"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 188.
Colonel Hüsnü, Yildirim, Page 188.
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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, 11 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, 11 January 1919
Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 11 - 17 January 1919
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Diaries
Bert Schramm
Saturday, January 11, 1919
Bert Schramm's Location - Tripoli, Lebanon.
Bert Schramm's Diary - Nothing unusual to record. No signs of any mails yet.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 1030 Brigadier inspected Regiment. Orders received that the Commander In Chief would visit Brigade on 12th January 1919.
Darley
Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924.
5th LHR Routine Order No 52, 20 November 1915 Topic: AIF - 2B - 5 LHR
Apart from the War Diary which presents a reflected view of Regimental history, one of the best sources of understanding the immediate challenges facing a regiment is to be found in the Routine Orders. They are a wealth of detail.
5th LHR Routine Order No 52, 20 November 1915
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5th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No 52 was written at Anzac, 20 November 1915. The purpose of this section of the Routine Order was to gazette the allottment of the named 57 men into the established strength of the Regiment, a necessary legal process in which to allow the unit to draw pay and rations for these men through the Regiment.
This particular list contains something that is of great assistance to an interested person, the allottment to the specific squadron. This gives a clearer view as to the location of the individual when reading the accounts in the War Diaries of the Unit Histories.
There is a caution. The handwritten list does contain inaccuracies and thus should not be relied upon without first checking the detail in depth.
Below is the list of 57 names next to which is the allotted Squadron.
1098 Trooper George ALLEN, "C" Squadron.
1004 Trooper Joseph AUSTIN, "B" Squadron.
53 Shoeing Smith Leslie John BAKER, "C" Squadron.
1126 Signaller Albert Ernest Lawrence BARKE, "A" Squadron.
1152 Trooper Thomas BONNER, "B" Squadron.
1008 Trooper George Henry BOTT, "B" Squadron.
1007 Trooper Eric BROWN, "B" Squadron.
1125 Trooper Robert Joseph CHIDLOW, "C" Squadron.
1107 Trooper Robert CLARK, "C" Squadron.
1116 Trooper Charles Joseph CONAGHAN, "B" Squadron.
1123 Trooper Samuel Freestone CROFT, "C" Squadron.
1012 Trooper Arthur Albert CROZIER, "B" Squadron.
1195 Trooper Lindsay DAWSON, "B" Squadron.
1060 Trooper Patrick DELANEY, "B" Squadron.
1157 Trooper Joseph DEVLIN, "A" Squadron.
1204 Trooper Harry DOYLE, "C" Squadron.
1058 Trooper Alwyne ELLIOTT, "B" Squadron.
244 Batman Alexander Madden FOOT, "A" Squadron.
1087 Trooper James GARDNER, "A" Squadron.
1057 Trooper Wilfred Holland GILBEY, "C" Squadron.
1103 Trooper William John GILLES, "A" Squadron.
1090 Trooper William Burnard HALLETT, "A" Squadron.
1059 Trooper Robert HANDLEY, "B" Squadron.
1113 Trooper Herbert Charles HARDWICK, "C" Squadron.
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.
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