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Friday, 7 August 2009

Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, Smith's Column
Topic: BatzS - Romani

Battle of Romani

Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916

Roll of Honour

Smith's Column

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from Smith's Column known to have served and lost their lives during the Battle of Bir el Aweidia as part of the Battle of Romani.

Roll of Honour

Killed in Action or Died of Wounds

Bertie Gerald BARRETT, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.
William CLARK, 10th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.

Septimus Crown Vass DANSIE, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Killed in Action, 4 August 1916.

David William DAVIES, Imperial Camel Corps, Died of Wounds, 31 August 1916.

John Julius Jersey DE KNOOP, 6th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.

Alan Frederick James, Baron DE RUTZEN, 6th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.

Harold GIBBON, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.
Thomas Lambert GLASBY, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.
George HARRIS, 6th or 10th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.
John William JONES, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 6 August 1916.

Albert Edward PREWETT, 6th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Killed in Action, 6 August 1916.

Allan James REED, 1/3 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Died of Wounds, 15 August 1916.

Harold Rowton STEVENS, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Killed in Action, 7 August 1916.
Cecil M. WILSON, 1/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Killed in Action, 8 August 1916.

Wounded in Action

Earl Clarence BRIDGES, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Percy Alfred BUSHBY, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

William R. DICK, 7th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action 8 August 1916.

Thomas GOUGH, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

John George HAMILTON, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Arthur Edward MacPHERSON, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Neville Liddell PORTEOUS, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

George Reginald SALISBURY, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Jack Carmichael THOMSON, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Ernest Frederick UPSON, 4th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, Wounded in Action, 7 August 1916.

Lest We Forget

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916

Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916, Roll of Honour, Smith's Column

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT

Updated: Sunday, 25 October 2009 3:08 PM EADT

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