"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess
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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 187.
Colonel Hüsnü, Yildirim, Page 187.
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This chapter deals with Hüsnü observations of the Turkish response to Beersheba on other parts of the battlefield.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 January 1919 Topic: Diary - Schramm
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, 2823 Private Herbert Leslie Schramm, a farmer from White's River, near Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsular, 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 1918 breakout 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.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 January 1919
Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 5 - 10 January 1919
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Diaries
Bert Schramm
Friday, January 10, 1919
Bert Schramm's Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.
Bert Schramm's Diary - No news today. A few more unreliable rumours floating around.
The Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour Topic: AIF - NZMRB - WMR
The Battle of Rafa
Sinai, 9 January 1917
Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Poppies on the Auckland Cenotaph plinth
The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment and gave their lives in service of New Zealand during the Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917.
Roll of Honour
George Alexander MITCHELL, Killed in Action
Gordon (Clarence Gordon) ABERCROMBIE, Killed in Action
The Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
The Battle of Rafa
Sinai, 9 January 1917
1st Light Horse Regiment
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 1st Light Horse Regiment, AIF known to have given their lives during the Battle of Rafa, Palestine, 9 January 1917.
Roll of Honour
Jack LAW, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.
Edwin Alexander LEESE, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.
Francis Theodore STANTON, Died of Wounds, 11 January 1917.
Walter Arthur WALLER, Died of Wounds, 10 January 1917.
The Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour Topic: AIF - NZMRB - CMR
The Battle of Rafa
Sinai, 9 January 1917
Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Poppies on the Auckland Cenotaph plinth
The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment and gave their lives in service of New Zealand during the Battle of Rafa, Sinai, 9 January 1917.
Roll of Honour
Leslie Walter GIBBS, Killed in Action
Alexander LEDINGHAM, Killed in Action
Maurice James LELIEVRE (LE-LIEVRE), Killed in Action
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