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Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 4th Military District Topic: Militia - LHS - SA
South Australian Militia - Light Horse
1914
4TH MILITARY DISTRICT - SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
8th LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.
Brigade Head-Quarters: Adelaide.
22nd Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles).
Head-Quarters: Adelaide
Machine Gun Section: Adelaide
“A” Squadron - Reynella (A Troop), McLaren Vale (B Troop), Glenelg (C Troop), and Mitcham (D Troop)
“B” Squadron - Narracoorte and Kingston (A Troop), Victor Harbor and Yankalilla (B Troop), Bordertown (C Troop), Murray Bridge and Mount Barker (D Troop)
“C” Squadron - Mount Gambier (A and B Troops), Millicent (C Troop), Millicent and Tantanoola (D Troop)
23rd (Barossa) Light Horse.
Head-Quarters: Adelaide
Machine Gun Section: Adelaide
“A” Squadron - Adelaide (A, B, and C Troops), and Magill (D Troop)
“B” Squadron - Prospect, Tea Tree Gully (A Troop), Smithfield (B Troop), Gawler (C Troop), and Two Wells (D Troop)
“C” Squadron - Burra (A Troop), Hamley Bridge (B Troop), Riverton (C Troop), and Kapunda (D Troop)
24th (Flinders) Light Horse.
Head-Quarters (less Signallers): Port Pirie
Signallers: Broken Hill
Machine Gun Section: Crystal Brook
“A” Squadron - Port Pirie (A Troop), Crystal Brook (B Troop), Laura and Wirrabara (C Troop), and Wanderah (D Troop)
“B” Squadron - Jamestown (A and B Troops), Petersburg (C Troop), and Broken Hill (D Troop)
“C” Squadron - Clare (A Troop), Balaklava (B Troop), Kadina and Wallaroo (C Troop), and Maitland (D Troop)
22nd Signal Troop (Engineers)
Adelaide
31st Army Service Corps
Adelaide
31st Army Medical Corps (Light Horse Field Ambulance)
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918, Part 1, General Headquarters Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918
Part 1, General Headquarters
As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls was commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1930, his finished work, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, produced in two parts, was published in London. The book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917 and is extracted below. Falls makes the comment that this Order of Battle was not as comprehensive as that produced in the earlier volume.
Falls, C, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, Part II, London, 1930, Appendix 3 p. 666:
General Headquarters.
Commander-in-Chief -
General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
Chief of the General Staff -
Major General Sir L. J. Bols, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
Br. General, General Staff -
Br. General W. H. Bartholomew, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Deputy Adjutant-General -
Major General W. G. B. Western, C.B.
Deputy Quartermaster-General -
Major-General Sir Walter Campbell, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918, Part 2, Desert Mounted Corps Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, September 1918
Part 2, Desert Mounted Corps
As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls was commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1930, his finished work, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, produced in two parts, was published in London. The book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917 and is extracted below. Falls makes the comment that this Order of Battle was not as comprehensive as that produced in the earlier volume.
Falls, C, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, Part II, London, 1930, Appendix 3 pp. 667 - 668:
Desert Mounted Corps.
G.O.C. -
Lieut. General Sir H. G. Chauvel, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
Br.-General, General Staff -
Br. General C. A. C. Godwin, D.S.O.
Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General -
Br. General E. F. Trew, C.M.G., D.S.O.
G.O.C. Royal Artillery -
Br. General A. D'A. King, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
4th Cavalry Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General Sir G. de S. Barrow, K.C.M.G., C.B.
10th Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General R. G. H. Howard-Vyse, C.M.G., D.S.O.
1/1st Dorset Yeo.
2nd Lancers.
38th Central India Horse.
11th Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. L. Gregory, C.B.
1/1st County of London (Middlesex) Yeo.
29th Lancers.
36th Jacob's Horse.
12th Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General J. T. Wigan, D.S.O.
1/1st Staffs. Yeo.
6th Cavalry.
19th Lancers.
Artillery
XX Brigade R.H.A. (Berks, Hants, and Leicester Btys.).
Engineers
4th Field Sqdn. R.E.
5th Cavalry Division.
G.O.C. -
Major-General H. J. Macandrew, C.B., D.S.O.
13th Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General P. J. V. Kelly, C.M.G., D.S.O.
1/1st Gloucester Yeo.
9th Hodson's Horse.
18th Lancers.
14th Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General G. V. Clarke, D.S.O.
1/1st Sherwood Rangers.
20th Deccan Horse.
34th Poona Horse.
15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General C. R. Harbord, D.S.O.
Jodhpore I.S. Lancers.
Mysore I.S. Lancers.
1st Hyderabad LS. Lancers.
Artillery
Essex Battery R.H.A.
Engineers
5th Field Sqdn. R.E.
Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division.
(Formed part of " Chaytor's Force," which appears in Part 5.)
Australian Mounted Division.
G.O.C. -
Major General H.W. Hodgson, C.B, C.V.O.
3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General L. C. Wilson, C.M.G.
8th Regt. A.L.H.
9th Regt. A.L.H.
10th Regt. A.L.H.
4th Australian Light Horse Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General W. Grant, D.S.O.
4th Regt. A.L.H.
11th Regt. A.L.H.
12th Regt. A.L.H.
5th Australian Light Horse Brigade
G.O.C. -
Br. General G. M. M. Onslow, D.S.O.
14th Regt. A.L.H.
15th Regt. A.L.H.
Attached
(French) Regiment Mixte de Marche de Cavalerie.
Artillery -
XIX Brigade R.H.A. (Notts. Bty. R.H.A., "A" and "B" Btys. H.A.C.)
Note: Attached 5th Cavalry Division throughout the operations.
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