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Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Turkish trenches at Makhadet Hajlah ford by the Jordan River Topic: BatzJ - Es Salt
During the Amman Raid of late March, early April 1918, when the British 60th Infantry Division concentrated in the Wadi Nueiameh north of Jericho, the Turks reinforced their defences on the east bank of the Jordan River near the El Ghoriniye Bridge. [Later, the El Ghoriniye Bridge was renamed as the Allenby Bridge.] The Turks deployed some 600 infantry, and also sent two squadrons of cavalry to the support of this force at the Makhadet Hajlah ford about 10km south of the bridge. The picture below details those Turkish trenches at Makhadet Hajlah ford by the Jordan River.
Another entry from the book written by Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, called Yilderim. Every day, one page of the book will be posted. This is Page 1.
Diaries of AIF Servicemen, Bert Schramm, 8 July 1918 Topic: Diary - Schramm
Diaries of AIF Servicemen
Bert Schramm
8 July 1918
Bert Schramm
2823 Private Herbert Leslie SCHRAMM, a 22 year old Farmer from Whites River, South Australia. He enlisted on 17 February 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 10 July 1919.
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, Bert Schramm kept a diary of his life. Bert was not a man of letters so this diary was produced with great effort on his behalf. Bert made a promise to his sweetheart, Lucy Solley, that he would do so after he received the blank pocket notebook wherein these entries are found. As a Brigade Scout since September 1918, he took a lead part in the September Offensive by the Allied forces in Palestine. Bert's diary entries are placed alongside those of the 9th Light Horse Regiment to which he belonged and to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade to which the 9th LHR was attached. On this basis we can follow Bert in the context of his formation.
The Diaries
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Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
War Diaries and Letters
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The following entries are extracted and transcribed from the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, the originals of which are held by the Australian War Memorial. There are 366 entries on this site. Each day has entries as they occurred from 1914 to 1919. In addition to the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, when appropriate, entries from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary and other regiments with the Brigade will also appear. Entries from the unit history, Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924 will also appear from time to time. The aim is to give the broadest context to the story and allow the reader to follow the day to day activities of the regiment. If a relative happened to have served in the regiment during the Great War, then this provides a general framework in which the individual story may be told.
3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary - 8th Light Horse Regiment, four wounded. 281 in hospital and 71 in lines. Sick = 352. Auckland Mounted Rifles, one wounded.
March Past, Melbourne, 24 September 1914 Topic: Gen - St - Vic
March past by the 4th Light Horse Regiment in Melbourne, 1914.
March past by the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
[From: The Australasian, 3 October 1914, Photograph Supplement, p. 5.]
On 24 September 1914, the infantry and light horse formations training at Broadmeadows organised a march through Melbourne. Below is a picture of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, part of the the 1st Contingent, marching past the Federal Parliament building on a rain soaked Melbourne day.
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