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Monday, 18 February 2008

9th LHR AIF War Diary, 18 February
Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR

9th LHR, AIF

9th Light Horse Regiment

War Diary, 18 February

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March - Marching Through Georgia

The following entries are extracted and transcribed from the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, the originals of which are held by the Australian War Memorial. There are 366 entries on this site. Each day has entries as they occurred from 1914 to 1919. In addition to the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, when appropriate, entries from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary and other regiments with the Brigade will also appear. Entries from the unit history, Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924 will also appear from time to time. The aim is to give the broadest context to the story and allow the reader to follow the day to day activities of the regiment. If a relative happened to have served in the regiment during the Great War, then this provides a general framework in which the individual story may be told.

The Diary

1914

Wednesday, February 18, 1914
See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Thursday, February 18, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - HMAT A10 "Karroo", at sea.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry

Carew Reynell Diary - Following stable routine laid down in orders:
0515 - Stable piquet water
0600 - All hands muck out. Take up mats. Disinfect. Generally clean up.
0715 - Feed
0730 - Breakfast
0900 - One half stables, other half parades. Stables meaning exercising and grooming. Mats having been relaid.
1130 - Water and feed. Take up mats.
1200 - Dinner
1400 - Stables [exercising and grooming] and parades. Mats relaid.
1600 - Muck out and swill down deck with disinfectant and spread lime. Take mats on deck, wash and hang to dry.
1730 - Tea
1900 - Water and feed
2200 - Feed of hay.
Last night was hot and breathless and very trying for horses. Weather today suddenly changed to hot, calm.

1916

Friday, February 18, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - State 22 Officers 488 Other Ranks, total 510. Returned to camp at 1500.
1600 Received instructions from Brigade Headquarters that the 11th Light Horse Regiment is to be reformed. Have transferred all men of the 11th from the Squadrons of the 9th Light Horse Regiment into D Squadron in readiness to move out. Major SW Barlow appointed to take Command of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment in the place of Lieutenant Colonel Glasgow.
Major WH Scott appointed temporarily to command the 9th Light Horse Regiment.

1917

Sunday, February 18, 1917
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Masaid, Sinai.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Church Parade, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Brigades combined. 13 Reinforcements marched in from Moascar and posted five Other Ranks to A Squadron, five to B Squadron and three to C Squadron.

1918

Monday, February 18, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah, Palestine.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Routine work.

1919

Tuesday, February 18, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0900 Squadrons commence handing in spare gear to Regimental Quarter Master ready to return to ordinance in view of proposed move to Egypt. Units complete by boat. Shaw, Lieutenant OJ; and, 30 Other Ranks returned from leave in Egypt.

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Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, AIF War Diaries of the Great War, Site Transcription Policy

Further Reading:

9th Light Horse Regiment AIF

Bert Schramm Diary

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 18 February

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EAST

Updated: Saturday, 17 July 2010 2:38 PM EADT

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