Topic: Diary - Schramm
Diaries of AIF Servicemen
Bert Schramm
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, 2823 Private Herbert Leslie Schramm, a farmer from White's River, near Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsular, kept a diary of his life. Bert was not a man of letters so this diary was produced with great effort on his behalf. Bert made a promise to his sweetheart, Lucy Solley, that he would do so after he received the blank pocket notebook wherein these entries are found. As a Brigade Scout since September 1918, he took a lead part in the September 1918 breakout by the Allied forces in Palestine. Bert's diary entries are placed alongside those of the 9th Light Horse Regiment to which he belonged and to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade to which the 9th LHR was attached. On this basis we can follow Bert in the context of his formation.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 April 1919
Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 19 - 22 April 1919
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Diaries
Bert Schramm
Monday, April 21, 1919
Bert Schramm's Location - Zagazig, Egypt.
Bert Schramm's Diary - Easter Mon. We have had a quiet day today but we start patrols again tomorrow. We have heard today and it is supposed to be on good authority that we are not likely to get away for another three months so most likely as if it is correct. I think it will just about drive me mad, another three months here. Masonic Ball in Lincoln tonight. Don't I wish I could be there.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Zagazig, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Easter Monday and also is an Egyptian holiday - Shem el Nessim [Smelling the Zephyr].
One mounted troop patrolled to El Aslugi - Shubra el Nakhla reporting all quiet.
No 2 Post Zagazig - Abu el Akdar line abolished.
Lieutenant Gibney marched in from attached pay officer AIF Headquarters Cairo.
Darley
Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924.
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Further Reading:
9th Light Horse Regiment AIF War Diary - Complete day by day list
Bert Schramm Diary - Complete day by day list
Additional Reading:
Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924.
Citation: Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 April 1919
