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Thursday, 3 April 2008

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

9th LHR, AIF

9th Light Horse Regiment

War Diary, 3 April

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

Friday, April 3, 1914
See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Saturday, April 3, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Mena Camp, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.
Carew Reynell Diary - On the following Sunday, ie 3 April, the Artillery and Infantry started leaving Mena Camp for Alexandria and by the end of the week the bulk of the Australian and NZ Infantry and Artillery had gone from Mena and Heliopolis.

1916

Monday, April 3, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Serapeum, Egypt.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.

1917

Tuesday, April 3, 1917
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - The Regiment undertook routine work for the day.
Twelve Hotchkiss Guns received from Brigade and divided one per troop. The Lewis Guns being handed back.

1918

Wednesday, April 3, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - El Mejdel

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 1130 Moved to Wadi Sukhreir, north of Esdud arriving there at 1430 and bivouacked for the night. Owing to anthrax being prevalent in vicinity no grazing of horses allowed.

1919

Thursday, April 3, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Zagazig

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0530, One troop patrolled streets of Zagazig 0530 - 0630.

Luxmoore, Captain EM, MC, two troops Mounted Squadron proceeded on 5 days reconnaissance along Simbillawein Light Railway to enforce Proclamation issued a few days previous, ordering all material removed from railway to be returned and placed in position. Two members of this patrol lost their rifles, one was subsequently recovered.

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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, 3 April

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Updated: Monday, 19 July 2010 12:18 PM EADT

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