Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
War Diary, 8 December
Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour
Regimental March - Marching Through Georgia
The Diary
1914
Tuesday, December 8, 1914
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Organising, training and equipping of troops.
See: Broadmeadows 1909
1915
Wednesday, December 8, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rhododendron Spur
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.
1916
Friday, December 8, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Bir el Malha
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Duty Regiment. The Regiment undertook routine work for the day.
AWM25 707/5 Box 50 File 216
9th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order 527 - Stretcher Bearers.
A Squadron,
A Troop - Jones, 1028 Trooper HS;
B Troop - Bailie, 2803 Trooper GH;
C Troop - Crack, 1472 Trooper AH; and,
D Troop - Humphries, 1406 Trooper JW.
B Squadron,
A Troop - Godwin, 1165 Trooper JW;
B Troop - Currie, 645 Trooper AH;
C Troop - Wadrop, 1276 Trooper CG; and,
D Troop - Gottfried, 1192 Trooper L
C Squadron,
A Troop - Goodall, 2746 Trooper JH;
B Troop - Potter, 1084 Trooper HA;
C Troop - Cronin, 1183 Trooper AH; and,
D Troop - Cox, 395 Trooper GW.
1917
Saturday, December 8, 19179th Light Horse Regiment Location - El Burj.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0800 Six officers moved out on reconnaissance towards Nalin - Kuddis - Khurbetha Ibn Harith for possible lines of advance in readiness for an attack on these places. Bivouac shelters arrived.
1918
Sunday, December 8, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Mejdelaya, Tripoli
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - All church parades cancelled owing to rain.
1919
Tuesday, December 1, 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, 8 December