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Sunday, 31 August 2008

9th LHR AIF War Diary, August 31
Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR

9th LHR, AIF

9th Light Horse Regiment

War Diary, 31 August

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

Monday, August 31, 1914
See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Tuesday, August 31, 1915
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Gazli Beit Dere
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Adopted Admiralty Time which starts and midnight and continues for 24 hours.
The rations are good and sufficient. Water has to be carried from well near the beach to the bivouac about 1 mile away. Allowance 1 gallon per man per day.
Medical Captain MacDonald and three AMC details sent to 1st Light Horse Brigade.
Sergeant Cook transferred to Brigade Headquarters.

1916

Thursday, August 31, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Nabit

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0400, Column under Lieutenant Colonel WH Scott, DSO, consisting of 9th Light Horse Regiment less outposts etc, 2 Machine Guns from Machine Gun Squadron and 2 Sand Carts from 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance moved out from Hod Nabi arriving at Bayud at 0600.

0900, One Squadron ("C" Squadron under Major McKenzie) sent from south towards 513 to sweep country toward Imperial Camel Corps who were sweeping from 513.

This Squadron returned to Bayud at 1300. No traces of enemy or Bedouin being seen. Column left Bayud at 1430 arriving back at Hod nabit at 1700.

1917

Friday, August 31, 1917

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Abasan el Kebir

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - One Other Rank marched in from 4th Light Horse Brigade.

Mounted training 0630 to 0800. Hotchkiss Rifles. Practiced dismounting for action.

Boxing tournament - inter Brigade 3rd and 4th Light Horse Brigades. Suter, 490 Sergeant J; and, Harley, 471 Sergeant A, competing.

Two Other Ranks returned from Rest Camp, Port Said.

1918

Saturday, August 31, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Ludd area

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Barker, Lieutenant AS; and, one Other Rank proceeded to Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun.

One Other Rank proceeded to School of Instruction, Alexandria.

Commanding Officer made a detailed inspection of the Regiment.

1919

Sunday, August 31, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Adelaide
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Regiment disbanded.

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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, 31 August

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT

Updated: Thursday, 16 September 2010 8:53 AM EADT

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