9th LHR, AIF

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March -  Marching Through Georgia

The Diary

1914

Friday, February 13, 1914

See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Saturday, February 13, 1915

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - HMAT A10 "Karroo", at sea.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  No entry.

Carew Reynell Diary - Nearly half men and officers seasick and mucking out, exercising and grooming took the balance nearly all day to complete. A few horses in poop deck and No. 6 hold not exercised but majority had 20 minutes walking and 10 to 15 minutes grooming - two men per horse.

Anglo Egyptian far astern - 12 miles. Sent wireless message "Reynell, Reynella, Adelaide. Absolutely Top hole. Reynell."

Arranged stable routine: Stable guard to water horses at 0500 and finish by 0600. All hands muck out from 0600 to 0715 and feed. 0900 parade, half men of each unit to go to stables and complete mucking out and then exercise and groom all day. The other half parade under various NCOs and Officers for instruction.

Sea smooth but long swell.

1916

Sunday, February 13, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Completed tests in pace and direction. Squadron drill.

1917

Tuesday, February 13, 1917

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Masaid, Sinai.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Brigade Field Day. The three Regiments advanced over the country south of Hod Masaid. 8th Light Horse Regiment on the right; 9th Light Horse Regiment in the centre; and, 10th Light Horse Regiment on the left. Advance was made in three bounds to a point about two miles south of Zaraniq where the Brigade bivouacked for lunch returning to camp by 1600. Particular attention was paid throughout to intercommunication between units both by visually and by orderly.

1918

Wednesday, February 13, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah, Palestine.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  Routine work.

1919

Thursday, February 13, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0800 Luxmoore, Captain EM, MC, proceeded to Cairo to compete in Central Sports Meeting.

1400, Inter- Regimental Football. Brigade Headquarters versus 9th Light Horse Regiment won by 9th Light Horse Regiment 7 goals 9 behinds to 2 goals 3 behinds.

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Sources:

See: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Contents

Further Reading:

9th Light Horse Regiment AIF

Bert Schramm Diary

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16

3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps

AIF

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from the 3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps who gave their lives during the Gallipoli Campaign - 1915 - 1916.

Roll of Honour

 

201 Private Donald Neville CADOUX, Killed in action, 3 May 1915.

 

221 Private Alfred Fredrick ECCLES, Killed in action, 25 April 1915.

 

188 Private Frank Morley GILL, Killed in action, 22 August 1915.

 

30 Private James Holmes HAZLETT, Killed in action, 9 August 1915.

229 Driver Frank HUDSON, Killed in action, 25 April 1915.

 

202 Private John Simpson KIRKPATRICK, Killed in action, 19 May 1915.

 

77 Private Sydney John PENHALIGON, Died of wounds, 14 May 1915.

 

Lest We Forget

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.

Embarkation Rolls, AWM8.

Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.

AWM Roll of Honour

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Finding more about a service person.

See: Navigating the National Archives Service File 

Further Reading:

Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16

Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16, Unit Casualties, AIF, Roll of Honour

Light Horse Battles

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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9th LHR, AIF

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March -  Marching Through Georgia

The Diary

1914

Thursday, February 12, 1914

See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Friday, February 12, 1915

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - HMAT A10 "Karroo", at sea.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  No entry.

Carew Reynell Diary - Lay out in Hobson's Bay waiting for our consort, the Anglo Egyptian. The Karroo is an excellent horse ship and all the holds are well ventilated and airy and 11 foot 6 inches between decks.

Anglo Egyptian came up towards evening and we passed through the heads about 1800.

Checking numbers and kits and issuing stable gear took a good deal of time and although mucking out was finished early very little exercising or grooming had been done.

1916

Saturday, February 12, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Inspection of saddlery.

1917

Monday, February 12, 1917

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Masaid, Sinai.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 34 Other Ranks Reinforcements marched in from Moascar and were allotted as follows: Regimental Headquarters one Other Rank; A Squadron nine; B Squadron ten; and, C Squadron 15.

1918

Tuesday, February 12, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah, Palestine.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  Routine work.

1919

Wednesday, February 12, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 1000 - 1100 Rifle exercises, organised games.

1400, Inter-Regimental football match held. 10th Light Horse Regiment versus 9th Light Horse Regiment won by 9th Light Horse Regiment 7 goals 9 behinds to 2 goals 3 behinds.

Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 11 February

Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 13 February

Sources:

See: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Contents

Further Reading:

9th Light Horse Regiment AIF

Bert Schramm Diary

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16

3rd Field Artillery Brigade

AIF

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men from the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade who gave their lives during the Gallipoli Campaign - 1915 - 1916.

Roll of Honour

 

2274 Gunner Percy ANDERSON, Killed in action, 19 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Battery.

 

1879 Driver Douglas BARRETT-LENNARD, Killed in action, 17 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

2282 Bombardier Edgar BAYNES, Killed in action, 10 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

3046 Gunner Alfred Ernest BENSON, Killed in action, 7 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 8th Battery.

1769 Corporal Frank Cuthbert BUCHANAN, Killed in action, 6 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

1794 Bombardier Sidney James CANNON, Died of wounds, 11 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

1793 Gunner Stanley Grant CARTER, Killed in action, 17 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 8th Battery.

1789 Driver Lionel CHURCHILL, Died of wounds, 3 October 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

2273 Gunner Hugh CLARK, Died of wounds, 22 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

2266 Driver Roy Mackenzie CRAIG, Died of wounds, 21 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

2087 Corporal Alfred George CROUD, Killed in action, 7 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

1035 Gunner Joseph William DARRAGH, Killed in action, 25 June 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

1668 Gunner Ernest Edward DRIVER, Killed in action, 2 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Battery.

 

1601 Battery Serjeant Major Douglas Frederick HANDFORD, Killed in action, 6 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Battery.

2002 Bombardier Richard Robert HIGGINS, Died of wounds, 1 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

1614 Gunner William Macleod HURST, Killed in action, 6 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Battery.

 

2708 Gunner John Edward LE MASURIER, Killed in action, 29 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Collumn.

Captain Walter Aland LESLIE, Died of wounds, 6 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 7th Battery.

1825 Gunner Henry LOVELOCK, Killed in action, 26 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 8th Battery.

 

2257 Bombardier Norman MACFARLANE, Died of wounds, 29 June 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

3365 Driver Charles Herity MANNING, Killed in action, 3 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

3718 Gunner Michael McDONNELL, Killed in action, 29 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

1655 Bombardier Ian Godfrey McKINNON, Died of wounds, 11 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

1740 Gunner Thomas Ernest Llewellyn MOORE, Died of wounds, 15 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

1618 Gunner William Leonard PACEY, Died of wounds, 25 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

2027 Gunner Athol Wynne PARRY, Killed in Action, 11 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Collumn.

2155 Driver Robert PENNINGTON, Died of wounds, 10 July 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

4111 Gunner Nathan George SALMON, Killed in action, 25 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

Lieutenant Joseph Leo SKENE, Killed in action, 12 December 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

2162 Driver Eric James TAYLOR, Killed in action, 5 August 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

1658 Gunner Norman Charles UNWIN, Died of wounds, 20 May 1915, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade.

 

Lest We Forget

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.

Embarkation Rolls, AWM8.

Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.

AWM Roll of Honour

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Finding more about a service person.

See: Navigating the National Archives Service File 

Further Reading:

Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16

Gallipoli Campaign - 1915-16, Unit Casualties, AIF, Roll of Honour

Light Horse Battles

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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9th LHR, AIF

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March -  Marching Through Georgia

The Diary

1914

Wednesday, February 11, 1914

See 4th Military District, South Australia for militia activities.

1915

Thursday, February 11, 1915

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Melbourne, 1700, Victoria.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  Embarkation at Melbourne.
Embarkation Return - Complement = 384; Horses = 402. Just prior to embarkation it was foreseen that the above named men [B 602 Congdon LF; B 213 Boardman, ER; A 651 Green, FW; and, MG Dawkins FR] would not embark and the complement was made up by leaving the two drivers of the two kitchens behind, who, though added to the strength on a supplementary roll, were not taken on Karroo, the same roll being withdrawn. A supplementary roll for the two privates, Kincaid and Pierce added and checked by Camp Paymaster made up the total, 384 as per embarkation return T108 rendered 11 February 1915.

Carew Reynell Diary - Embarked at Victoria Docks, Melbourne, on Thursday, Feb 11th

Regiment arrived opposite docks at 1100 and were at once off saddled and fed [watered a few miles back en route] and saddlery was put in labelled corn sacks ready for stowing, and sea halters on the horses and sea kit bags stacked up or loaded on ship.

At 1200 commenced leading horses aboard but couldn't start slinging till 1300 as winch was employed otherwise. Finished slinging about 1830 and pushed off.

Parties had been told off to tie up the horses in the holds as they arrived and as far as possible every man led his own horse on board. As they handed over their horses to the tying up party they either relieved the baggage guards or gangway parties or started loading saddlery onto the wharf ready for the stevedores.

Exact numbers had been allotted to each hold and every man knew what unit his unit had to follow. As far as possible each unit was kept together in one or two holds.

1916

Friday, February 11, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Special tests of Officers and NCOs in pace and direction. Squadron drill.

1917

Sunday, February 11, 1917

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Masaid, Sinai.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Church Parade.

1918

Monday, February 11, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Deir el Belah, Palestine.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  First rehearsal for Commander in Chief's review. Turnout was generally satisfactory.

Parsons, Major HM, proceeded on leave.

1919

Tuesday, February 11, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0800 Reconnaissance of portion of 1/250,000 Syria Tripoli carried out by Luxmoore, Captain EM; Kildea, Lieutenant FJ; Cruddas, Lieutenant GF, DCM; Ayliffe, Lieutenant SH; Hannaford, Lieutenant E; and, Price, Second Lieutenant FG.
Shelley, Captain SE, proceeded to Jerusalem.

0900 Squadrons commenced tests for teams to take part in Brigade shoot.

Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 10 February

Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 12 February

Sources:

See: 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Contents

Further Reading:

9th Light Horse Regiment AIF

Bert Schramm Diary

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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