Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
War Diary, 28 February
Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour
Regimental March - Marching Through Georgia
The Diary
1914
Saturday, February 28, 1914
See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.
1915
Sunday, February 28, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - HMAT A10 "Karroo", at sea.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Routine Orders No. 52
2. Parades - The fall in will be sounded as the vessel passes the Colombo Breakwater. The Regiment will fall in and remain on parade until the vessel is moored.
3 Letters - All ranks are cautioned against giving letters to civilians to post.
4. Fruit - Eating fruit obtained at Colombo at this time of the year is very dangerous.
Carew Reynell Diary - Arrived at Colombo at 1800 and for the first time heard of the operations at the Dardenelles. If these are successful it should relieve the necessity for a large garrison in Egypt and we may after a month in Egypt for conditioning the horses be sent on to Europe or Constantinople.
We also hear of the mutiny of a Sikh Regiment who killed upwards of 200 Europeans at Singapore. As, however, 100 of the men remained loyal and protected the Colonel, the only officer not killed, it is not regarded very seriously, especially as the mutineers who have all been captured were founded loaded with gold- presumably from the Germans. The German prisoners too were liberated and given arms.
No soldiers under the rank of Sergeant were allowed on shore because the last lot of Australians behaved so shockingly ashore.
1916
Monday, February 28, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.
1917
Wednesday, February 28, 19179th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Masaid, Sinai.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - The Regiment undertook routine work for the day.
1918
Thursday, February 28, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah, Palestine.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Brigade dismounted sports. Sixteen Other Ranks marched in from Moascar.
1919
Friday, February 28, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rafa, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Orders received that Australian Division Group would entrain on the evening of the 2nd March 1919 and move early on the morning of 3rd March 1919 to Moascar.
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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, 28 February
