9th LHR, AIF

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March -  Marching Through Georgia

The Diary

1916

Tuesday, February 29, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Serapeum, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.

Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 28 February

Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 1 March

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 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

25th Infantry Battalion

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 25th Infantry Battalion who gave their lives during the Gallipoli Campaign - 1915 - 1916.

Roll of Honour

 

283 Sergeant Vivian Douglas ADAMS, Killed in action, 31 October 1915.

563 Private Albert AITKEN, Died of wounds, 13 December 1915.

1652 Private Robert ARMSTRONG, Killed in action, 27 October 1915.

Lieutenant Archibald Vivian AUCHTERLONIE, Killed in action, 20 October 1915.

 

575 Private Harry Frederick BLACKWELL, Killed in action, 12 October 1915.

34 Private George BOARD, Killed in action, 5 November 1915.

1517 Private Jeremiah BUCKLEY, Killed in action, 31 October 1915.

 

821 Private Alfred CAKEBREAD, Killed in action, 27 October 1915.

599 Private William CHALLINOR, Died of wounds, 1 December 1915.

 

1037 Private Llewelyn Samuel DOWNING, Killed in action, 27 October 1915.

 

1704 Private Martin Patrick GRIMES, Killed in action, 16 September 1915.

 

128 Private Frank HAFFENDEN, Died of wounds, 19 October 1915.

885 Private Evan HOLMES, Died of wounds, 13 October 1915.

1539 Private William HOVENDEN, Killed in action, 10 November 1915.

1938 Private Joseph HUGHES, Died of wounds, 28 October 1915.

400 Private William HUGHES, Killed in action, 24 October 1915.

 

1101 Private George KEMP, Killed in action, 17 October 1915.

146 Private Arthur Charles Valentine KENNEDY, Died of wounds, 27 November 1915.

 

882 Private Ashley Codrington LORD, Died of wounds, 16 December 1915.

 

683 Private John West MIDDLETON, Killed in action, 12 October 1915.

933 Private Peter MILEE, Died of wounds, 19 October 1915.

1097 Private Jack MITCHELL, Died of wounds, 11 November 1915.

937 Private Rupert George MORLEY, Killed in action, 30 September 1915.

688 Private Frederick Vincent MOSS, Killed in action, 27 October 1915.

189 Private John MURPHY, Killed in action, 7 October 1915.

 

461 Private Arthur Albert NAYLOR, Killed in action, 27 October 1915.

466 Sergeant Allan NOBLE, Died of wounds, 17 October 1915.

1723 Private Eugene NUGENT, Died of wounds, 15 October 1915.

 

214 Private Edward Sydney RICHARDS, Killed in action, 16 June 1915.

1032 Private Albert RILEY, Died of wounds, 19 October 1915.

 

231 Private Frederick Herbert SHIPP, Died of wounds, 21 September 1915.

739 Private Gilbert John SMITH, Died of wounds, 21 November 1915.

740 Private Peter Alix SMITH, Died of wounds, 19 November 1915.

517 Private Hubert STARR, Died of Disease, 29 September 1915.

995 Private John Briggs SUTTON, Killed in action, 2 November 1915.

 

780 Private Alan Smythaes WARRENER, Died of wounds, 30 September 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

Saturday, February 28, 1914

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

Sunday, February 28, 1915

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -   Routine Orders No. 52

2. Parades - The fall in will be sounded as the vessel passes the Colombo Breakwater. The Regiment will fall in and remain on parade until the vessel is moored.

3 Letters - All ranks are cautioned against giving letters to civilians to post.

4. Fruit - Eating fruit obtained at Colombo at this time of the year is very dangerous.

Carew Reynell Diary - Arrived at Colombo at 1800 and for the first time heard of the operations at the Dardenelles. If these are successful it should relieve the necessity for a large garrison in Egypt and we may after a month in Egypt for conditioning the horses be sent on to Europe or Constantinople.

We also hear of the mutiny of a Sikh Regiment who killed upwards of 200 Europeans at Singapore. As, however, 100 of the men remained loyal and protected the Colonel, the only officer not killed, it is not regarded very seriously, especially as the mutineers who have all been captured were founded loaded with gold- presumably from the Germans. The German prisoners too were liberated and given arms.

No soldiers under the rank of Sergeant were allowed on shore because the last lot of Australians behaved so shockingly ashore.

1916

Monday, February 28, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.

1917

Wednesday, February 28, 1917

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - The Regiment undertook routine work for the day.

1918

Thursday, February 28, 1918

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  Brigade dismounted sports. Sixteen Other Ranks marched in from Moascar.

1919

Friday, February 28, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rafa, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Orders received that Australian Division Group would entrain on the evening of the 2nd March 1919 and move early on the morning of 3rd March 1919 to Moascar.

Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 27 February

Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 29 February

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 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

26th Infantry Battalion

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 26th Infantry Battalion who gave their lives during the Gallipoli Campaign - 1915 - 1916.

Roll of Honour

 

1048 Private Henry John BAILEY, Died of Disease, 6 November 1915.

1246 Private Leslie James BESWICK, Killed in action, 18 November 1915.

1881 Private Reginald James BEVAN, Killed in action, 24 October 1915.

833 Private Harold George BIDGOOD, Died of Disease, 9 November 1915.

 

287 Private William CAWLEY, Died of Disease, 2 December 1915.

1020 Private Rupert Robert CHAMLEY, Died of wounds, 22 September 1915.

615 Private Thomas Alfred CHAPLAIN, Died of Disease, 8 November 1915.

1068 Private Walter John CLARK, Killed in action, 19 November 1915.

1234 Corporal Frederick Harry COOK, Killed in action, 1 December 1915.

253 Sergeant William Henry COOLING, Died of wounds, 22 October 1915.

 

51 Private Kevin Claude DEMPSEY, Killed in action, 29 November 1915.

 

1894 Private Walter Vivian ELLIOTT, Killed in action, 28 November 1915.

480 Private Frank Norman EVANS, Died of wounds, 17 November 1915.

 

1895 Private George William FIELDS, Killed in action, 21 October 1915.

448 Private William Albert FINCH, Killed in action, 18 November 1915.

151 Private William Clarence FORREST, Killed in action, 28 November 1915.

 

1123 Private Leslie Thomas JONES, Killed in action, 29 November 1915.

 

102 Private Alexander KEMP, Died of wounds, 23 September 1915.

1129 Private Ronald George KERR, Killed in action, 29 November 1915.

 

367 Private David MALCOLM, Died of Accident, 27 November 1915.

1945 Private Bartholomew MALONE, Killed in action, 21 November 1915.

125 Private Harold McGUINNESS, Killed in action, 20 September 1915.

666 Private Patrick MORGAN, Died of wounds, 20 September 1915.

920 Private John Cyril MORRIS, Died of wounds, 22 September 1915.

 

937 Private Leonard PIKE, Died of Disease, 27 October 1915.

 

1035 Corporal Albert Victor RIDGE, Killed in action, 21 November 1915.

 

1833 Private Percy Charles SAWFORD, Killed in action, 12 November 1915.

 

1926 Private James YOUNG, Killed in action, 28 November 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

Friday, February 27, 1914

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

Saturday, February 27, 1915

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  No entry.

Carew Reynell Diary - Crossed the line yesterday.

On Thursday lost the gelding from Poop Deck. On same day go up another 8 horses from No. 2 Hold and put on deck on port side. Also got 4 out of Poop onto well deck and weather deck.

Good breezes last few days and holds keeping nice and fresh since Wednesday.

The mare 16318 developed pleurisy yesterday and the veterinary stores supplied by the government are so ridiculously inadequate that we shall lose her for certain unless:

1. we buy the necessary stores at Colombo which may save her; or

2. put her ashore at Colombo for an operation which will probably save her.

The absurd idea of economy pursued by the government on these transports is terribly expensive. Ninety per cent of the deaths of horses at sea is due to pneumonia and every horse lost is a loss of from 50 to 100 pounds, whether a remount or a trained and conditioned troop horse. There is a serum for pneumonia which is very effective but expensive and the government will not spend the necessary five or ten pounds per ship to provide this serum. Last voyage this ship lost 19 horses, mainly pneumonia, if not all, and the loss over the entire convoy was 2.9 per cent, or practically 3 per cent, which was looked on as a wonderful record. The expense of a further 200 or 300 pounds per ship for the sake of improving, even slightly, the chances of the horses should not be hesitated over for a minute. The two electric fans in this ship are a great assistance and be more frequently employed.

A plentiful supply of gypsum and red gum sawdust should be a great assistance in keeping the holds sweet and controlling the smell of urine, which with the ammonia from the droppings, is the cause of all our trouble. Neither of these are supplied at present, but lime and an ammonia neutralising disinfectant are supplied. These are both invaluable but the lime is not supplied in sufficient quantities.

By thorough cleaning first thing in the morning and just before tea as well as when horses are out of stalls, exercising during the day, we have kept the stables entirely free of flies and almost free of smell.

The medical stores supplied on the ship are on the same parsimonious scale as the veterinary stores - it's incredibly stupid.

The officers are making really excellent progress in Tactics and Semaphore signalling and in their duties generally. Interest, serious application and even enthusiasm has replaced fed up lethargy of two months ago.

I wonder how A Squadron, with Major Cook, on the Armidale is getting on. They were the best lot to detach and go on their own after all. I told Major Cook that we would judge of his capacity a great deal by the standard of discipline that his squadron attains during the voyage and that he must set his lip and do the necessary. Cook is a conscientious, well intentioned fellow with a good deal of common sense and energy but lacks the power of controlling others. He has strength of will and is certainly improving a very great deal - or at any rate was - and will make a good officer, I think. his age - 44 - and his civil occupation [butchering] have been heavily against him but he's a trier and has some go.

We have a marching order parade and a night alarm about once a week, as well and boat and fire drill.

The syllabus of instruction consists of a separate squad each day for each of the following - all working simultaneously:

For one half of Regiment:

• Recruit training, elementary
• Rifle exercises
• Bayonet training
• Musketry instruction
• Miniature rifle shooting
• Machine gunnery
• Semaphore signalling

For the other half of the Regiment:

• Exercising and grooming and evening mucking out.

A number of men have been laid up as a result of vaccination, which in the tropics is severe.

1916

Sunday, February 27, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Heliopolis, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - No entry.

1917

Tuesday, February 27, 1917

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Scott, Lieutenant Colonel WH, returned from leave and resumed command of the Regiment. The Regiment carried out mounted work - attacking and retiring from a flag enemy.

1918

Wednesday, February 27, 1918

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

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary -  C Troop, B Squadron under Mueller, Lieutenant GLH, won competition for Best Drilled and Turned out troop in the Regiment.

1919

Thursday, February 27, 1919

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rafa, Egypt.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Camp routine.

Previous: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 26 February

Next: 9th LHR AIF War Diary, 28 February

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 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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