Topic: AIF - 2B - 5 LHR
Apart from the War Diary which presents a reflected view of Regimental history, one of the best sources of understanding the immediate challenges facing a regiment is to be found in the Routine Orders. They are a wealth of detail.
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5th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No 52 was written at Anzac, 20 November 1915. The purpose of this section of the Routine Order was to gazette the allottment of the named 57 men into the established strength of the Regiment, a necessary legal process in which to allow the unit to draw pay and rations for these men through the Regiment.
This particular list contains something that is of great assistance to an interested person, the allottment to the specific squadron. This gives a clearer view as to the location of the individual when reading the accounts in the War Diaries of the Unit Histories.
There is a caution. The handwritten list does contain inaccuracies and thus should not be relied upon without first checking the detail in depth.
Below is the list of 57 names next to which is the allotted Squadron.
- 1098 Trooper George ALLEN, "C" Squadron.
- 1004 Trooper Joseph AUSTIN, "B" Squadron.
- 53 Shoeing Smith Leslie John BAKER, "C" Squadron.
- 1126 Signaller Albert Ernest Lawrence BARKE, "A" Squadron.
- 1152 Trooper Thomas BONNER, "B" Squadron.
- 1008 Trooper George Henry BOTT, "B" Squadron.
- 1007 Trooper Eric BROWN, "B" Squadron.
- 1125 Trooper Robert Joseph CHIDLOW, "C" Squadron.
- 1107 Trooper Robert CLARK, "C" Squadron.
- 1116 Trooper Charles Joseph CONAGHAN, "B" Squadron.
- 1123 Trooper Samuel Freestone CROFT, "C" Squadron.
- 1012 Trooper Arthur Albert CROZIER, "B" Squadron.
- 1195 Trooper Lindsay DAWSON, "B" Squadron.
- 1060 Trooper Patrick DELANEY, "B" Squadron.
- 1157 Trooper Joseph DEVLIN, "A" Squadron.
- 1204 Trooper Harry DOYLE, "C" Squadron.
- 1058 Trooper Alwyne ELLIOTT, "B" Squadron.
- 244 Batman Alexander Madden FOOT, "A" Squadron.
- 1087 Trooper James GARDNER, "A" Squadron.
- 1057 Trooper Wilfred Holland GILBEY, "C" Squadron.
- 1103 Trooper William John GILLES, "A" Squadron.
- 1090 Trooper William Burnard HALLETT, "A" Squadron.
- 1059 Trooper Robert HANDLEY, "B" Squadron.
- 1113 Trooper Herbert Charles HARDWICK, "C" Squadron.
- 1175 Trooper Harold HESSION, "C" Squadron.
- 1111 Trooper Elmo Morris JOHNSON, "C" Squadron.
- 1118 Trooper Matthew LAMBERT, "C" Squadron.
- 1179 Trooper George LEE, "A" Squadron.
- 1089 Trooper Michael LENIHAN, "A" Squadron.
- 1028 Trooper Hastings Elms MADDISON, "B" Squadron.
- 1184 Trooper John Thomas MARKWELL, "B" Squadron.
- 1088 Trooper Thomas McIVOR, "B" Squadron.
- 1078 Trooper Alexander John Dugald McKINNON, "B" Squadron.
- 958 Trooper Alexander McLELLAN, "C" Squadron.
- 1205 Trooper Joseph McTIGUE, "A" Squadron.
- 1031 Trooper John MONAGHAN, "B" Squadron.
- 1079 Trooper John NELSON, "A" Squadron.
- 1104 Trooper Christie NIELSEN, "A" Squadron.
- 1188 Trooper Stanley O'DWYER, "C" Squadron.
- 1193 Trooper Frederick William REED, "A" Squadron.
- Second Lieutenant Roland Rolf RICHARD, "B" Squadron.
- 1040 Trooper James Patrick ROBINSON, "B" Squadron.
- 742 Trooper George William ROSE, "B" Squadron.
- 1110 Trooper Arthur William ROWLEY, "C" Squadron.
- 1085 Trooper Frederick Pentland SMITH, "A" Squadron.
- 1080 Trooper Edward Arthur STEEMSON, "A" Squadron.
- 1106 Trooper George TREICHEL, "A" Squadron.
- 1082 Trooper Alfred Vivian TRELOAR, "A" Squadron.
- 1202 Trooper James Foster UNDERHILL, "A" Squadron.
- 1046 Trooper William Robert VOWLES, "B" Squadron.
- 468 Trooper William WALDON, "C" Squadron.
- 1117 Trooper George WALLACE, "C" Squadron.
- 1122 Trooper William Edward WALLER, "C" Squadron.
- 1052 Trooper James WARBROOK, "A" Squadron.
- 1121 Trooper William WEDDELL, "C" Squadron.
- 975 Trooper Frank Claude WESTHOVEN, "A" Squadron.
- 1091 Trooper Jack Leslie WOODALL, "C" Squadron.
Further Reading:
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, History
5th Light Horse Regiment List of Pages
Citation: 5th LHR Routine Order No 52, 20 November 1915
