloth 1¼ inches wide and 2¾ inches long and worn on the sleeve one inch below the shoulder seam. The 4th Light Horse Regiment wore two different colour patches during the Great War.

The first colour patch for the 4th Light Horse Regiment reflected their role as Divisional Cavalry which was white over red with the triangles obverse to the brigaded regiments.

4th Light Horse Regiment Shoulder Patch for Divisional Cavalry and 3rd Camel Regiment.

After Gallipoli, the 4th Light Horse Regiment was split with "B" and "D" Squadrons going to France. These two squadrons retained the colour patch and became known as the II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment. The 4th Light Horse Regiment remained as Divisional Cavalry until it was renamed as the 3rd Camel Regiment on 24 December 1916. It retained the colour patch as it was first awarded until allotted to the 4th Light Horse Brigade in February 1917.

4th Light Horse Regiment Colour Patch after February 1917

The 4th Light Horse Regiment carried the dark blue Brigade colour as the lower triangle part of the colour patch, while the light blue unit colour was on the top. This is illustrated with the above presentation.

Gallipoli

As mounted troops, the Light Horse was considered to be unsuitable for work in Gallipoli. The mounted troops volunteered to operate as infantry and thus were sent to Gallipoli with the 4th Light Horse Regiment landing on 22 and 24 May. Initially the 4th Light Horse Regiment was broken up into its component squadrons which were distributed as reinforcements to the depleted infantry battalions. After 11 June 1915 the 4th Light Horse Regiment was reformed and was mainly deployed on defensive activities around Ryrie's Post. The 4th Light Horse Regiment left the peninsula on 11 December 1915.

Defence of Egypt

After the return to Egypt, the 4th Light Horse Regiment was reformed to include a forth squadron known as "D" Squadron.

Two squadrons from the 4th Light Horse Regiment, "B" and "D" Squadrons, were detailed to act as Divisional Cavalry 1st and 3rd Australian Divisions respectively and to embark with the Divisions to serve in France on the Western Front. Added to these two squadrons was a squadron from the New Zealand Regiment, the Otago Mounted Rifles. These three squadrons formed the composite regiment known as the II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment. [See: Aus Units - 22nd Corps]

The two remaining squadrons, "A" and "C" Squadrons formed the nucleus of the 4th Light Horse Regiment which rebuilt itself with a new "B" Squadron. The 4th Light Horse Regiment moved to take part in the defence of the Suez Canal. The work was hot and monotonous. The Regiment remained in the area until after the Battle of Romani where it was involved in work related to securing the lines of communication.

On 24 December 1916, the 4th Light Horse Regiment was brigaded with the Imperial Camel Corps and received the new name of the 3rd Camel Regiment. It served in this role until the break up of the Anzac Mounted Division in February 1917. A new division was created called the Imperial Mounted Division. Included in this Division were two Australian mounted brigades, the 3rd and 4th Light Horse Brigades. The latter Brigade, the 4th Light Horse Brigade was formed with the 3rd Camel Regiment, renamed the 4th Light Horse Regiment and the 11th and 12th Light Horse Regiments. The Imperial Mounted Division was renamed the Australian Mounted Division soon after.

Palestine

The 4th Light Horse Brigade was assigned to protect the rail line and lines of communications for the first months of 1917. They missed the First Battle of Gaza but were back at the front by 6 April 1917 and took part in the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April 1917. The 4th Light Horse Regiment took no part in this battle as they were the Brigade reserve.

In its first major battle as the 4th Light Horse Regiment, the Regiment took part in the Battle of Beersheba. Fame for the Regiment was achieved when, in conjunction with the 12th Light Horse Regiment, charged and took Beersheba, thereby sealing victory on that day for the Allied forces.

See: Men who possibly charged at Beersheba - 4th LHR

From this time onwards, for the next two months, the 4th Light Horse Regiment remained in continuous combat action until relieved for three months refit and training at Deir el Belah from early January 1918.

In early April 1918, the 4th Light Horse Regiment moved into the Jordan Valley and took part in the Es Salt Raid of 30 April – 4 May 1918 guarding the routes into Moab. This was a near disastrous situation where the Turkish forces almost cut off the Australian Mounted Division in the hills.

Megiddo

In a move that converted the Light Horse into full cavalry, the Australian Mounted Division was issued with swords during August and early September 1917. The Australian Mounted Division went to work training with swords and undertaking cavalry work.

On 19 September 1918 the Battle of Megiddo began. The infantry over ran the Turkish defensive trenches allowing the cavalry to debouch into the Turkish hinterland. The 4th Light Horse Regiment participated in the breakthrough which moved rapidly through the north of Palestine. At the end of the first week, it was obvious that the way to Damascus was open and so a second push occurred on the heels of the first assault. On 1 October 1918, Damascus was taken. There is contention as to whom was the first to reach inside the city. A 4th Light Horse Regiment patrol led by Sergeant Frank Organ claimed to be amongst the first allied troops to enter Damascus. However, while this patrol was entering, the 3rd Light Horse Brigade was receiving the surrender of the city at the Sarai.

After a rest in Damascus, the 4th Light Horse Regiment moved towards Homs when the Turks surrendered on 30 October 1918.

Return to Australia

After the conclusion of hostilities, the 4th Light Horse Regiment was awaited their return to Australia. During their wait, one of the saddest actions occurred for the Australian Lighthorsemen; they had to farewell their best friends, the horses. All the Light Horse unit horses' health was ascertained with the fit horses being transferred to the Indian Cavalry while those in poor condition were destroyed by the Veterinary units. On 8 March 1919 the 4th Light Horse Regiment embarked to Egypt. Here they remained to assist in suppressing the Egyptian Uprising. When the revolt collapsed, the 4th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the 15 June 1919 for the long voyage to Australia where the unit was disbanded.

Commanding Officers

Lieutenant Colonel John Kealty Forsyth
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Long
Lieutenant Colonel Murray William James Bourchier
Lieutenant Colonel George James Rankin

Decorations earned by the 4th Light Horse Regiment

4 DSO and 1 Bar - Distinguished Service Orders
1 OBE - Order of the British Empire
6 MC and 1 Bar - Military Crosses
14 DCM - Distinguished Conduct Medals
46 MM and 1 Bar - Military Medals
1 MSM - Meritorious Service Medal
31 MID - Mentioned in Despatches
4 foreign awards

Campaigns

Gallipoli
Anzac
Defence at Anzac
Suvla
Sari Bair
Gallipoli 1915-1916
Egypt
Defence of Egypt 1915-1917
Palestine
Third Battle of Gaza
Beersheba
El Mughar
Nebi Samwill
Jerusalem
Es Salt
Abu Tellul
Megiddo
Nablus
Palestine 1917-1918

France
Messines 1917
Ypres 1917
Broodseinde
Passchendaele
Lys
Kemmel
Marne 1918
Tardenois
France and Flanders 1916-1918

Casualties suffered by the 4th Light Horse Regiment

[Note: Gallipoli, Egypt, Sinai and Palestine only.]

105 killed
332 wounded

War Diary

The Australian War Memorial has put these on line and may be accessed here:

Embarkations:

The following list details all the embarkations in support of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, during the Great War. Each entry details the individual soldier's: rank on embarkation; full name; Declared age; last occupation held; last address as a civilian; enlistment Date; and, ultimate fate. Each man is linked to a brief military biography where ever possible. One interesting point is that many of the men listed in the embarkation roll for the 4th Light Horse Regiment ended up in a different unit altogether. This list details the men's starting point in the AIF.

Headquarters Section Wiltshire Group Headquarters Section Anglo Egyptian Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 19 October 1914 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian 19 October 1914
"A" Squadron Wiltshire Group "A" Squadron Anglo Egyptian Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 19 October 1914 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian 19 October 1914
"B" Squadron Wiltshire Group "B" Squadron Anglo Egyptian Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 19 October 1914 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian 19 October 1914
"C" Squadron Wiltshire Group "C" Squadron Anglo Egyptian Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 19 October 1914 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A25 Anglo Egyptian 19 October 1914
Machine Gun Section	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 19 October 1914
1st Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A43 Barunga 22 December 1914
2nd Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A13 Katuna 3 February 1915
3rd Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A13 Katuna 3 February 1915
4th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 13 April 1915
5th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A56 Palermo 7 May 1915
6th Reinforcement	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A40 Ceramic 25 June 1915
7th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Persia 10 August 1915
8th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A55 Kyarra 20 August 1915
9th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A20 Hororata 27 September 1915
10th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A70 Ballarat 9 September 1915
11th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A56 Palermo 29 October 1915
12th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A40 Ceramic 23 November 1915
13th Reinforcement	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A54 Runic 20 January 1916
14th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A32 Themistocles 28 January 1916
15th Reinforcement - Katuna Group 15th Reinforcement - Anchises Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A13 Katuna 9 March 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A68 Anchises 14 March 1916
16th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A53 Itria 18 April 1916
17th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale 6 May 1916
18th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Mongolia 11 July 1916
19th Reinforcement - Mongolia Group 19th Reinforcement - Themistocles Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Mongolia 11 June 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A32 Themistocles 28 July 1916
20th Reinforcement - Malwa Group 20th Reinforcement - Port Sydney Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Malwa 25 July 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney 7 September 1916
21st Reinforcement - Clan Maccorquodale Group 21st Reinforcement - Nestor Group 21st Reinforcement - Hymettus Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale 19 September 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A71 Nestor 29 September 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A1 Hymettus 12 September 1916
22nd Reinforcement - Clan Maccorquodale Group 22nd Reinforcement - Ulysses Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale 19 September 1916 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses 25 October 1916
23rd Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A34 Persic 22 December 1916
24th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A67 Orsova 6 December 1916
25th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Omrah 17 January 1917
26th Reinforcement	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius 11 May 1917
27th Reinforcement - Suevic Group 27th Reinforcement - Boorara Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A29 Suevic 21 June 1917 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A42 Boorara 10 May 1917
28th Reinforcement - Port Lincoln Group 28th Reinforcement - Themistocles Group 28th Reinforcement - Kyarra Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln 22 June 1917 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A32 Themistocles 4 August 1917 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A55 Kyarra 7 September 1917
29th Reinforcement - Anchises Group 29th Reinforcement - Kyarra Group	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises 8 August 1917 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A55 Kyarra 7 September 1917
30th Reinforcement - Commonwealth Group 30th Reinforcement - Nestor Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth 2 November 1917 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A71 Nestor 21 November 1917
31st Reinforcement - Ormonde Group 31st Reinforcement - Ulysses Group	Melbourne, Victoria on board RMS Ormonde 7 March 1918 Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses 22 December 1917
32nd Reinforcement	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire 2 February 1918

See: Troop transport ships for information and photographs about the various ships employed in transporting the troops to Egypt.

Acknowledgment: Many thanks to Steve Becker who has provided the raw material for the page Men who possibly charged at Beersheba - 4th LHR.

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4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Citation: 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Outline

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Tuesday, 24 November 2009

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Topic: AIF - 4B - 4 LHR

4th LHR, AIF

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the 4th Light Horse Regiment and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 4th Light Horse Regiment or another unit.

Roll of Honour

Arthur John ADAMS, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917.
Thomas AGNEW, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915.
George ALEXANDER, Killed in Action, 25 March 1917.
Jack ALLEN, Killed in Action, 4 May 1918.
William Robert ALLEN, Killed in Action, 1 February 1917.
Frederick Clifford ALLINGHAM, Killed in Action, 20 July 1916.
John Clyde ALLISON, Killed in Action, 24 April 1918.
Francis David AMIET, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.
Alexander ANDERSON, Killed in Action, 12 April 1919.
Arthur James ANDERSON, Died of Wounds, 3 June 1918.
William Walter ASH, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918.
Clarence Etheridge ATKINSON, Killed in Action, 28 June 1915.
Ernest Edward AUSTIN, Killed in Action, 4 October 1917.

Alfred BAILES, Died of Wounds, 8 August 1915.
Ralph BARNFATHER, Killed in Action, 19 July 1916.
Edward Victor BARROW, Killed in Action, 17 June 1917.
Norman James BARTLETT, Died of Wounds, 24 May 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Harry Cyril BASTOW, Killed in Action, 4 October 1917.
Harold Thomas BELL, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917.
William Robert BELL, Killed in Action, 27 July 1918.
Frederick Rubon BENHAM, Killed in Action, 27 April 1918.
Lewis Richard BERRYMAN, Killed in Action, 25 June 1917.
Henry BIGGS, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918.
Reginald Allan BIRCHENOUGH, Died of Wounds, 15 April 1918.
Frederick Arthur BIRD, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915.
Lancelot Charles BLACKALL, Killed in Action, 4 May 1918.
Martin Petrie BLUNDELL, Killed in Action, 18 April 1918.
Gilbert John BLYTHMAN, Killed in Action, 4 October 1917.
Henry Joseph BOWERS, Killed in Action, 6 April 1917.
Wesley Stanley BRIDESON, Killed in Action, 22 August 1915.
Frederick Charles Lionel BRIDGELAND, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.
Reginald William BRINSMEAD, Killed in Action, 17 December 1917.
Harold Osborne BROWNING, Killed in Action, 16 October 1915.
Frederick James BUCHAN, Killed in Action, 1 May 1918.
Archibald Edward BULLER, Died of Wounds, 18 April 1918.
George Walter BURNETT, Killed in Action, 22 August 1917.
Albert BURROWS, Killed in Action, 1 May 1918.
Francis James BURTON, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.

Edwin George Rutherford CAIRNS, Killed in Action, 4 October 1917.
Edward CALLANAN, Killed in Action, 18 April 1918 .
Dugald CAMPBELL, Died of Disease, 16 November 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
John Murray CAMPIGLI, Died of Disease, 21 November 1918.
Joseph CAREY, Killed in Action, 8 November 1915.
John Ernest CHAPMAN, Killed in Action, 8 August 1918.
Allan Patrick CHRISTENSEN, Killed in Action, 28 September 1918.
Edward Randolph CLEAVER, Died of Wounds, 31 October 1917.
William Crellin CLOVER, Died of Disease, 23 June 1917.
Josiah John COATES, Died of Disease, 17 January 1918.
Harry (Izod) COLDICOTT, Died of Wounds, 7 June 1917.
John CONNORS, Died of Disease, 14 October 1918.
Albert Edward COOPER, Killed in Action, 29 March 1917.
Albert John Benjamin COOPER, Killed in Action, 17 April 1918.
Arthur Lindsay COPE, Killed in Action, 1 September 1918.
Robert James COULTER, Died of Disease, 7 November 1915.
Joseph CROWLEY, Died of Disease, 12 February 1919.
Reginald Jesse CUSSINS, Died of Disease, 7 December 1918.

Charles Malcolm DALTON, Died of Wounds, 12 August 1915.
James Edward DALY, Killed in Action, 29 August 1918.
Allan Vincent DARGAVEL, Killed in Action, 7 November 1917.
Robert DELANEY, Killed in Action, 31 May 1918.
Colin Langston DOUGLAS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.
Lachlan James DOWNEY, Died of Disease, 16 October 1918.
Leo DUCKMANTON, Killed in Action, 5 May 1917.
John James DYER, Killed in Action, 29 September 1917.

Francis Thomas EACOTT, Killed in Action, 4 January 1917.
Leicester George ELLIS, Died of Wounds, 23 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .

James FAHEY, Killed in Action, 31 July 1915.
Frederick Roland FAULKNER, Died of Wounds, 10 May 1917.
Ronald John FLETCHER, Killed in Action, 29 September 1918.
Robert Bartholomew FONTANA, Killed in Action, 1 September 1918.
Alexander Gibson FORSYTH, Died of Disease, 2 April 1917.
John Walter FRANCIS, Killed in Action, 26 September 1917.

William John GARDNER, Died of Wounds, 9 May 1917.
Hugh GILLIES, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.
Lionel Leonard GORDON, Died of Disease, 24 July 1917.
Edward GORMAN, Killed in Action, 9 October 1915.
James GORRIE, Died of Wounds, 10 August 1915.
Walton Robert GRAYSON, Killed in Action, 26 April 1918.
Edward GREEN, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.
Charles Edward GUPPY, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1916.

William James HALL, Killed in Action, 14 November 1915.
Gordon Robin HARPER, Killed in Action, 31 October 1916.
Keith HARRINGTON, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915.
Reginald HARRINGTON, Died of Wounds, 10 June 1918.
Edward Todd HARRISON, Killed in Action, 14 July 1918.
Bernard HERMANN, Died of Wounds, 26 August 1916.
Stanley HICK, Killed in Action, 16 September 1915.
Edward Francis Patrick HILLIEAR, Died of Wounds, 5 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .

Charles Hugh IBBS, Killed in Action, 16 July 1918.
Thomas Gordon INGLIS, Killed in Action, 3 August 1915.

Arthur Lethero JAMES, Died of Wounds, 2 February 1917.
John JOPE, Killed in Action, 16 October 1918.
Alfred James JURY, Died of Wounds, 22 April 1918.
Henry William JURY, Killed in Action, 28 November 1915.

Daniel KELLY, Killed in Action, 18 April 1918.
John Joseph KENNEDY, Killed in Action, 15 April 1918.
John Michael KENNEDY, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Sylvester Daniel KENNEDY, Died of Wounds, 26 August 1918.
Robert KIDD, Killed in Action, 25 October 1917.
Charles David KING, Killed in Action, 1 December 1917.
Walter Rodney KINGHORN, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.
John KISSICK, Died of Wounds, 25 June 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Mervyn Digby KNIGHT, Killed in Action, 6 July 1918.

Leslie Reed LANGTRY, Killed in Action, 4 December 1917.
John Francis LATTA, Died of Disease, 12 November 1918.
William James LEE, Died of Wounds, 19 August 1918.
Nicholas LENAGHAN, Died of Disease, 8 May 1916.
Clifton LESLIE, Died of Wounds, 30 October 1916.
George LETTS, Died of Accident, 13 November 1916.
Leslie Cecil LEWIS, Killed in Action, 13 October 1918.
Joseph Herbert LINDSAY, Died of Wounds, 30 June 1915.
John Edward LOWE, Killed in Action, 13 August 1915.
Cecil Flinders LUCAS, Killed in Action, 23 August 1918.

Charles Albert Ernest MacKAY, Killed in Action, 20 June 1918.
Ernest MATTHEWS, Killed in Action, 22 August 1918.
Allan MAY., Died of Wounds, 31 July 1915.
Leslie Cecil MAYGAR VC, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917.
James Joseph McCAGUE, Died of Wounds, 3 November 1917.
John Elmer McCANCE, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915.
William Alexander McCAREY, Killed in Action, 4 May 1918.
James McCRAE, Died of Accident, 15 June 1916.
Frederick Alexander McDONALD, Died of Wounds, 17 October 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Frank McDONNELL, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.
Duncan Campbell McDOUGALL, Killed in Action, 6 November 1917.
Herbert McGILL, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918.
Francis Edmund McGRATH, Died of Wounds, 31 October 1917.
William Hodge McGREGOR, Killed in Action, 5 June 1915.
Harry Athol McINTOSH, Died of Wounds, 22 October 1917.
William Hutchison McINTOSH, Died of Wounds, 1 December 1917.
James Greer McKAY, Killed in Action, 19 August 1916.
Norman Joseph McKAY, Killed in Action, 11 November 1917.
William Fraser McKERROW, Killed in Action, 4 May 1918.
Archibald McKINNON, Died of Accident, 18 June 1916.
William Carlyle McLEISH, Died of Disease, 6 April 1915.
Angus McLEOD, Died of Wounds, 7 October 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
John McLEOD, Died of Wounds, 18 April 1918.
Oswald Samuel McLEOD, Killed in Action, 18 April 1918.
Horace Joseph McMAHON, Killed in Action, 8 November 1915.
Malcom Wade McPHERSON, Died of Wounds, 17 November 1915.
Harry George MENZIES, Killed in Action, 9 August 1918.
Benjamin Peter George MEREDITH, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.
Hassef Lees MILLINGTON, Killed in Action, 27 November 1915.
Sydney Newman MITCHELL, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.
Alfred Norman MOORE, Killed in Action, 6 November 1916.
Robert Herbert MORLEY, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.
Hugh MORTON, Died of Disease, 1 January 1915.
Humphrey Osborne MOULE, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.
Albert Herbert MULLER, Killed in Action, 2 August 1915.
Joseph Albert MURPHY, Died of Disease, 17 October 1918.
Joshua Grant MURPHY, Killed in Action, 22 October 1917.
Albert Gordon MURRAY, Died of Disease, 19 November 1918.
Albert John MURRAY, Killed in Action, 10 July 1918.

Arthur William NAGLE, Died of Wounds, 5 February 1917.
James NASH, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.
Ernest Henry NETHERBY, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918.
William David NIVEN, Died of Wounds, 5 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Percy Henry NORMAN, Died of Accident, 17 October 1918.

Ronald Ewan O'BRIEN, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917.
Thomas Stephen O'BRIEN, Died of Disease, 14 May 1919.
William John O'LEARY, Died of Wounds, 15 June 1915.
Charles OWENS, Died of Wounds, 30 September 1918.

Harry Beckett PATERSON, Killed in Action, 23 August 1918.
Arthur Forbes PAULET, Killed in Action, 5 June 1915.
Roger Henry PAY, Killed in Action, 27 July 1918.
Walter George PEEL, Died of Wounds, 5 September 1915.
Charles Raymond PHILLIPS, Died of Wounds, 19 June 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Clifford Oswald PHILLIPS, Died of Wounds, 23 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Frederick POND, Killed in Action, 4 February 1917.
Michael Lewis POWELL, Died of Wounds, 19 July 1918.
Joseph James POWER, Died of Accident, 18 March 1915.
Robert Henry Werribee PRATT, Died of Wounds, 12 April 1917.
William George PURVIS, Killed in Action, 12 October 1917.

Alexander Leslie RAY, Killed in Action, 16 September 1915.
John REINEKE, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917.
John Lewis RENNICK, Died of Wounds, 21 September 1918.
Edwin REYNOLDS, Killed in Action, 25 October 1916.
Rupert REYNOLDS, Died of Wounds, 4 January 1917.
Ormond Francis RICHARDSON, Died of Disease, 12 June 1917.
Frederick Rowland RIGBY, Killed in Action, 18 April 1918.
Herbert Charles RIGBY, Died of Accident, 30 December 1915.
Joseph Arthur ROBERTS, Died of Disease, 25 June 1915.
James ROSS, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918.
Charles RUSSELL, Died of Disease, 12 October 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .

Ernest James SAMMONS, Died of Wounds, 24 April 1918.
Alan Robertson SCOTT, Died of Wounds, 29 April 1918.
Alexander Charles SCOTT, Killed in Action, 25 April 1918.
William Royal SELKIRK, Died of Wounds, 17 November 1917.
Patrick SEXTON, Killed in Action, 17 April 1918.
Richard SEXTON, Died of Accident, 5 October 1916.
John SLATTERY, Died of Wounds, 23 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Alexander Sydney SMITH, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Duncan SMITH, Died of Disease, 18 October 1918.
Frederick Joseph SMITH, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915 .
Robert Frederick SMITH, Died of Wounds, 2 October 1916.
Walter SMITH, Died of Wounds, 18 October 1918.
William John SMITH, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.
Clifford STEPHENSON, Died of Wounds, 9 November 1916.
John STEWART, Killed in Action, 30 July 1915.
Sydney John STEWART, Killed in Action, 17 April 1918.
Gerald Cunliffe STONES, Killed in Action, 30 May 1917 .
Murray Charles STORRER, Died of Wounds, 5 June 1915.
Alfred Thomas STUCHBERY, Killed in Action, 2 August 1918.
Richard SWALE, Died of Wounds, 29 September 1917.

Norman Thomas TALBETT, Killed in Action, 5 August 1915.
James Raymond TAYLOR, Died of Wounds, 8 June 1917.
Stanley TAYLOR, Died of Disease, 25 October 1918.
Thomas Henry TAYLOR, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918.
Smedley Joseph John TERRY, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.
Albert Ernest Victor THOMAS, Died of Disease, 21 October 1918.
Charles Vivian THOMAS, Killed in Action, 29 April 1918.
Reuben Montague THOMAS, Died of Disease, 22 June 1915.
John Hunter THOMSON, Killed in Action, 13 August 1916.
Rupert James TILLY, Died of Wounds, 30 November 1915.
Herbert Stanley TUCKFIELD, Killed in Action, 15 April 1917.
Miles Neil TURNER, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915.

Frank VENDY, Died of Wounds, 31 July 1915.

Walter Arthur WALLER, Died of Wounds, 10 January 1917.
Christopher Norman WARD, Killed in Action, 30 September 1918.
James Edward WAUGH, Killed in Action, 26 August 1916.
Ernest Walter WESTON, Died of Wounds, 5 December 1917.
Clifford Knapsey WHEELINS, Died of Wounds, 4 November 1917.
Patrick WHELAN, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Patrick WHELAN, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915 , and subsequently buried at sea. .
Harold Thomas WICKHAM, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917.
Reginald WILLIAMS, Killed in Action, 3 August 1915.
Alexander WILSON, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917 .
Francis Ernest WILSON, Killed in Action, 3 January 1917.
Edward WOMERSLEY, Died of Wounds, 2 November 1917.
William John WOODS, Killed in Action, 1 May 1918.

Herbert YOUNG, Died of Wounds, 8 June 1917.

Lest We Forget

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

Citation: 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

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Thursday, 11 June 2009

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Embarkation Roll, Roll: T - Z
Topic: AIF - 4B - 4 LHR

4th LHR, AIF

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Embarkation Roll, T - Z

The following is a composite alphabetical roll of all members of 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment who are known to have embarked overseas during the Great War.

Each man is listed with:

Service Number
Rank at Embarkation
First Names
Family Name
If applicable, the false name used

Notes

Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred. By utilising the link, upon the Embarkation Roll is a brief military biography of the individual. Also on the page are details and picture of the ship in which embarkation occurred for that specific soldier.

Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.

Note 3: In comparing this roll with the official Embarkation Rolls published by the Department of Defence during the Great War, it will be noticed that some names are absent. The reason for this lies in the fact that when the official Embarkation Rolls were compiled, last minute absentees for one reason or another were recorded as embarking whereas in actuality, no embarkation occurred. In addition, there are other names that have been included that do not appear in the official Embarkation Rolls and yet they embarked with that particular group.

Embarkation Roll: T - Z

John TACKABERRY
John Hamilton TAGGART
Roy Archibald Houston TAGGART
Alexander Ersey TAIT
Norman Thomas TALBETT
Albert Leslie TATE
William James TATNELL
Albert Exton TAYLOR
Allan John TAYLOR
Arthur Frederick TAYLOR
Arthur Hartley TAYLOR
Charles Geoffrey TAYLOR
Charles William Alexander TAYLOR
Frank Lindsay TAYLOR
Frederick Percival TAYLOR
Harold TAYLOR
Harold Roy TAYLOR
James Raymond TAYLOR
James Robert TAYLOR
John TAYLOR
Lorenzo Percy TAYLOR
Roy Basil TAYLOR
Stanley TAYLOR
Thomas TAYLOR
Thomas Henry TAYLOR
Thomas James TAYLOR
Edward Henry TEESDALE
George Stanley TELFER
George Stanley TELFER
Alexander TEMPLAR
Reginald William TEMPLE
Smedley Joseph John TERRY
William Thomas TERRY
Oliver THAW
Albert Ernest Victor THOMAS
Arthur Douglas THOMAS
Charles Vivian THOMAS
Francis Henry THOMAS
John Hywell THOMAS
Percival THOMAS
Reuben Montague THOMAS
Vivian Robinson THOMAS
William Leonard THOMAS
Cecil Ray THOMPSON
Harvey William THOMPSON
James Walter THOMPSON
Reginald James THOMPSON
William John THOMPSON
John Hunter THOMSON
William John THOMSON
Alfred Ernest THORNE
Charles Edwin THORNE
Henry James THORNTON
George Richmond THORP
Lawrence Edward THORPE
Frederick Gladman TILLEY
Leo TILLEY
Maurice John TILLEY
Rupert James TILLY
Harry Gordon TINNEY
Percival Hubert TISELL
Arthur George TIZARD
Colin McKeller TODD
John Laidlow TODD
Albert John TOGNELLA
Percy Claude TOLSON
Edward George TOMKINS
John TOMLINSON
Herbert George TOOKE
Ernest Wilfred TRAYNOR
Robert TRELEAVEN
Cecil TREVOR
Frank Edward TREWHELLA
Charles Lester Gordon TREWIN
Harry TRIGG
Leslie TRIGG
Arthur Randolph TRIMNELL
Jerome Percy TRONSON
Herbert Stanley TUCKFIELD
James Henry TULLY
Walter Ballantyne TUNBRIDGE
Claude Frederick TURNER
Frederick TURNER
Miles Neil TURNER
Walter Eric TURNER
Raymond Ambrose TURTON
John Cecil TURVEY
Lindsay Gordon TURVEY
John TWIST
William John TWOMEY
Hermann Victor TYCHSEN

John UNDERWOOD
John Henry UNDERWOOD
Harry Julian Frederick UNMACK
Harold UNSTEAD
Leslie Victor UNSTEAD
Scarlett UNSWORTH
Samuel Bennett UPFILL
Richard William Leslie URAND
Ernest George UREN
Cyril Frederick USHER

John Leslie Lancelot VAFIOPULOUS
Packington Joseph VALLENCE
William VALLENCE
John Jnr VALLENDER
Frederick VANCE
Cyril VARCOE
George VARDY
Ernest VAUGHAN
William Glascott VAWDREY
Thomas VEARING
Frank VENDY
Sydney VIALLS
John Joseph VINES
Percy John VINING
Percy Ernest VIRGOE
Percy Ernest VIRGOE

Curthell WADDELL
George WADE
William WAITE
George Reginald WAKLEY
John Gordon WALES
Edward George WALKEDEN
Alfred WALKER
Claude WALKER
Eric Lawford WALKER
Frank WALKER
George Johnstone WALKER
Herbert WALKER
John Charles WALKER
John Stanley WALKER
Alexander George WALLACE
Harold Howard WALLACE
Ralph Darran WALLACE
Robert WALLACE
Henry Anthony WALLACE-DUNLOP
Walter Arthur WALLER
Francis Seymour WALPOLE
Charles Beevor Lindsay WALSH
Charles Edward WALSH
Harry Christopher WALSH
John Robert WALSH
Thomas WALSH
Michael WALSHE
Henry Thomas WALTER
James Arthur WALTERS
Albert Stanley WALTON
Christopher Norman WARD
James Mansfield WARD
Mark James WARD
Thomas WARD
Henry Benjamin WARTON
Gilbert Reginald WATERS
James Kelso WATERS
Angus WATHEN
William Albert WATKINS
William Charles WATKINS
Albert Francis WATSON
George Claude WATSON
Herbert WATT
Oswald WATT
William Charles Henry WATT
James Edward WAUGH
James Francis WEBB
John WEBSTER
Walter William WEBSTER
William Arthur Valentine WEDMORE
William Hamilton WEIR
Joseph Frederick WELLINGS
Benjamin Peter WELLINGTON
Harold Hastings WELLINGTON
Duncan WELLS
Robert Merry WELLWOOD
William Henry WELLWOOD
Charles Roland WEMYSS
George Albert WEST
Ernest Walter WESTON
William John WESTON
Abraham WHALE
Eric Norman WHEELER
Clifford Knapsey WHEELINS
Maurice Joseph WHELAN
Patrick WHELAN
Patrick WHELAN
Leonard Atkinson WHINFIELD
Edward James WHITE
Francis John WHITE
Frederick Hargrave WHITE
Henry Charles WHITE
James Daniel WHITE
George Willis WHITECHURCH
Herbert WHITEHEAD
George WHITFIELD
John Leslie WHITFIELD
James Stewart WHITFORD
Eustace Jennings William Henry WHITING
Stanley John WHITTEN
Walter Henry WHITTEN
Harold Thomas WICKHAM
Clarence Henry WICKLAND
William James WIGGIN
James WIGHT
Albert Cecil WIGNELL
Ernest Henry WILEMAN
Otto WILHELM
Lesley Alexander WILKIE
Leslie Francis WILKINS
Charles David WILKINSON
John Joseph WILKINSON
Michael Joseph WILKINSON
John Aubrey Wilson WILLAN
Albert WILLIAMS
Albert James WILLIAMS
Alfred Ernest WILLIAMS
Arthur WILLIAMS
Bertie Grenville WILLIAMS
Charles Thomas WILLIAMS
Donald Matthew WILLIAMS
Francis James WILLIAMS
Frederick William WILLIAMS
Harold Stanley Hamilton WILLIAMS
Henry Parks WILLIAMS
James Edward Charles WILLIAMS
Joseph Henry WILLIAMS
Leslie George WILLIAMS
Percy WILLIAMS
Reginald WILLIAMS
Richard Stephen WILLIAMS
Samuel James WILLIAMS
Thomas Arthur WILLIAMS
Thomas Waitsen WILLIAMS
Walter James WILLIAMS
William Edward WILLIAMS
Cecil George WILLIAMSON
James Albert WILLIAMSON
Robert Gordon WILLIAMSON
William Thomas WILLMOTT
Arthur Ernest Vincent WILLOX
William Ernest WILLOX
John Robert WILLS
Alexander WILSON
Francis Ernest WILSON
Gilbert Nicol WILSON
Harry WILSON
Henry Joseph WILSON
James Andrew Gratten WILSON
Percy Alfred WILSON
Percy Edward WILSON
Peter WILSON
Peter WILSON
Roy Grant Denham WILSON
Samuel Roy WILSON
Sydney Herbert WILSON
Walter William WILSON
William Wallace WILSON
Norman WINSTANLEY
Raymond WINTER
Victor John Francis Moynihan WINTERBOTTOM
Robert WISHART
Charles Percy WITHERS
Trevor WOMBWELL
Edward WOMERSLEY
Walter Ernest Leslie WOOD
Arthur Norman WOODHOUSE
Geoffrey Basil WOODS
Stanley George WOODS
William John WOODS
Arthur Thomas WOOLLARD
Charles Leonard WORCESTER
Adolph WORRELL
Ronald Lewis WOTTON
Albert WRIGHT
Harold William WRIGHT
John William WRIGHT
Joseph Albert WRIGHT
Stephen WRIGHT
Frank WYND
Walter WYNNE

James YEOMAN
George Phillip YOULA
Alexander Donaldson YOUNG
Herbert YOUNG
John Alexander YOUNG
Oliver YOUNG
Robert Hammel YOUNG
Walter Leslie YOUNG
Allan YOUNIE
Robert Stanley YULE

Isaac ZIMMER.

Further Rolls:

Roll: A - C

Roll: D - F
Roll: G - J

Roll: K - L

Roll: M - Q

Roll: R - S
Roll: T - Z

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Citation: 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Embarkation Roll, Roll: T - Z

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Friday, 31 October 2008

The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 4th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba
Topic: AIF - 4B - 4 LHR

The Battle of Beersheba

Palestine, 31 October 1917

4th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba

4th Light Horse Regiment men who charged at Beersheba

The following list comprises the men from the 4th Light Horse Regiment who were possibly at Beersheba on 31 October 1917 and may have been available to have taken part in the famous Charge at Beersheba.

The problems

The reason for the uncertainty, except for those wounded or killed in action arises from the situation that no roll was ever taken of the men who did charge. The historian is then left to search through the individual service records to ascertain if the man was likely to have been at Beersheba on the appropriate date. The exercise required examining many hundreds of records from potential candidates and narrowing down to the likely candidates whose files show no reason not to be at Beersheba.

The absence of a reason in itself does not mean that the person actually charged. A person may have reported sick in the morning and spent a couple days at the Field Ambulance. If the stay at the Field Ambulance was less than 14 days, generally it would not be recorded on the service record unless it was a reportable illness. Thus, the absence of a reaqson not to be at Beersheba is not evidence that a person was at Beersheba but it is more than likely that the person was at Beersheba.

The List

The following list was researched and constructed by Steve Becker and is reproduced with his permission.

4th Light Horse Regiment

Regimental Headquarters
Leslie Albert AUSTIN
Murray William James BOURCHIER
John Albert CASHMORE
James Iver CHIRNSIDE
Arthur John COX
Joshua Joseph Talbot DIAL
Kenneth Watson FULLER
Frederick GILL
John Barstow KELLEHER
Harry Clifford Arlington McCANN
Ephraim Edward McHUGH
Edward MOORE
Norman Gordon RAE
George James RANKIN
William Cable SCOTT
Charles SELL
Frederick Osmond SMITH
Walter Errold SYDENHAM
Sydney VIALLS
David Stanley WALKER
Harold Howard WALLACE
Henry Thomas WALTER
George WHYTE
Alexander WILSON.

A Squadron
Walter Frank ASHTON
Alexander BACKMAN
Martin John BALSARINI
Clarence Roy BEAL
Harold Thomas BELL
George Edison BINGHAM
William John BIRKETT-VIPONT
Vincent Francis BLACK
Sloan BOLTON
Basil James BOOTH
Albert BOTTOMLEY
William Herman BRIX
Alfred Leslie BRUCE
Sidney BURKE
John Frederick BURLEY
Francis BURNS
Albert BURROWS
Francis James BURTON
Michael BYRNE
Archibald Hugh CAMERON
John William CANTWELL
Montague CARR
William Giles CHIPPINDALL
Edward Randolph CLEAVER
Vincent Sinclair CONNOLLY
Lionel CORNELL
Aloysius James COTTER
John Edward CUMMINGS
William Thomas DAVIES
Thomas DICKSON
Ernest William DONALD
Fred DUNWELL
James Thomas FRANCIS
George Walter FRENCH
James GARTLY
Leslie Stuart GEDDES
Angus John GILLIES
Hugh GILLIES
William GOLDSON
Robert William GOODEAR
John GOWLING
Robert John GRAY
William Henderson HALLIDAY
Charles Vivian HARDIE
Hubert Leslie HARRIS
Edward Todd HARRISON
Alfred Ernest HEALEY
Thomas Eugene HEALY
Nelson Joseph HEMMONS
Simon HENNESSY
James Daniel HICKEY
William Jacob HINDHAUGH
Francis George HOLTON
Robert Leslie HOPE
Frank HORSBURGH
Herbert John HUTCHINSON
James Thomas HYDER
Andrew James JACKSON
William Claude JENNER
Ernest William JOHNSON
Lauriston James JOHNSON
Arthur Need JOHNSTONE
Dennis KERLIN
William Edward KERRIGAN
Allan Edward KIMBERLEY
Walter Rodney KINGHORN
Rupert LARKING
John Francis LATTA
James LAWSON
Reuben LEE
Edward Lawrence LEEHANE
Stephen Edward LOUGHNAN
John Charles Gordon LYON
Stuart Lothian MacDONALD
Joseph Edward MANNION
Reginald George Prior MARKWELL
Jack MASON
John Alexander MATHESON
John McALPINE
John Hamilton McARTHUR
James Dawson McDONALD
John Coll McDONALD
Malcolm Donald McDONALD
Francis Edmund McGRATH
Joseph James McGRATH
Thomas Francis McKEOGH
William Fraser McKERROW
James Alexander McLEAN
James McMILLAN
Patrick McNAMARA
John Joseph McNIFF
Neil McPHEE
Benjamin Peter George MEREDITH
Edward MINNS
Sydney Newman MITCHELL
William MOORFOOT
Charles Victor Clyde MORLEY
Robert Herbert MORLEY
Walter George MORRISON
Alfred Wilson MORTON
Bickley MURDOCH
George Alexander MURDOCH
Thomas MURPHY
Charles Reginald MURRAY
Thomas Forrester MURRAY
Francis Bernard NEEDHAM
Thomas James NESBITT
Arthur Ignatius NUGENT
John William O'KEEFE
Frank David ORGAN
Dennis Francis O'ROURKE
Alfred PAGE
Clifford Francis PAGET
James PAYNE
John Bernard PAYTE
Thomas Walter PEARCE
Stanley George PERRETT
William PLUNKET
George Frederick PUNTON
Harold PURNELL
John REARDON
John REINEKE
Frederick Dawson ROBINSON
Edward RODDY
James Cue RYAN
John Edward SAYERS
Edward Clarendon SEAGER
Albert Edward SHAW
Richard Bradshaw SLATER
George Benjamin SMYTH
Henry STEPHENS
George Leonard STEPNELL
Reginald John SWAIN
John TACKABERRY
Frank Stanley Archer TAGGART
Noble Johnson TANNER
Frank Lindsay TAYLOR
James Robert TAYLOR
William Leonard THOMAS
Frederick Gladman TILLEY
William TODD
Edward George TOMKINS
Arthur Randolph TRIMNELL
Richard William Leslie URAND
Charles Edward WALSH
James Arthur WALTERS
Albert Stanley WALTON
William Charles WATKINS
Clifford Knapsey WHEELINS
Francis John WHITE
Harold Thomas WICKHAM
Charles David WILKINSON
Donald Matthew WILLIAMS
Walter James WILLIAMS
Harry WILSON
Peter WILSON
Charles Percy WITHERS
Trevor WOMBWELL
Stanley George WOODS
Arthur Thomas WOOLLARD
Frank WYND.

B Squadron
Percy ATKINS
Lewis BIRCH
Arthur Easton BOND
Robert George BRUTON
Ewan Paul CAMERON
Sydney CHRISTIAN
Percy William Burnett CLARK
Arthur Thomas CLARKE
Spencer Osborne CLARKE
James Ignatius CONNOR
Ernest Edward CORK
Allan Gladstone CORRIE
Ernest Henry Thomas CROSS
Gilbert DELLAR
Walter Leslie DENNIS
Charles Herbert DUSTING
Charles Albert FECHNER
Albert William FROST
John Joel Allan GALE
John Percy Lemon GAYLARD
Leonard GOODING
Ronald GREGGERY
Joseph Patrick HEHIR
Arthur Edward HENRY
William Bernard HEPPNER
Albert HIPGRAVE
Kenneth Charles HUDSON
Bertie Allan LANGTIP
Ernest Walter LANGTIP
Henry LANGTIP
Leslie Oliver LANGTIP
James Edward LEVER
Albert Charles LEWIS
Robert Andrew McCANN
Duncan Campbell McDOUGALL
Duncan McKAY
William Daniel McNAB
Roland Leonard McNEE
Thomas Rainsford MILLS
William MOORE
Herbert George MORGAN
Francis Patrick MORONEY
Hugh MUNRO
Lewis Peter NELSON
Douglas James NEWMAN
Thomas Stephen O'BRIEN
Arthur PICKFORD
Albert David REID
George ROBERTSON
Oscar Ernest ROZYNSKI
Alfred SAUNDERS
Leslie Ernest SCOTT
William Royal SELKIRK
Leslie Thomas SMITH
George Shaw STEWART
William John STEWART
William Patrick SWEENEY
Sydney Thomas THOMPSON
Lawrence Edward THORPE
John Laidlow TODD
William John WOODS.

C Squadron
William James ALLAN
James ANDERSON
Robert BANKS
Arthur Wilson BEATTY
Sydney John BENEY
Albany Roy BENTLEY
Henry BIGGS
Bert BODDISON
Lawrence Joseph BOLAND
Arthur Victor BOND
John Bruce BREESE
Jack Vincent BRODIE
Edward John BURKE
Bertram CANNING
Arthur CASHMORE
Wallace Hugh CHALMERS
Hilbert Kebbel Trenwith CHANCELLOR
James CLANCY
Ralph Robert CLARK
John CLINCH
Carl Raymond COGGER
Charles Henry CONNELL
Herbert Stephen CONNOR
James Edward COOPER
Hugh Frances CREGAN
Arthur DANIELS
Thomas Anthony DARCY
Jason Henry DAVIES
Albert Charles DIBB
William John DIBBS
Lachlan James DOWNEY
Thomas John Francis DOWNEY
Raymond DOWNING
Alexander Raymond DOYLE
Joseph James DRANE
James George DUNLOP
Bruce West DURANT
Hugh Robert ELLIOTT
Andrew James ERICKSON
Louis Conrad EZZY
Thomas Smart FAIRBAIRN
Wallace Stanley FINDLAY
Laurie FORD
Clive FRASER
Henry Augustus FROMHOLD
Edward Augustus GALE
Joseph GILLESPIE
Alexander Thomas GRAINGER
Robert William GREGSON
John Thomas Rowe GRENFELL
Frederick GULLIFORD
Henry James HALL
Keith Booth HALLORAN
Richard HAMPTON
George Connolly HAZLETT
Charles William HEYWOOD
Ernest George HILL
Charles Frederick HUGGINS
Albert Edward ILLINGWORTH
Albert JAMIESON
Clarence Andrew KENSLEY
David KENT
Edmund Edward KEOGH
William Henry KIFT
Ernest Henry KOPKE
Frederick LAWRY
William LENNON
Horace Samuel LONG
Percy Wilfred LOOMES
John Alexander MacKINTOSH
Ashley Vernon McCANN
William Alexander McCAREY
John Thomas McCARTNEY
Harold Robert McINNES
Alexander McINTYRE
James Alexander Peter McINTYRE
William Allan McKECHNIE
John Flemming McKEE
William McKENZIE
William Samuel Alexander McKENZIE
John James McPHERSON
Sydney MILLS
Edward Herbert Hector MISSEN
Henry Alexander MOODIE
James Alfoncis MOODIE
John Thomas MOODIE
Donald Richard MORGAN
Edison MOUNSEY
Arthur Bowden MUSGROVE
Ernest Henry NETHERBY
Albert Henry NEWELL
Ronald William NICHOLAS
John NORMAN
John Gladstone O'DONNELL
James William OFFORD
John PARKIN
Frank Hardy PHILLIPS
Roland Valentine PRICE
Phillip QUINN
Thomas QUINN
Frank RAINES
Paston Hubert REDE
William Alfred REID
Rupert RICE
George Cecil RICHARDS
Joseph RILEN
Herbert Charles ROBERTSON
John Comber ROBERTSON
Thomas McKnight ROBERTSON
Andrew George ROSS
David ROSS
John Francis RYAN
Michael Augustus RYAN
Clarence Mitchell SARGEANT
Harold John SAUNDERS
Frederick Beecher SCOTT
William George SINCLAIR
George SMITH
John Russell SPEECHLEY
Hugh SPENCER
Charles Ernest SPONG
Henry James STEEL
George STOCKDALE
Thomas SUTHERLAND
Richard Frederick SWANELL
Herbert James TEATHER
Leslie Peter TEITZEL
Boyd John THURBON
Harry TRIGG
Hugh Alexander WALES
Edward George WALKEDEN
William Albert WATKINS
Oswald WATT
Walter William WEBSTER
Frederick Hargrave WHITE
John Leslie WHITFIELD
Lesley Alexander WILKIE
Samuel James WILLIAMS
William Wallace WILSON
Stephen WRIGHT.

Squadron Unknown
Charles ALDERTON
Ernest Charles ALTMANN
William Walter ASH
Charles James Henry BARRY
Albert James BARTER
Kenneth Maie BATTERSBY
Thomas John BENNETTS
Ernest BINION
Reginald Francis BROWNE
Thomas Charles BUNSTON
Alexander Morton CALDWELL
Hugh Robert CAMPBELL
Henry Percival COAD
Joseph Eyra COOK
Francis CURTIN
Walter Edwin DALLIMORE
David Hogg DAVIDSON
Frank Thomas DAVIES
Horace James Stephens DUFF
Charles ELDRIDGE
Wallace Edward Vance ELLIS
John EVANS
Charles Ernest FARNAN
Michael John FARQUER
John Thomas FISHER
Leslie Robert GALLARD
Thomas D'arcy GALLOP
Colin Campbell GORDON
Rupert Francis GOW
James Vincent GRANT
William John GRIGG
Leonard William HANCOCK
Alexander Christian HANSEN
Edward Phillip HARRINGTON
James William HEATON
James Alexander HENDERSON
Leslie George HERTEL
John Campbell HUNTER
Daniel William HUSSEY
Jubo Werner JOKINEN
David Lewis JONES
William JONES
Alexander LAMB
George LANG
Donald Manson LINTON
Chrisopher Patrick MAHONY
William Brockley McCLURE
Colin Richard McLEAN
John William McLEAN
Allan McTAVISH
Hugh Francis MISKIN
Alan Arthur MOODIE
James Joseph MOORE
George MORRAH
Thomas Matthew MOYES
Thomas James NOONAN
Griffith Henry OWEN
William Ernest PENNINGTON
Herbert Albert Alan PHILLIPS
John PITCEATHLY
John Daniel REIDY
Henry George RICHARDS
George James Samuel RILETT
Rowland George ROBERTS
Robert James ROBERTSON
Thomas George ROSE
Morgan SCANNELL
Charles Alexander SCHIMMELBUSCH
Gavin William Reginald SCOTT
Albert James Parker SIDLOW
Herbert STANTON
Louis STEVENS
John William STUBBS
Percival Hubert TISELL
Thomas WARD
John Robert WILLS
Edward WOMERSLEY.

Those whom are believed to have charged at Beersheba, 31 October 1917:

The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 4th LH Bde, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 4th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 12th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material for this entry.

Further Reading:

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917

Australian and New Zealand Roll of Honour

Citation: The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 4th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba

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Updated: Wednesday, 23 December 2009 9:52 PM EAST