Topic: AIF - 4B - 12 LHR
The Battle of Beersheba
Palestine, 31 October 1917
12th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba
12th Light Horse Regiment men who charged at Beersheba
The following list comprises the men from the 12th 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.
12th Light Horse Regiment
Regimental Headquarters
Donald CAMERON
Joseph Percival BARR
Charles John SIMPSON
Frank Raymond MASSIE
Alfred John FINLAYSON
Frederick Raymond SWEENEY
Norbert Spencer WHELAN
Lance BATHIE
George Leslie BROOKS
William John Henry VITNELL
Joseph CAMERON
Joseph James WELCH
Owen Joseph HARTLEY
Frederick John MOORE
Cecil Ernest ROXBURGH
James Patrick BOURKE
Louis Henry AMBROSOLI
Frederick Archibald CAMERON
Joseph Henry CHIVERS
Vincent Leonard CHIVERS
Harry Martin CONWAY
Harold CREBER
Roy Charles DENNIS
John Joseph EGAN
Lewis EYRE
Claude Russell GLASSON
Thomas Herbert HAMPTON
Robert HUNTER
Hilton Sydney INGERSOLE
William John KEVERN
John James KOTZE
Edward Albert LEWIS
James William MARTIN
William MAWDSLEY
Claud Ackerman MAY
William James McLEAN
John Joseph MONROE
Claude Alpine NICHOLS
Percival Frederick RICHARDSON
Arthur Henry Elias SAMUEL
Frank Raymond STEVENSON
Sidney Theodore SYMONDS
Cuthbert William THOMPSON
Keith Charles WADE
George Sidney WILLIS
Archibald David WILSON
Mervyn Cyrnos WOODD
Arthur WYNDHAM
Olaf Peter WHITFIELD
A Squadron
Eric Montague HYMAN
Edward Bolton RALSTON
Edward Spencer HORDERN
John (Mackay) WEBB
Walter James MURRAY
Edwin Alfred MULFORD
Joseph Percival BARR
Daniel James MASON
Frank Bemarr HUTCHINSON
Arthur Talbot Scott ADAMS
Rudolph Askwith ADELT
Arthur George AUSTIN
Horace Malcolm AUSTIN
Cecil Charles BAILEY
John BAILEY
John BAILEY
Arthur James BAKER
Eli Irwin BEAZLEY
James BEAZLEY
John Stephen BEAZLEY
William Henry BEST
Robert Victor BLACKBURN
William Robert BLAIN
Belfield BONE
Robert Hayden BONE
Robert BORTHISTLE
Harry BOYLE
William BROWN
John BRUNTON
Adam BUCHAN
Alfred BULL
Colin Brodie BULL
Harry BUNYAN
Reginald Charles BURGESS
Alfred BURROWS
Wilfred Edward CALLOWAY
Robert CAMPBELL
Rupert Colin CAMPBELL
Herbert CANTLE
Verney CHILCOTT
Harry Rex George COLEY
Clifton Bert COLLESS
Frederick John COLLETT
Edwin Wensley COLLINS
George John COMERFORD
Henry Thomas COMMINS
David Albert CORMIE
Albert COTTER
Bert James DADDO
Gerald DIGBY
John Stewart DONKIN
Patrick Bede DONNELLY
Ralston Alexander DOWLING-BROWN
Pierce Ignatius DWYER
William Augustus DWYER
David Percy EASON
Charles George EDWARDS
James ELLIOTT
Geoffrey Somerset Sharpe FARMILOE
John Henry FIELDING
John FLEET
Martin FOGARTY
Thomas Augustine FOLEY
William Percival FRANCIS
Frederick Charles FRENCH
William Vincent GALLAGHER
Clarence GILL
Richard James GOGGIN
Frederick James GOODWIN
Archibald Donald GRANT
Abel Alfred GREEN
Algernon HAMPTON
Robert James HASTIE
Herbert John Hawkins HAYS
James Samuel HEARNE
George Sydney HENLEY
William John HENWOOD
Harold Clifford HIBBURD
James HIGGINS
Stanley R HODGES
Arthur Joseph HOGAN
Cyril HOLMES
Herbert Ernest HOLROYD
Walter Leonard HORSLEY
Albert Victor HUNTER
Thomas JOPLIN
Leo Alphonsos KENNEDY
Frank Claude KENNIFF
Frederick William KIRK
Carl Seigfred KLEMKE
Frank LUXTON
Alexander MacAULAY
Robert MARSDEN
Robert MASON
Norman Conrad McCARTHY
Stanley Arthur McCARTHY
Wilfred McCARTHY
James Edward Bruce McCOLL
Harold Ronald McDONALD
Arthur McILROY
Patrick Joseph McKENNA
Alexander Hugh McLELLAN
Robert Ashleigh McNAB
- McGILVRAY Malcolm McNEILL
Frederick Arthur MURRAY
Victor Ayah Adam NOSWORTHY
Robert Archibald O'NEILL
George Thomas PEACOCK
Maurice James PENSON
Leo QUINLIVAN
Charles Samuel Francis RHIND
George Henry RICHARDS
Frederick Hastings RICHARDSON
Jack Lewis ROSENTHALL
John Joseph Bede SAMUELS
Percival Alec SHEPHARD
Peter SINCLAIR
William SIRKITT
John Frederick SMEE
Arthur Ernest SMITH
Clifford SMITH
Erwin Lindsay SNODGRASS
Frederick Restall SNOWBALL
Jack STACY
Clarence Howard STANFORD
Herbert STEWART
Thomas Harold SWEENEY
Harold John TAYLOR
Oscar THOMPSON
Charles Lucian Schaunard TRENTY
Percy WARD
William Henry WELDING
William John WHITE
Peter James WOLD
B Squadron
Cuthbert Murchison FETHERSTONHAUGH
Rodney Keith ROBEY
Guy Bloomfield HAYDON
Clyde EASTERBROOK
Roy Wickham LINDEMAN
Adam Park MacLEAN
Frederick COLEMAN
Alfred Richard TOWNSEND
Arnold ANDERSON
George Hamilton ATKINSON
Norman BAIRD
Thomas Percy BARBER
Sydney Joseph BARROW
James Maxwell BATES
Edward Bland BECK
James Albert BENNETT
Alwynne Steel BEVERIDGE
William BRADBURY
Thomas Richard BRADLEY
Stanley BROOME
Stanley Victor BULLOCK
Godfrey Lambert BURGESS
Thomas Robert CAMPBELL
Frank Ernest CASELEY
Joseph CHARLESWORTH
Bute Alfred CHARTERS
Leslie Price CLARKE
Noel James CLARKE
Edward Thomas CLEARY
Albert Edwin COGGAN
George Herbert COOKE
Earl William Joseph CORBY
Matthew William COSIER
George David Alaxander COVENTRY
Ernest James CRAGGS
Robert CRUTCH
Walter DARBY
Jack Essington DARGIN
Edward Cornelius DENGATE
Kenneth Clive DENT
George Bede Leonard DICK
Charles DOHERTY
John William DOWLEY
Charles Ernest DOWNEY
Vivian Theophilus ENGLAND
George Lacey EVANS
William Thomas FLOOD
John Ernest FOWLER
Bruce Turnbull FRANKEL
Alfred John GALVIN
Leslie John Samuel GENNER
Eric William GRAHAM
Bruce Ogilvie GRANT
Walter Bede GREENHALGH
Edward HANNELL
William Ernest HARFIELD
David Woodward HARRIS
Howard Reginald HAYES
Thomas John Cornelius HOSKISSON
Thomas HYDE
Ernest HYLAND
William Henry Douglas JEFFREYS
George Dace JENNINGS
William Charles JOSEPHS
Walter Mundell KEDDIE
Frederick John Graham KELLY
Frederick Raymond KERR
James Murray KILPATRICK
Robert Matthew KINGSLAND
Miles Gordon KITE
Frederick Cecil LEE
Lachlan Irvin LONGWILL
Eric MacLEAN
Horace Graham McALPINE
James Thomas McCABE
Robert McCANN
Alexander Thomas McCLYMONT
Norman Strang McCLYMONT
Horace George McCRAE
Thomas Henry McNALLY
Duncan Mcdonald Forbes MEAKIN
Arthur Edward MELVAINE
Herbert MITCHELL
Alexander MOFFETT
Daniel James MOON
Richard John MOORE
Raymond Dean MORGAN
Ejgie (Ejgil) NEERGAARD
Guy Manning NIELD
Ernest William NOBLE
John Philip O'BIERNE
Edward Goodwin O'DELL
John Albert Taylor O'DWYER
Frederick William PABST
Ernest PAULS
Henry Harrison PEARD
Alfred Irwin PHILLIPS
George Thomas PHILLIPS
Jack Walter Lawrence PICCLES
Eric POWELL
Allan PRITCHARD
James PROPHET
William Winter Home PURVES
Edward QUINN
James RILEY
Edgar Alison ROBB
John ROBERTS
Victor James ROSS
David ROWE
Frank SCHAAF
George Alexander SHANNON
Harry Leonard SHELRIGE
Horace Graham SHERWOOD
Austin SMITH
Charles Harold SMITH
Edward SMITH
James Murray SMITH
Joseph Francis SMITH
Joseph William SMITH
Akien SPENCE
Robert John STINSON
Selwyn STODDART
James Patrick TAYLOR
Linus TAYLOR
Sydney Thomas THOMPSON
Leyton Forsyth THORPE
James TIMMINS
George William TORR
Norman URCH
Frank Billingsley WALKER
Jack WALL
Vincent WALSH
Edward WEBSTER
Edward James WHITE
Roy WIGHTMAN
John WISHART
William WRIGHT
Roy WYNTER
Henry Selwyn ZIEMS
C Squadron
Bertie Capt LOWING
Jack Rupert Cyril DAVIES
Arthur DOBSON
Arthur Ernest LISLE
Joseph Bernard EATHER
Harvey Halling McGREGOR
Leonard ALLAN
Bertie ANDREWS
Joseph Ernest BAKER
Stanley Thomas BELL
Edward Henry BERRY
Frederick James BISGROVE
Leslie Richard BODLE
Leslie John BOLAND
Samuel Issac BRAIN
Victor Percy BUSH
Ernest Frederick BYRNE
Timothy CALLAGHAN
Leslie CAMERON
Joseph CARTER
Arthur Edward CHALLENGER
Harry Harold CLARKE
John Foster COLLINS
Frederick COOK
Henry COOK
Pope Francis COOPER
Frank CULLEN
George William DALTON
Maurice Edward DAWSON
Joseph DENNERLEY
William Joseph DESMOND
Gregory James DODD
James DONLAN
John Thomas DUTTON
Eugene Alfred EATHER
Gordon EDGAR
Thomas Claude EDWARDS
Thomas Claude EDWARDS
Stewart Glenridding FAWCETT
Joseph Leo GALLAGHER
William John GANT
Ernest Henry GARDINER
Martin Joseph GIBBINS
William GLAZEBROOK
George GORDON
William GREWCOCK
George Herbert HANNAFORD
Bertram HARRIS
Edward Ray HARRIS
Harold Cure HAYNE
Geoffrey Austin HILL
Cecil Thomas HILLS
Alexander Vernie HOUGH
Arthur HOWARD
George JEFFERY
John Stephen JENNINGS
Arthur William JOHNSON
George Whiting KELLY
Edward Vincent KENNY
Arthur Stuart KNOX
Harold Jack LAUER
Alexander Thomson LAURIE
Frederick Joseph LAWS
Eric Oswald LEES
Murty William LINNEGAR
Edward James LONERGAN
John LONERGAN
Harold Edward LONG
Herbert Arthur LUMMIS
Alexander James MacKIE
Hugh Lawrence MacLEOD
Clifford Lindsay MARKWELL
John Raymond McCARTHY
Eric Keith McGREGOR
Henry James McINNES
John Michael McINTYRE
Alfred David MESSERVY
Richard Hetherington MILLER
Arthur Burton MUGGLETON
George MURRAY
James Gordon MURRAY
Neil NICHOLSON
John Palmer NORTHMORE
Cecil Norman O'BRIEN
David James O'ROURKE
Joseph Patrick O'ROURKE
Keith PALMER
Harry PATTERSON
John Leslie PAYNE
Roy PAYNE
William Henry Charles PEIME
Walter Irving PILTON
Thomas Albert PLUMMER
Cecil Reginald POWYS
Allan Douglas PURDIE
Alexander REVELLY
Frederick James RILEY
Frederick Hadley ROBINSON
Angus William ROSE
John Patrick ROSE
Arthur John ROSER
Robert Walter ROSS
George Richard Davies ROWLAND
David Alexander RUSSELL
John James SAINSBURY
Henry Rupert SALMON
James David SHEARER
Stephen SIMMONDS
Edgar George SMALL
Rupert Leonard SMITH
Leslie Rex STANGER
Dauphin Hamden STEELE
Oscar August STENGERT
Alfred Joseph STONE
William Goth TAIT
Alexander Angus TAYLOR
Colin Forsythe THORPE
Percy Leslie TOWNSEND
Henry TULLY
Edwin TURNER
Richard UNWIN
Albany Thomas Frederick VARNEY
Royal Mervyn WALCOTT
Richard Willis WALTON
Arthur Samuel WATTS
John Thomas WEBB
Roydon John WEBB
Lindsay John Payne WEST
Frederick George WILLIAMS
Percival Thomas WILLIAMS
Theodore George WRIGHT
Walter Henry YOUNG
Charles Vivian ZIEMS
No known Squadron
Andrew ABERCROMBIE
James Wallace BELL
David Charles BOWTELL
Norman John FISHER
George Cecil GREEN
Frederick Harrison HORSLEY
George Richard LEE
Alexander Booth MacDONALD
Frank William MAGILL
Brian Donald Buchanan MAY
John MAYNARD
Edwin Alfred MULFORD
Joseph William Conolly SHAW
William Joseph SMEE
Thomas Edward WALL
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.
The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917
Citation: The Battle of Beersheba, Palestine, 31 October 1917, 12th LHR, AIF, Charge at Beersheeba
