9th LHR, AIF

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

Regimental March -  Marching Through Georgia

The Diary

1914

Sunday, October 4, 1914

Formation of the 7th Light Horse Regiment "B" Squadron at Morphettville Race Course, South Australia.

1915

Monday, October 4, 1915

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rhododendron Hill

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Heavy shrapnel fire from north and north east on top trenches and also over Headquarters.

1916

Wednesday, October 4, 1916

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Bir el Abd

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 3rd Light Horse Brigade Operation Order No 4 received from Brigade for a Reconnaissance of Mazar by 1 Company, Imperial Camel Corps supported by Light Horse Patrols. A Composite Squadron of the 9th Light Horse Regiment to cover the right flank of the Camel Company and at the same time thoroughly reconoitre the country round Ganadil, Geisi and Kassebra. The Squadron composed of Captain Bleechmore and 2 Troops "A" Squadron, 1 Troop and Lewis Gun from "B" Squadron and 1 Troop "C" Squadron under the command of Major KA McKenzie.

1917

Thursday, October 4, 1917

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Um Urgan

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 1100, officer from Ordinance Stores inspected stores on charge to the Regiment. Routine and training.

1918

Friday, October 4, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Duma

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - We moved from Duma this afternoon and we moved back through Damascus. We are to go to a place called El Mezze tonight. We camped about five miles south of Damascus on the Tiberias road. I could write pages about Damascus but haven't the room to put all down here. The official report now is something like one hundred thousand prisoners taken. Our casualties have been very light.

1919

Saturday, October 5, 1918

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Adelaide

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Regiment disbanded.

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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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Diaries of AIF Servicemen

Bert Schramm

4 October 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

The complete diary is now available on the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre Site at:

Bert Schramm Diary

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Navigating the National Archives Service File 

 

Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 2 - 4 October 1918

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Bert Schramm

Friday, October 4, 1918

Bert Schramm's Location - Duma

Bert Schramm's Diary -  We moved from Duma this afternoon and we moved back through Damascus. We are to go to a place called El Mezze tonight. We camped about five miles south of Damascus on the Tiberias road. I could write pages about Damascus but haven't the room to put all down here. The official report now is something like one hundred thousand prisoners taken. Our casualties have been very light.

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary

9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Duma

9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 10900 C Squadron moved out to relieve a Squadron of 8th Light Horse Regiment holding the pass at Khurbet I Asafur.

0930 Lieutenant Mann with working party and A Echelon transport moved out to collect war material captured by Regiment at Khan Ayash. About five full limber loads of machine guns, automatic rifles collected.

1100 Orders received to move SE of Damascus leaving C Squadron at Duma to hold main Aleppo road in vicinity of Khan Kusseir with one troop to relieve Freebairn, Lieutenant DT; and, his troop at B in Wadi Maraba.

The Regiment less C Squadron moved via main Aleppo Road through Damascus to a point 21/2 miles south west of El Mezze and bivouacked for night. Four Other Ranks taken prisoner of war on 29 September 1918 and recaptured in Damascus 1 October 1918 rejoined Regiment.

9th LHR AIF War Diary, 4 October 

Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924, pp 163 - 166.

Kaukab

After a good night's rest at El Mezze, the first since El Kuneitra, the Regiment moved out at 8.30 a.m. and marched to a bivouac site two miles south of El Mudhamiye, where lines were laid out, and all ranks quickly settled down for a well earned spell. The hard work of the past three weeks had caused many casualties amongst the horses, chiefly sore backs, and these received immediate attention. About 60 horses were placed on the sick list and received daily treatment, and owing to the splendid work of Turner, Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, most of them were fit and ready for work within a few days.

Previous:  Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 October 1918

Next:  Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 October 1918

Sources Used:

Bert Schramm's Diary

National Archives Service File.

Embarkation Roll, AWM8.

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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

War Diaries and Letters

All War Diaries and letters cited on this site should be read in conjunction with the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, War Diaries and Letters, Site Transcription Policy which may be accessed at:

Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, War Diaries and Letters, Site Transcription Policy 

Further Reading:

Bert Schramm Diary

Bert Schramm Diary, Album

Bert Schramm's Photo Album

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, War Diary, Day by Day Account

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Diaries of AIF Servicemen, Bert Schramm, 4 October 1918

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Another entry from the book written by Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, called Yildirim. Every day, one page of the book will be posted. This is Page 89.

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348 Private William George Moren, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, "B" Squadron

William George Moren, a brief military biography from The AIF Project:

 Lest We Forget

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Another entry from the book written by Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, called Yildirim. Every day, one page of the book will be posted. This is Page 88.

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Updated: Thursday, 2 October 2008 10:46 PM EADT

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