Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
War Diary, 3 November
Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour
Regimental March - Marching Through Georgia
The Diary
1914
Tuesday, November 3, 1914
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Morphettville Race Course Camp and Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Formation of Regiment occurring at Morphettville Race Course Camp, Adelaide, while "C" Squadron is formed at Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria.
See: Broadmeadows 1909
1915
Wednesday, November 3, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rhododendron Spur
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Lieutenant General Sir WR Birdwood, GOC, inspected the trenches and position today. Instructions received to get ready to vacate portion of the position in a few days. The New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade are to take over B, C(1), C(2), D, E(1) and E(2) sections of the fire trench.
1916
Friday, November 3, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Bir Etmaler
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry
AWM25 707/5 Box 50 File 216 9th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order 493
The reinforcements received on Saturday, October 21, 1916 were allocated to the following units: -
A Squadron
Bailey, 2802 Trooper GH; Bailie, 2803 Trooper GH; Bowden, 2805 Trooper JT; Cameron, 2255 Trooper EF; Carr, 2806 Trooper AH; Coombe, 2807 Trooper AC; Coulter, 2184 Trooper H; Cowan, 2808 Trooper JL; Ellis, 2262 Trooper FJ; Frost, 546 Trooper WL; Hamp, 2803 Trooper AC; Hamp, 2814 Trooper JR; Hancock, 2823 Trooper GT; Kelly, 2582 Trooper PJ; Langcake, 2127 Trooper LR; Prettijohn, 2756 Trooper G; Reeves, 2670 Trooper JH; Robertson, 2471 Trooper J; Sandland, 2822 Trooper EW; Sawyer, 2591 Trooper WA; Schmidt, 1287 Trooper NO; Schramm, 2823 Trooper HL; Smyth, 2758 Trooper SC; and, Woodhouse, 2342 Trooper GH.B Squadron
Brewster, 2249 Trooper EV; Carroll, 646 Trooper J; Hank, 2115 Trooper RH; Jones, 2581 Trooper AJ; Leahy, 2815 Trooper CM; and, Smith, 2826 Trooper LJ.C Squadron
Crowley, 2744 Trooper JJ; Edington, 2810 Trooper JS; Goodall, 2746 Trooper JH; McLeod, 2819 Trooper JG; Preston, 1841 Trooper CAL; and, Whittlesea, 2830 Trooper WP.Headquarters' Staff
James, 2282 Trooper P; Learmonth, 2816 Trooper WJ; Schwartz, 2824 Trooper FH; Thompson, 2827 Trooper WD; and, Whitelaw, 2829 Trooper ER.
1917
Saturday, November 3, 19179th Light Horse Regiment Location - Beersheba.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Prior to the capture of Beersheba the enemy destroyed all the wells. Today large parties were detailed from this Regiment in repairing wells in vicinity of the battery. Water for both men and animals was very scarce. At 1700, C Squadron returned from Karm having handed prisoners over to 20th Corps.
1918
Sunday, November 3, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Homs
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Usual camp routine.
1919
Monday, November 3, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Adelaide
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Regiment disbanded.
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Sources:
See: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Contents
Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, AIF War Diaries of the Great War, Site Transcription Policy
Further Reading:
9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 3 November
