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Saturday, 14 June 2008
Australian troop commitment to the Western Frontier Force
Topic: AIF - WFF

Troops supplied by Australia for the Wetern Frontier Force

The forgotten battle front, the Western Frontier Force has little detail as to the actual number of Australians who participated in the campaign.  During mid 1916, in an effort to ascertain the numbers of troops available in Egypt a by product was the Western Frontier Force. Without this census, we would not have even this sketchy idea. The figures detailing the total Australian troop commitment to the Western Frontier Force are tabulated below.

1 January 1916        1,283

1 February 1916        1,441

1 March 1916        1,312

1 April 1916   Figures no longer maintained.

Information extracted from file AWM 252 A76.

 

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Citation: Australian troop commitment to the Western Frontier Force


Posted by Project Leader at 6:36 PM EADT
Updated: Saturday, 28 February 2009 7:13 AM EAST
345 Sergeant Linton Hall Swann
Topic: AIF - 3B - 9 LHR

 
345 Sergeant Linton Hall Swann, 9th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron.

Below are two section of a brief Military Biography of 345 Sergeant Linton Hall Swann. It is divided into two parts. Part One deals with all his specific details from enlistment to discharge in England. Part Two is a week by week summary of status from “Enlistment” to “Discharged in England”.

No photograph available.

Part One: Specific details from “Enlistment” to “Discharged in England”.

Surname: Swann
First Name: Linton
Other Names: Hall
Service Number: 345
Rank: Sergeant
1924 List: Yes
Place of Birth: England
Boer War Service: No
Age: 34
Birth Year: 1880
Employment: Farmer
Status: Married
District: Edwardstown
State: South Australia
NOK: Son
Title: Mr
Last: Swann
First: SLH
Locality: Edwardstown
Province: South Australia
Country: Australia
Religion: Church of England
Enlisted Day: 22
Enlisted Month: October
Enlisted Year: 1914
Embarkation Ship: HMAT A10 "Karroo"
Embarkation Day: 11
Embarkation Month: February
Embarkation Year: 1915
Embarkation Port: Melbourne
Section: B Squadron
Regiment: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Fate: Discharged in England    
Day: 8    
Month: December    
Year: 1915    
Last Rank: Lieutenant    
Honours: None    
Squadron: B    
Gallipoli: A    
Ship: NA    
Notes:     
    1. Served 6 years with the Tower Hamlets Volunteers
    2. Enlisted in 9th Light Horse Regiment B squadron, 19 October 1914
    3. Promoted to Provisional Corporal, 23 October 1914
    4. Promoted to Provisional Sergeant, 27 December 1914
    5. Promoted to Sergeant, 6 April 1915
    6. Arrived at Gallipoli, 21 May 1915
    7. Evacuated to hospital sick, 17 June 1915
    8. Discharged from 9th Light Horse Regiment 8 December 1915
    9. Transferred to British Army, 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry, 8 December 1915
    10. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, 8 December 1915
    11. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps
    12. Promoted to Lieutenant

 

Signal from Colonel Hughes demanding the arrest of Sergeant Swann

[From: 3rd LHB Signals, Gallipoli, 1915. AWM 25 367/30 Part-7.]

 

At the beginning, the transfer to the Imperial Army did not seem to go too smoothly for 345 Sergeant Linton Hall Swann. Brigadier General Hughes, the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Light Horse Brigade demanded the arrest of Swann for desertion on 14 September 1915. This would appear to have been the result of a misunderstanding as Swann was never arrested. It must have been an awkward moment for Swann when the Military Police arrived at his doorstep a few days after this signal was sent. The explanations must have been in order for a couple months later the transfer of Swann into the 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry as Second Lieutenant went smoothly.

Part Two: Week by week summary of status from “Enlistment” to “Discharged in England”.

21/10/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
28/10/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
7/11/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
14/11/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
21/11/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
28/11/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
7/12/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
14/12/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
21/12/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll    
28/12/14 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
7/01/15 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
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14/05/15 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
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28/05/15 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
7/06/15 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
14/06/15 - 9th Light Horse Regiment Nominal Roll
21/06/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/06/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/07/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/07/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
21/07/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/07/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/08/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/08/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
21/08/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/08/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/09/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/09/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
21/09/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/09/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/10/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/10/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
21/10/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/10/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/11/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/11/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
21/11/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
28/11/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
7/12/15 - Evacuated to hospital sick
14/12/15 - Transferred to British Army, 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry, 8 December 1915
 

Further Reading:

9th Light Horse Regiment

 


Citation: 345 Sergeant Linton Hall Swann

Posted by Project Leader at 5:55 PM EADT
Updated: Saturday, 28 February 2009 7:42 AM EAST
Broadmeadows 1909
Topic: Gen - St - Vic

Broadmeadows, Victoria

 

Fawkner Street, Broadmeadows looking downhill towards Moonee Ponds Creek, 1909.

 

Broadmeadows was a failed development, often described as dead as Julius Ceasar. After 30 years of attempting to sell the name to the Melbourne public, it was still dead. The picture, taken in the main street of Broadmeadows in 1909, tells the story. This is Fawkner Street in what is now called Westmeadows near Tullamarine Airport.  The photographer is looking downhill towards Moonee Ponds Creek. The picture isn't skewed or anything like that even though it appears distorted. The reason is simple - trees are bent over as a consequence of the westerlies blowing across the plains. Frequent visitors arriving at the airport will have experienced the unwelcomed strength of these breezes as their aeroplane lands. It was no better then in 1909. No one ever thought the town to be a pleasant place to reside except by the hardy settler.

Things changed with the outbreak of war in 1914. Three months of the war and the name was imortalised in the lexicon of Australian history. The developers could not hope for a better propaganda coup than that. Land sold quickly at inflated prices. The war was good for the land speculators at Broadmeadows.

 

Further Reading:

Broadmeadows Camp, Inducting Recruits, September 1914

Victoria's response to the Great War 

 


Citation: Broadmeadows 1909 

Posted by Project Leader at 4:08 PM EADT
Updated: Saturday, 28 February 2009 7:48 AM EAST
The Beast of Berlin
Topic: Gen - St - Vic

 

 

At the movies -  "The Beast of Berlin"

 

Advertisement for  The Beast of Berlin

[From: Melbourne Truth, 7 September 1918, p. 6.]

 

Nothing like building up the blood lust for the final months of the war. This movie was released in Australia during September 1918. While claimed to create a furore all over the country, the movie was quietly dropped from the scene after the Armistice was declared with nothing more heard of it. The time had come to heal and movies like this were no longer seen to be appropriate.

 

Further Reading:

Victoria's response to the Great War

 


Citation: The Beast of Berlin


Posted by Project Leader at 3:48 PM EADT
Updated: Saturday, 28 February 2009 7:43 AM EAST
Broadmeadows Camp, Inducting Recruits, September 1914
Topic: Gen - St - Vic

Recruit Training at Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria

 

For those who have been through basic training within the military, these pictures will bring back all those memories of the first day on the job. The pictures are all taken from the Melbourne Punch, 3 September 1914, p. 418.

 

Attention!

 

A group of likely lads have just learned the first piece of parade ground drill - to fall in ... well so to say. Those who are ex-NCO drill instructors will be getting itchy hands just looking at these men.

"Att .... Wait for it sonny ... Attention!"

 

Issuing Rifles

 

Now the lads can at least stand to attention in ranks so they can be trusted with unloaded rifles in anticipation of rifle drills.

 

"Slope Arms!"

 

The toughest part of getting used to a rifle is the unwieldy weight when it first confronts the raw recruit. Sloping arms is a great introductory drill to get the recruits familiar with the feel of a rifle and so introduce the feeling that it is a natural part of the body, like legs and arms.

 

New squad for the Artillery Lines

 

New cobbers and horses arrive for the field artillery.

 

Artillery drill

 

The lads allocated to artillery are going through their primary drills. The lack of uniform tells us that these fellows are just raw recruits and not long at Broadmeadows.

 

Listening to the instructors

 

Uniforms have now been issued but judging by the very poor presentation and different styles of hatwear, it suggests that the uniforms issued were rudimentary and very stop gap until their real uniforms arrived. The various clothing factories would have been working double shifts to meet this demand.

 

Horse rations

 

One of the physically demanding aspects of military life at the time was to feed the horses. Fodder was heavy and the horses needed lots of it. So when the fodder cart arrived, the men on stable fatigues had all the fun in the world unloading the feed, storing it and then distributing that which was required for the next horse feed at the proper locations. Horse lines would have been very busy places at feed times.

 

Taking stock of meat

 

The delivery of prime left over second grade mutton from the Victoria Markets, unrefrigerated and fit for the kings who are soon to be defending Australia.

Makes a person cringe to see the conditions in which meat was delivered - off the back of a horse and GSW cart. You can see the lamb carcasses stacked on the back without any protection whatsoever. Those lads must have had strong stomachs to down this without reporting to sick parade the following day. It also explains why the most common complaint for the Field Ambulance and hospitalisation was diarrhoea.

 

Peeling spuds

 

This is a ubiquitous site at every military camp. The sight of one or many men peeling potatoes for the next meal. Kitchen fatigues were always highly sort after by the men. This happy lot have a mountain of potatoes to peel for the next meal at Broadmeadows.


Bath time

 

Hygiene 1914 style was strictly enforced and many men for the first time in their lives took a regular bath. This was not a usual thing in most Australian households and it is only the common experience of all people during the Great War that the daily bath became a feature in Australian life. Despite the strictest hygiene, there were still outbreaks of transmitted diseases from a concentration of humans. Most of the time the consequences were not fatal.

 

Further Reading:

Broadmeadows 1909

Victoria's response to the Great War  

 


Citation: Broadmeadows Camp, Inducting Recruits, September 1914

Posted by Project Leader at 3:20 PM EADT
Updated: Saturday, 28 February 2009 7:51 AM EAST

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