Topic: GW - August 1914
Due to the time zone differences, the declaration of war by Britain against Germany, while officially recorded as 4 August 1914, in terms of Australia, did not happen until Wednesday, 5 August 1915. For the The Toowoomba Chronicle, this happened on Wednesday, 5 August 1915.
Apart from being a major regional agricultural centre, the Toowoomba region supported extensive military training facilities. The Militia formations throughout the region included: Toowoomba, 11th Australian Infantry Regiment, Headquarters and "A" Company (part); Toowoomba, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters, Machine Gun Section, and "A" Squadron (part); Darling Downs Rifle Club; Oakey Rifle Club; Gatton, 11th Australian Infantry Regiment, "D" Company (part); Gatton, Qld: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, "C" Squadron (part); Gatton Rifle Club; Laidley, 11th Australian Infantry Regiment, "D" Company (part); Laidley, Qld: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, "C" Squadron (part); Laidley Rifle Club; Clifton, 39th Australian Infantry Regiment, "D" Company (part); Clifton, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, "C" Squadron (part); Clifton Rifle Club; Allora, 11th Australian Infantry Regiment, "B" Company (part); Allora, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, "B" Squadron (part); Allora Rifle Club; Dalby, 11th Australian Infantry Regiment, "A" Company (part); Dalby Rifle Club; and, Crow's Nest Rifle Club.
Toowoomba was a regional centre which boasted of a daily newspaper called The Toowoomba Chronicle which was priced at 1d [1 pence or in 2008 AUD, $1.70] per edition. The newspaper was circulated around the Toowoomba region including the locations and towns of Toowoomba, Oakey, Goombungee, Grapetree, Gatton, Laidly, Clifton, Allora, Millmerran, Dalby, and Crows Nest.
The area around the Toowoomba region is composed mainly of undulating pastures puctuated by stunning mountain ranges. The region presents a diverse landscape of agriculture mixed with wilderness. Toowoomba was the primary city in the region offering key services to sheep grazing activities and farming. The following two pages are indicative of the life experienced in the Toowoomba region when the Great War was declared.
War is Declared
This page explores the way The Toowoomba Chronicle dealt with the news.
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The following list is of the known men who enlisted in the Australian Light Horse during the Great War and saw overseas service. The enlistments are in regimental unit in which he enlisted, although not necessarily served.
- 446 Trooper Cyril Emery Campbell, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 462 Trooper John Herbert James, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 474 Trooper Thomas Orpen Edward King, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 17228 Trooper James Ryan, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 27th Reinforcements.
- 504 Trooper Frederick Charles Wecker, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 454 Trooper Ernest Alfred Wiggins, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2631 Trooper Francis Alfred Bell, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2615 Trooper Sydney Joseph Gerald Cochrane, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2627 Trooper James Robert Carson Devine, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2614 Trooper Percy Lynn Gundry, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2597 Trooper Frederick Cecil Henk, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Alex Horn, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- Trooper Cormac John Kenny, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1st Reinforcement.
- 6522 Trooper Arthur Vaughan Leamon, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 7th Reinforcement.
- 2621 Trooper Hugh Norman McLeod, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- Trooper William McMullin, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1st Reinforcement.
- 2612 Trooper Arnold Bert Theodore Oehlmann, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2620 Trooper Robert William O'May, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2625 Trooper Ronald John Ramsay, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2622 Trooper Sidney Edward Reilly, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- Trooper John Arthur Reynolds, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1st Reinforcement.
- 2617 Trooper William John Riordan, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 1698 Trooper Leslie James Rogers, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, 4th Reinforcement.
- 2624 Trooper Edmond Henry Scott, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2613 Trooper Eric Edward Solley, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 2616 Trooper Joseph Wyatt Stark, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.
- 18611 Trooper Norman Henry Coyne, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance Brigade, 31st Reinforcement.
- 1541 Trooper George Edward Adams, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1542 Trooper Walter Henry Adkins, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 972 Trooper Henry Albert Apelt, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement.
- 3230 Trooper Michael Albert Avery, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 2007 Trooper George Baker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 614 Trooper Stanley Balderson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 3381 Trooper James Charles Barker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 28th Reinforcement.
- 2151 Trooper John Black, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2009 Trooper Thomas Edward Brisbane, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 1848 Trooper Thomas John Brown, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 272 Trooper William John Brown, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 130 Trooper Lambert Stewart Bryen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 51 Trooper Ernest John Alexander Cannons, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 273 Trooper Frank Cartwright, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 2639 Trooper Edgar Challacombe, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement.
- 311 Corporal James Artemas Chambers, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 2243 Trooper Sydney Clunes, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1692 Trooper Henry Colbram, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 2158 Trooper Alexander William Collins, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2157 Trooper Clarence Matthew Collins, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2247 Trooper William Coney, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 3174 Trooper William Henry Cook, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 1855 Trooper Walter Cooper, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 3320 Trooper Reginald Alexander Cormack, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 27th Reinforcement.
- 595 Trooper Herbert John Crowe, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 1567 Trooper Andrew Cummings, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1563 Trooper Louis Bertrand Cunneen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1402 Trooper John Hallinan Dalton, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 316 Trooper Michael Davis, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1861 Trooper Bertie Dent, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 594 Trooper Gordon Monroe Dingwall, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 314 Trooper Norman Dollin, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 3058 Trooper Wallace Stanley Fergus, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement.
- 3066 Trooper Robert Fleming, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement.
- 2997 Trooper Arthur Ernest Fraser, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 2031 Trooper Arthur Franklin Fry, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 1767 Trooper Jack Geddes, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 3382 Trooper Arthur Thomas Gibson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 28th Reinforcement.
- 1703 Trooper Ernest Edward Gibson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 1125 Trooper Francis Edmund Gillham, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 3178 Trooper Sinclair Frederick Grant, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 325 Trooper Sydney Anderson Greenbury, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 2177 Trooper Robert Hamilton, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1768 Trooper Henry William Harris, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1603 Trooper William Charles Harris, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1596 Trooper Louis Gilbert Hartwell, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2040 Trooper Frank Cleverdon Hickling, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 1876 Trooper Ivor Henry Hicks, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 1429 Trooper David Hope, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 57 Trooper Frederick Stephen Hudson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 2815 Trooper Frank Kendrick Huxham, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 167 Trooper Bertram William Jackson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 60 Trooper Frank James, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 25 Trooper William Denis James, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
- 2180 Trooper Alfred Cornelius Johnson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 3005 Trooper Arthur Charles Keable, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 3027 Trooper Edwin Knight Keable, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 2053 Trooper James Bernard Keenan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 2816 Trooper Robert John Kerrigan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 2052 Trooper Thomas James King, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 3406 Trooper Samuel Chorlton Kirkpatrick, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 29th Reinforcement.
- 346 Trooper Edward Sutton Lane, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 2184 Trooper Thomas Henry Lang, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2818 Trooper William Roy Lang, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 1710 Trooper James Colin Hasty Lawton, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 1616 Trooper George Albion Lewis, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1772 Trooper Thomas Arthur Lewis, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2820 Trooper Bert Linforth, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 730 Trooper Colville James Lister, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 345 Trooper Frederick Lound, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1883 Trooper Ivan Lucas, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 1627 Trooper Alexander Mann, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2821 Trooper Kenneth Mansfield, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 1254 Trooper Reginald Patrick McCarthy, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 2197 Trooper Robert Malcolm McColl, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2430 Trooper Charles Leslie McConachy, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement.
- 1716 Trooper Michael Leslie McGrath, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 2201 Trooper Hector Palmer McIntyre, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1036 Trooper Robert Saunders McLaren, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement.
- 2187 Trooper Geoffrey McLaughlan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2188 Trooper William McLaughlan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1453 Trooper James George McLean, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 4 Trooper John McLennan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
- 3185 Trooper Colin Norman McLeod, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 2824 Trooper Martin Francis McMahon, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 362 Trooper John James McQuade, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 2926 Trooper Alexander Meldrum, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 3482 Trooper William Edward Menz, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement.
- 2822 Trooper Charles Rudolph Mitchell, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 2191 Trooper William Robert Mitchell, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1378 Trooper Albert John Morgan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 1448 Trooper Sidney Herbert Morgan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 2249 Trooper James William Mulholland, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 1971 Trooper William John Munt, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement.
- 1897 Trooper Walter Nolan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 1636 Trooper Albert Charles Olsen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 886 Trooper George James Olsen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement.
- 3488 Trooper Louis Albert Olsen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement.
- 2204 Trooper Robert Olof Olsen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2068 Trooper Patrick Francis O'Neil, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 2205 Trooper Michael O'Sullivan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2203 Trooper James Edward Owen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2478 Trooper John Harold Howell Owens, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement.
- 2828 Trooper Edwin John Horton Pearce, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 3490 Trooper James Edward Peardon, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement.
- 1647 Trooper Christian Adolph Petersen, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2827 Trooper James Pitceathly, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 3190 Trooper Michael Ravensby, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 1264 Trooper Joseph Ward Redwood, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 3252 Trooper James Sinclair Reid, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 378 Trooper Gordon Holmes Robertson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 380 Trooper William Hamilton Gibson Robinson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1653 Trooper Sydney Russell, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 3312 Trooper Thomas Albert Scott, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 27th Reinforcement.
- 3074 Trooper Francis Edward Sharry, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement.
- 739 Trooper Ernest Shaw, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 388 Trooper Harold Sinclair, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1916 Trooper Henry Dennis Smith, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2073 Trooper Lawrence Evelyn Hoare Smith, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 1914 Trooper Harry Snell, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2484 Trooper Wilfred Percible Stanley, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement.
- 3168 Trooper William Stenhouse, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 2076 Trooper Donald James Ross Stewart, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 70 Trooper Jeffrey Stone, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 713 Trooper Robert William Stower, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 3166 Trooper Patrick John Sullivan, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 714 Trooper Henry Bailey Sutherland, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 1657 Trooper Bertie Svenson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1119 Trooper Robert Thompson, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 2836 Trooper Charles Edwin Trott, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 2229 Trooper Herbert Valentine, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 3194 Trooper George Volp, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 3193 Trooper Henry Ernest Volp, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 71 Trooper Alexander Herbert Walker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 71 Trooper Alexander Herbert * Walker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 23rd Reinforcement.
- 3138 Trooper Stanley Gordon Walker, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 24th Reinforcement.
- 1930 Trooper Franki Wall, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 3501 Trooper Charles William Oliver Walton, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 30th Reinforcement.
- 2089 Trooper Leslie Ernest Wells, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- Trooper Fitzwilliam * Wentworth, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 1540 Trooper Hughie Albion, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- Trooper Leslie Thomas Atkinson, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement.
- 3171 Trooper Leslie Joseph Barnes, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 1378 Trooper James Cockburn Barrowman, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 2930 Trooper Herbert Reginald Bayfield, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 2931 Trooper Frederick John Bebbington, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 1852 Trooper Maurice Bligh, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2991 Trooper Edward Stanley Breese, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 2155 Trooper William Bulfin, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 3232 Trooper William Andrew Crane Carnie, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 2934 Trooper William Caton, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 1554 Trooper John Cornelius Conway, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 3110 Trooper James Henry Cowan, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 24th Reinforcement.
- 2869 Trooper William Charles Crisp, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 20th Reinforcement.
- 1867 Trooper Bernard Murvyn Devlin, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 1319 Trooper Alfred William Ditley, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 1532 Trooper Charles Chisholm Dixon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2011 Trooper John Joseph Dopson, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 2010 Trooper Cecil George Dorman, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 3249 Trooper George Henry Dougall, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 352 Trooper Thomas Robert Evans, 5th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 3416 Trooper Bruce Skinner Ewen, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 29th Reinforcement.
- 3417 Trooper Carl Fleischfresser, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 29th Reinforcement.
- 614 Trooper Alfred Geo. Fogarty, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 2940 Trooper Edgar Coldham Fussell, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 3226 Trooper Virgil Vincent Patrick Gallagher, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 30 Trooper George Gazzard, 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 2942 Trooper George Gillis, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 262 Trooper William Silvester Gilmour, 5th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 2182 Trooper Douglas Gordon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2183 Trooper Kenneth Gordon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 870 Trooper Thomas Gormon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement.
- 354 Trooper Raymond Lester Hall, 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 1059 Trooper Robert Handley, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement.
- 1113 Trooper Herbert Charles Hardwicke, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 1884 Trooper Bertram Nigel Hartwell, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2469 Trooper Robert Ernest Hawes, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement.
- 2030 Trooper Harold Michael Hogan, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 2034 Trooper James William Holcroft, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 534 Trooper Richard James, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
- 3182 Trooper William Henry Jeffery, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 25th Reinforcement.
- 1579 Trooper Ernest Alfred Keal, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 3003 Trooper Frederick John Kirkup, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 1109 Trooper John Lane, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 2326 Trooper George Leslie Leamon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement.
- 2951 Trooper Ernest George Lewis, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 2953 Trooper John Gordon Luck, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 1783 Trooper John Lyall, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 3241 Trooper Archibald Frederick McGill, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 1903 Trooper Richard McGrath, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2215 Trooper Leslie McPhail, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 3138 Trooper Walter Robert Morris, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 24th Reinforcement.
- 3425 Trooper Albert Henry Muller, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 29th Reinforcement.
- 2216 Trooper Michael Ernest Murphy, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 984 Trooper Denis John O'Donohue, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement.
- 1101 Trooper William Joseph O'Grady, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 1258 Trooper George Phillip Olsen, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 1714 Trooper George Alfred Painter, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 2830 Trooper William George Pickstone, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 2226 Trooper Robert Pitceathly, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement.
- 2478 Trooper Reuben Joseph Poxon, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement.
- 174 Trooper Frank Ernest Gordon Pullen, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
- 3243 Trooper George Quinn, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 1346 Trooper Bertram Harold Ranger, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 890 Trooper Joseph Henry Rooks, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement.
- 411 Trooper Nigel Grafton Ross, 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 353 Trooper Wilfred Wallace Ross, 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 372 Trooper Edward Rummel, 5th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 2311 Trooper William Edward Rynne, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement.
- 3245 Trooper George Conrad Schafer, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 68 Trooper Andrew Anderson Scott, 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron.
- 1439 Trooper Wallace Oakhampton Scott, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 3131 Trooper Charles Smith, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 24th Reinforcement.
- 3013 Trooper Robert Speed, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 3255 Trooper John Stanton, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 2961 Trooper Walter Harold Stephson, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 21st Reinforcement.
- 3014 Trooper John Thomas, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 22nd Reinforcement.
- 3260 Trooper John Thompson, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 26th Reinforcement.
- 1624 Trooper John Tomley, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 2835 Trooper Peter Trapp, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 1278 Trooper Francis Alwyn Walker, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 1277 Trooper Harold George Walker, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 1048 Trooper George Henry Ware, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement.
- 1868 Trooper Arthur Williams, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement.
- 2086 Trooper William Louis Willis, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement.
- 1382 Trooper Aubrey Victor Wilson, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- Second Lieutenant Hamilton St Clair Yaldwyn, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement.
- 400 Trooper Thomas Joseph Daley, 6th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 796 Trooper George Alfred Leichney, 6th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement.
- 805 Trooper Duncan Mclean, 6th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement.
- 737 Trooper George Bishop Mason, 7th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 1284 Trooper Frank Eason McWaters, 8th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 1565 Trooper Walter Henry Donovan, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- 1582 Trooper James Gwynne, 10th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
- Captain Percival John Bailey, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
- Major Sydney William Barlow, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Headquarters.
- 110 Trooper Edward John Bourke, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 1542 Trooper Patrick Joseph Bourke, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 1083 Trooper Samuel Bradshaw, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement.
- 2309 Trooper Frederick David Compton, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement.
- 2367 Trooper Frederick Alan Bruce Couper, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 761 Trooper John James Dempsey, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 267 Trooper William Dunlop, 11th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1183 Trooper Albany Edmondson, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement.
- 1325 Trooper William Emmert, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 1326 Trooper Allen Melrose Ewen, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 1553 Trooper Edgar Eyre, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 270 Trooper John Falconer, 11th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 1829 Trooper William Norman Fowles, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 764 Trooper Richard Alderson Frost, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 1331 Trooper Richard Gilchrist, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 391 Trooper Benjamin Cresswell Gillham, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 390 Trooper Francis Edmund Gillham, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 1834 Trooper Colin Fleming Hall, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 767 Trooper John Edgar Hamilton, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 1767 Trooper Albert Sheridan Hart, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement.
- 290 Trooper Alexander Forbes Hogarth, 11th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.
- 392 Trooper Thomas Martin Jones, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 1562 Trooper Charles Leslie Karl, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 2317 Trooper Kenneth Norman Kunkel, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement.
- 376 Trooper John Colquhoun McLay, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 1098 Trooper Donald Alexander McLeod, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement.
- 2389 Trooper Maurice Messam, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 19th Reinforcement.
- 1570 Trooper Cecil Victor Potter, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement.
- 853 Trooper George Alexander Rae, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement.
- 1847 Trooper George Redford, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
- 939 Trooper Daniel Allen Riley, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement.
- 942 Trooper William Edward Stevenson, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement.
- 796 Trooper George Svenson, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 221 Trooper Leslie Charles White, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 396 Trooper Wilfred Allen White, 11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 2311 Trooper Benjamin Creswell Gillham, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement.
- 251 Trooper Cecil Neal Anderson, 14th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 18 Trooper Cecil Vincent Armstrong, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 19 Trooper Stanley Percival Bangs, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 26 Trooper Alexander Battley, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 29 Trooper William James Brown, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 35 Trooper George Mark Cooling, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 43 Trooper Charles Henry Day, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 38 Trooper Matthew John Draydon, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 53 Trooper Charles James Flutter, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 57 Trooper Henry Thomas Garrahy, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 54 Trooper Leonard James Gillespie, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 64 Trooper William John Hutton, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 72 Trooper William Frederick Tyler Jones, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 15 Trooper Douglas Robert Lang, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 94 Trooper John Francis McNulty, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 257 Trooper Henry Edwin Miller, 14th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
- 87 Trooper Ernest Belmore Moody, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 86 Trooper John Vivian Moody, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 101 Trooper David William Orchard, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 152 Trooper Edgar Parker, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 109 Trooper Stephen Payton, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 110 Trooper Arthur Knight Pengelley, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 111 Trooper James Quinlan, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 137 Trooper John Sheehan, 14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron.
- 265 Trooper Tom Wilde, 14th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement.
Toowoomba Activities, 5 August 1914
While the war announcement was a significant story, the life of Toowoomba did not halt but just kept going on, as it did for the duration of the war. This page details quite clearly some of the life that occurred within the south Toowoomba region.
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Complete list of Newspaper References for 5 August 1914
Citation: The Toowoomba Chronicle - War Declared