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17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912
Topic: Militia - LHS - 17/23/18

17th A(SAMR)LH

17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

June 1912

Adelaide Cavalry Squadron [1841 - 1844]
Adelaide Mounted Rifles [1844 - 1899]

South Australian Mounted Rifles, 1899-1903

17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse Regiment, 1903-1912

23rd (Barossa) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1912-1919

18th Adelaide Lancers, 1919-1935

18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment (Adelaide Lancers), 1935-1942

18th Motor Regiment (Adelaide Lancers), 1942-1943

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

District

Northern, South Australia

Brigade

South Australian Brigade

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hancock, 5 October 1908.

Adjutant

Captain Thomas George Heming, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1911.

Assistant Adjutant

Captain James Edward Barrett, 1 July 1911.

Quartermaster

Lieutenant Howard Trafalgar Whittle, 25 April 1900.

Medical Officer

Captain Henry Arthur Powell, 9 April 1907.

Veterinary Officer

Captain Charles Arthur Loxton, 18 April 1910.

Area Officers

Captain Thomas George Heming, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1911.

Captain James Edward Barrett, 1 July 1911.

Machine Gun Section

Adelaide

Captain Thomas George Heming, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frank Lindsay Gordon Smith, 11 December 1911.

Pom Pom Section

Adelaide

Second Lieutenant Harold Edward Rowell, 14 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant Edward Theodore Pascoe, 13 March 1911.

1st Jamestown - Laura Squadron.

Captain Reginald Robert Baldwin, 1 July 1909.

Second Lieutenant Alexander David Mitchell, 20 July 1908.

Second Lieutenant Edwin Hutchens Hughes, 28 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant David George Stuart Lindsay, 6 March 1911.

Second Lieutenant Joseph Johnston Brooks, 14 August 1911.

2nd Orroroo - Morchard - Petersburg Squadron

Lieutenant Frederick Phillips Keats, 22 August 1910.

Lieutenant Horatio Abner Toop, 18 December 1911.

Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Johnston, 15 August 1910.

Second Lieutenant Harold James Copley, 13 March 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Allan Forbes, 28 August 1911.

3rd Port Pirie - Crystal Brook Squadron.

Major Albert Miell, Boer War Veteran, 25 May 1909.

Captain James Edward Barrett, 1 July 1911.

Lieutenant David Baird Wilson, 14 February 1894.

Lieutenant Peter Joseph Walsh, 7 June 1910.

Second Lieutenant Thomas William Richardson Forgan, 17 September 1908.

Second Lieutenant Richard Harry Sampson, 23 January 1911.

4th Blackwood - Clarendon - Reynella - Morphett Vale Squadron

Captain Carew Reynell, 11 April 1911.

Lieutenant Frederick Henson Trott, 18 December 1911.

Second Lieutenant Roy Leslie Garfield Morphett, 28 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant Albert Mason, 22 November 1908.

Second Lieutenant Ira Robert Adams, 11 September 1911.

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Further Reading:

17th/23rd/18th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, South Australia

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

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Pink Hill, 12 February 1900, Contents
Topic: BatzB - Pink Hill

South African (Second Boer) War

The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900

Contents

Item

Outline
Pink Hill, South Africa, February 12, 1900, Outline

Accounts
Pink Hill, 12 February 1900, Chamberlain Account

Further Reading:

The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900

South African (Second Boer) War

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900, Contents

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16th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911
Topic: Militia - LHS - 16/22/3

16th A (SAMR) LH

16th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse Regiment

1911

Adelaide Cavalry Squadron [1841 - 1844]
Adelaide Mounted Rifles [1844 - 1899]
South Australian Mounted Rifles [1899 - 1903]
16th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1903 - 1912]
22nd Australian Light Horse Regiment [1912 - 1919]
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [1919 - 1942]
3rd Reconnaissance Company [1942 - 1952]
3rd/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles [1919 - 1943]
3/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles [1952 - ]

Equis Armis Virtute - By Horses, arms and Virtue

South Africa 1899 - 1902

District

Adelaide and Southern South Australia

Brigade

South Australian Brigade

Headquarters

Adelaide

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Findlater, 29 May 1908.

Adjutant

Major Alfred Edward Cook, Boer War Veteran, 17 September 1904.

Assistant Adjutant

Lieutenant John William Parsons, Boer War Veteran, 1 March 1906.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant John Mellis Napier, 29 January 1910.

Medical Officer

Major Frederick David Jermyn, Boer War Veteran, 14 February 1910.

Veterinary Officer

Major John Desmond, Boer War Veteran, 5 April 1909.

Supernumerary

Second Lieutenant Percy Muir McFarlane, Boer War Veteran, 13 July 1908.

Machine Gun Section

Adelaide

Second Lieutenant Thomas Anglesey Siekmann, 7 September 1908.

Pom Pom Gun Section

Adelaide

Second Lieutenant John Gregory Prior, 9 May 1910.

1st Adelaide (Active) Squadron.

Captain Bently Sievewright Connor, 3 August 1908.

Captain Francis Charles Siekmann, South African War Veteran, 17 September 1904.

Lieutenant Horace Gilbert Willcox, 18 December 1907.

Lieutenant David Fulton, 11 July 1910.

Second Lieutenant Norman Maxwell Malcolm, Boer War Veteran, 20 July 1908.

Second Lieutenant Halcombe Ferrier Brock, 30 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant Roland Ellis Jacobs, 9 Feruary 1910.

Second Lieutenant Henry Raleigh Trevelyan-Bond, South African War Veteran, 11 April 1911.

2nd Yankalilla - Myponga - Second Valley - Mount Jagged Squadron.

Lieutenant George Vidle James Roper, 18 July 1900.

Lieutenant John William Parsons, Boer War Veteran, 1 March 1906.

Second Lieutenant Harry Meshach Parsons, 8 September 1908.

Second Lieutenant James Alesander Sampson, 27 February 1911.

Second Lieutenant Alfred Ernest Stock, 6 March 1911.

3rd Mount Gambier - Millicent Squadron.

Captain Henry Charles Adolph Paul Ruwoldt, 7 June 1910.

Lieutenant William Staniland Hobart, 6 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant Francis Michael White, 3 March 1908.

Second Lieutenant George King, 19 September 1910.

Second Lieutenant John Arthur Willby Kilsby, 19 September 1910.

4th Narracoorte - Bordertown Squadron.

Captain Emil Frederick Feuerheerdt, VD, 29 November 1909.

Second Lieutenant Park Alexander McEdward Laurie, 25 September 1906.

Lieutenant Sydney Nunn Kidman, 1 July 1909.

Second Lieutenant Herbert Robert Hawthorn Mattinson, 22 July 1910.

Second Lieutenant Douglas Gordon Scott, 10 April 1911.

Previous: 16th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1910

Next: 16th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

Further Reading:

16th/22nd/3rd Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, South Australia

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 16th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911

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Australian Light Horse - Full Index, Embarkation Roll: OAK to OLI
Topic: AIF - ALH - A to Z

ALH, AIF

Australian Light Horse - Full Index

Embarkation Roll: OAK to OLI

The following is an alphabetical roll of all members of the Australian Light Horse, AIF who are known to have embarked overseas during the Great War.

Each man is detailed on this reference list with the following information:

First Names;
Family Name;
If applicable, any false name employed; and,
Embarkation unit.

Notes

Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred. By utilising the link, upon the Embarkation Roll is a brief military biography of the individual. Also on the page are details and picture of the ship in which embarkation occurred for that specific soldier.

Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.

Note 3: In comparing this roll with the official Embarkation Rolls published by the Department of Defence during the Great War, it will be noticed that some names are absent. The reason for this lies in the fact that when the official Embarkation Rolls were compiled, last minute absentees for one reason or another were recorded as embarking whereas in actuality, no embarkation occurred. In addition, there are other names that have been included that do not appear in the official Embarkation Rolls and yet they embarked with that particular group.

Finding more about a service person.

See: Navigating the National Archives Service File

Embarkation Roll: OAK to OLI

Ernest OAKENFULL, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur Wellesley OAKES, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Francis Edward OAKES, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Kenrick OAKES, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

George Henry OAKLEY, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Harold OAKLEY, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Leslie Cecil OAKLEY, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Stanley Spencer OAKLEY, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry OAKLEY, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Athol James Roy OAKMAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Elmore Bruce OAKMAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward Charles OATES, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Harold Hamilton OATES, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Robert John OATES-LENNOX, General Service Reinforcements.

Frederick Dudley Weedon OATLEY, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Frederick Dudley Weedon OATLEY, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Cecil Thomas OATS, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Herbert George OATS, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

John William OBERHARDT, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John Philip O'BIERNE, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Herbert Russell OBORN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Aldolphus Hugh O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Alfred O'BRIEN, General Service Reinforcements.

Alison Stewart O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Angus O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Assal John O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Austin Michael O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Cecil Norman O'BRIEN, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

David Michael O'BRIEN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Dougald O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward Harold O'BRIEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Edward John O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Ernest Arthur O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Francis Arthur O'BRIEN, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Frederick Charles O'BRIEN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

George Albert O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Harold Edgar O'BRIEN, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Harold Ormond O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Horatio Gerald O'BRIEN, General Service Reinforcements.

Hugh Nicholas O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Jack O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Signal Troop.

James O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

James Charles O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

James George Kennedy O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Signal Troop.

James Matthew O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

James Matthew O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

James Roy O'BRIEN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'BRIEN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

John Alfred O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

John Benjamin O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

John Benjamin O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

John Henry O'BRIEN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John Joseph O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

John Martin O'BRIEN, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

John Murdoch O'BRIEN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

John Patrick O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Joseph James O'BRIEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Kenneth Lucas O'BRIEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Leslie Frederick O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Mark Joseph O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Martin O'BRIEN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Martin Patrick O'BRIEN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Martin Patrick O'BRIEN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Michael O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Michael O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Norman Harold O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'BRIEN, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Patrick Finbar O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick John O'BRIEN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick Joseph O'BRIEN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Ronald Ewan O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Terence O'BRIEN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Terence O'Farell O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'BRIEN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Aloysius O'BRIEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Joseph O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Stephen O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Thompson Joseph O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Turlough Dominie O'BRIEN, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Vincent John O'BRIEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

William O'BRIEN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

William O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Brigade.

William Arthur O'BRIEN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

William Buckley O'BRIEN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

William Harold O'BRIEN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry O'BRIEN, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

William James O'BRIEN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Orlando O'BRIEN aka James Harold DEVENPORT, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Robert Henry O'BRYAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry O'BRYAN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Cyril Alexander O'CALLAGHAN, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Francis O'CALLAGHAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

John James O'CALLAGHAN, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Leslie O'CALLAGHAN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Louis Edward O'CALLAGHAN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Louis Edward O'CALLAGHAN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Stephen O'CALLAGHAN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'CALLAGHAN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Henry O'CALLAGHAN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Henry O'CALLAGHAN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

William O'CALLAGHAN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Charles OCHILTREE, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Richard Allan OCKENDEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Clifford Patrick O'CONNELL, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Daniel O'CONNELL, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

George Cecil O'CONNELL, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Joseph Patrick O'CONNELL, 3rd Light Horse Signal Troop.

Martin John O'CONNELL, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Michael John O'CONNELL, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick Joseph O'CONNELL, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Robert O'CONNELL, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Percival O'CONNELL, Light Horse Signal Reinforcements.

Timothy Edward O'CONNELL, General Service Reinforcements.

Timothy John O'CONNELL, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur Richard O'CONNOR, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Burbridge Dennis O'CONNOR, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Dennis O'CONNOR, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Desmond Maurice Max O'CONNOR, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Edmund James O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward O'CONNOR, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward Henry O'CONNOR, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward James O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Ernest Alfred O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

George Herbert O'CONNOR, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Gordon Clarence Daniel O'CONNOR, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Harold George Vincent O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John O'CONNOR, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

John O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John Glendon O'CONNOR, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

Joseph O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Laurence Edward O'CONNOR, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Lawrence Raymond O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Leslie James O'CONNOR, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Maurice Edward O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Michael O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Michael O'CONNOR, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Michael Joseph O'CONNOR, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Percy Ernest O'CONNOR, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Robert Henry O'CONNOR, Light Horse Reinforcements.

Robert James O'CONNOR, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Arthur O'CONNOR, 14th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Joseph O'CONNOR, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

William O'CONNOR, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

William O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry O'CONNOR, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Phillip Herbert Charles O'CONOR, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Leonard Coumbe O'DANIEL, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

Francis Patrick O'DEA, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

Edward Goodwin O'DELL, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Samuel O'DELL, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Victor Paul ODGERS, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Joseph Frederick O'DOHERTY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Charles O'DONNELL, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Daniel Bernard O'DONNELL, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

David George O'DONNELL, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward William O'DONNELL, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Francis O'DONNELL, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

George O'DONNELL, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Irwin Aubrey O'DONNELL, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

James O'DONNELL, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

James Albert O'DONNELL, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

John Gladstone O'DONNELL, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Lawrence Patrick O'DONNELL, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Michael O'DONNELL, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'DONNELL, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'DONNELL, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick Edward O'DONNELL, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Stephen O'DONNELL, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'DONNELL, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

William Francis O'DONNELL, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Francis Joseph O'DONOGHUE, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'DONOGHUE, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'DONOGHUE, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'DONOGHUE, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Martin O'DONOGHUE, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Denis John O'DONOHUE, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Herbert Michael O'DONOHUE, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

James Arthur John O'DONOHUE, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

James Joseph O'DONOHUE, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron.

Richard O'DONOHUE, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

William Joseph O'DONOHUE, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Harry Percival O'DONOVAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Peter Matthew O'DOWD, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

John Albert Taylor O'DWYER, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Stanley O'DWYER, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Arnold Bert Theodore OEHLMANN, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Roy OERMANN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Carl Frederick OERTEL, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John OFFEN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Robert OFFICER, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

James William OFFORD, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'FLAHERTY, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Denis Gerald O'FLANAGAN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Gerard O'FLYNN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Albert Lance OGDEN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Herbert Edwin OGDEN, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

James Percy OGDEN, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Charles Edward Alexander OGG, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Edward Gordon OGG, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Gordon Alexander OGG, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

John OGG, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Selwyn Robert Alexander OGG, General Service Reinforcements.

Tom Alexander OGG, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Allen OGILBY, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Henry Harvey OGILVIE, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Norman Alexander OGILVIE, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Norman Henry OGILVIE, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Stanley OGILVIE, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

William Mansfield OGILVIE, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur James OGILVY, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur James OGILVY, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Reginald OGILVY, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas OGILVY, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

John OGLE, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Cornelius James O'GRADY, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

James O'GRADY, Light Horse Signal Reinforcements.

William Joseph O'GRADY, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

William Stanley O'GRADY, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Henry O'HAGAN, Light Horse Signal Reinforcements.

Thomas O'HAGAN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Albert Edward O'HALLORAN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Hugh Carbery O'HALLORAN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Richard William O'HALLORAN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

William O'HALLORAN, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Desmond O'HANLON, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Anthony Joseph O'HARA, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Denis O'HARA, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Myles Osborne O'HARA, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Myles Osborne O'HARA, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Reginald O'HARA, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick O'HARA-WOOD, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Philip Augustine O'HARE, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Leslie O'HEARN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

William James O'HEHIR, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry OHL, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

William Thomas OHL, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Ernest Victor OHMAN, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

James O'KANE, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Alfred Sydney O'KEEFE, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Claude Francis O'KEEFE, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward O'KEEFE, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

John William O'KEEFE, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Kevin Vincent Eric O'KEEFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Max O'KEEFE, General Service Reinforcements.

Michael John O'KEEFE, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'KEEFE, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas George O'KEEFE, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

William Patrick O'KEEFE, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward Roy O'KEEFFE, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Joseph Michael O'KEEFFE, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Mark O'KEEFFE, 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron.

Patrick O'KEEFFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'KEEFFE, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Arundel Renfric O'KELLY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Howard Cecil OKES, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Ernest OLD, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

Arthur Charles Niquet OLDEN, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Albert OLDFIELD, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Alfred Tarlton OLDFIELD, 6th Light Horse Regiment.

Edgar Davies OLDFIELD, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Frank Edward OLDFIELD, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas OLDFIELD, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Norman OLDFIELD, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

William Winiam OLDFIELD, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Charles Stuart John OLDHAM, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Eric OLDHAM, 13th Light Horse Regiment.

William OLDHAM, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Sidney OLDROYD, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Clarence James OLDS, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

John Ruthven OLDS, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Cornelius Daniel O'LEARY, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

John O'LEARY, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

Patrick Bernard O'LEARY, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas O'LEARY, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

William John O'LEARY, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Jack OLIFFE, 11th Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas Anthony OLIPHANT, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

Ernest James OLIVE, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

George Henry OLIVE, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Albert Edward OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Albert James OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Andrew OLIVER, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Edward Lockier OLIVER, 10th Light Horse Regiment.

Ernest Sydney Gordon OLIVER, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Francis Oswald OLIVER, 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance.

Frederick John OLIVER, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Harry OLIVER, 7th Light Horse Regiment.

Henry Oswald OLIVER, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

Jack Davidson OLIVER, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

John Edward OLIVER, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

John Thomas Alfred OLIVER, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Louis Lucas OLIVER, 4th Light Horse Regiment.

Raymond Lindsay OLIVER, 12th Light Horse Regiment.

Richard OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Richard OLIVER, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

Richard James OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.

Thomas OLIVER, Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

Thomas William OLIVER, 5th Light Horse Regiment.

William Dalgleish OLIVER, 1st Light Horse Regiment.

William Donald OLIVER, 8th Light Horse Regiment.

William George OLIVER, 9th Light Horse Regiment.

William Henry OLIVER, 2nd Light Horse Regiment.

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Next: OLL to OZA

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.

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

Further Reading:

Australian Light Horse - Full Index

The Light Horse

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Australian Light Horse - Full Index, Embarkation Roll: OAK to OLI

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The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900, Outline
Topic: BatzB - Pink Hill

South African (Second Boer) War
The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900

Outline

Pink Hill, a famous action during the Second South African War, fought between Australian (and British) troops and a Boer force on 12 February 1900 some thirteen kilometres north-west of Colesberg in central Cape Colony. The engagement occurred after the Boers, realising the weakness of the column of 6,600 men under Major General R.A.P. Clements which opposed them about Colesberg, moved to drive in the British flanks and force a retreat back down the railway line towards Naauwpoort. Clements' left flank rested on a low rocky ridge known as Pink Hill, which was held by 75 men of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, 20 South Australians and 100 British regulars (50 Inniskilling Dragoons and an equal number of infantry of the Wiltshire Regiment).

When the enemy assault began shortly before noon, carried out by the bulk of General E.R. Grobler's force of 1,000-2,000 men, the post was commanded by Major G.A. Eddy of the Victorians who had just taken over from an Imperial officer that morning. Soon the defenders were being lashed by close-range fire from three pom-pom quick-fire weapons and a field-gun, as well as innumerable Mauser rifles. Throughout the battle Eddy moved among his men, giving encouragement and directing their fire. After two hours, however, it was obvious that the position must eventually fall. Eddy accordingly instructed the Wiltshires to retire while the mounted troops continued to provide covering fire. Once the infantry were safely away, he then gave the order for the rest to follow, but no sooner had he done so than he was killed by an enemy bullet through the head. The action ultimately cost six Australians killed (one of whom died of' wounds the following day) and 22 wounded; two of the wounded and one other man were taken prisoner, although one of these (a wounded officer) was released the following day.

The gallant defence maintained on the hill ultimately proved to be a futile gesture. By 3 p.m. Pink Hill was in Boer hands. Since the right flank was also successfully pushed back by the Boers, Clements had no alternative but to withdraw south and adopt a new defensive line around Arundel. The action in this quarter has been likened by Field to 'a little Anzac' (q.v.):

It was a defeat which led to a major withdrawal from the area; it involved proportionately high casualties: and it was praised as a great display of Australian courage and honour in war.

Apart from the laudatory comments made at the time about the Australians' performance, however, there was also some criticism of Eddy for not having given the order to evacuate sooner and reduce needless losses.

Extracted from the book produced by Chris Coulthard-Clark, Where Australians Fought - The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1998, p. 66.

Additional References cited by Chris Coulthard-Clark:

F. Maurice (ed.) History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902. vol. 2 (1907), London: Hunt & Blackett.

P.L. Murray (1911) Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, Melbourne: Government Printer.

L.M. Field (1979) The forgotten War, Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press.

R.L. Wallace (1976) The Australians at the Boer War, Canberra: Australian War Memorial & Australian Government Publishing Service.

Further Reading:

The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900

South African (Second Boer) War

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: The Battle of Pink Hill, South Africa, 12 February 1900, Outline

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