Topic: AIF - 3B - 3 Sig Trp
The Battle of Rafa
Sinai, 9 January 1917
3rd Signal Troop, War Diary Account
3rd Signal Troop, War Diary Account
The following is a transcription of the 3rd Signal Troop, War Diary Account detailing their role at the Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917.
Masaid 8 January 1917
1200 Leave Masaid at 1200. Watered horses at 52nd Division troughs at El Arish.
Rafa 9 January 1917
Action at Rafa. Visual communications very successful. Sapper Gardiner wounded.
Sheikh Zowaiid 10 January 1917
Arrived Sheikh Zowaiid at 0230 watered horses, drew rations left at 0700 watered horses at El Arish arrived Masaid 1600.
War Diaries
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Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, AIF War Diaries of the Great War, Site Transcription Policy
Further Reading:
3rd Light Horse Signal Troop, AIF, Roll of HonourThe Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917
The Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917, Roll of Honour
The Palestine Campaign, 1917 - 1918
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: The Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917, 3rd Signal Troop, War Diary Account
