Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR
9th LHR, AIF
War Diary, 9 July
Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour
Regimental March - Marching Through Georgia
The Diary
1914
Thursday, July 9, 1914
See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.
1915
Friday, July 9, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Reserve Gully
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No Entry.
3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary - Canterbury Mounted Rifles, two wounded.
Spray pumps being issued in event of poisonous gasses being used.
Sick increasing. To hospital 13 and seven in bivouac. Total now in hospital 294 and 79 in bivouac. 193 away with wounds.
Very quiet in trenches.
Carew Reynell Diary - No Entry.
1916
Sunday, July 9, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Roadhead Serapeum.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Routine work.
Training consisting of Rifle exercises and musketry and mounted work.
Patrols and outposts carried on as in previous week.
1917
Monday, July 9, 1917
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Abasan el Kebir
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Williams, Lieutenant H, transferred to “C” Squadron to carry out duties of Second in Command in place of Nelson, Captain AH, who is at the Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun.
1918
Tuesday, July 9, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Solomon's Pools
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Kildea, Lieutenant FJ; and, two Other Ranks marched in.
0900 Regiment played and beat 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance at cricket.
1930 Concert by 1st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.
1919
Wednesday, July 9, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Moascar
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0715 Blankets and bivvy sheets handed in.
1000, three Officers and 25 Other ranks advance party for ship entrained for Port Said. Party includes: Parsons, Major HM, DSO, Officer in Command troops; Darley, Major TH, Ship's Quarter Master; McNamara, Lieutenant, Senior Educational Officer [for ship]; and, one Non Commissioned Officer from each troop and Headquarters carrying rolls for their troops and will guide them to their places on the ship.
Brinkworth, Major TA, assumed command of the Regiment.
Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 8 July
Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 10 July
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, 9 July
