9th LHR, AIF

9th Australian 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 known to have served at one time with the 9th Light Horse Regiment and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 9th Light Horse Regiment or another unit.

Roll of Honour

 

Thomas AGNEW, Died of Accident, 26 March 1915

William Arthur Francis ALLAN, Died of Wounds, 11 June 1918

Sidney Ernest ALLASON, Killed in Action, 4 July 1918

Harry ALLEN, Died of Illness, 6 November 1918

Christopher William ALLMOND, Died of Illness, 4 September 1918

Harold Leonard ANTONSON, Died of Illness, 16 October 1918

Charles ARBLASTER, Died of Wounds, 24 July 1916

Alfred ARNOLD, Killed in Action, 7 October 1917

Leslie ATKINSON, Died of Illness, 12 December 1916

Alec Luffman AXTENS, Killed in Action, 30 May 1915

 

William BAKER, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918

William Albert BAKER, Killed in Action, 28 November 1915

William George BALL, Killed in Action, 3 September 1915

James William BARRY, Died of Wounds, 27 April 1917

Walter George BATES, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

John Pressey BAVIN, Died of Illness, 20 October 1918

Keith Clarence BENNETT, Killed in Action, 12 November 1917

Joseph BETRO, Died of Wounds, 26 October 1915

Harry BINYON, Killed in Action, 30 May 1915

Walter Lewis BISHOP, Died of Wounds, 23 September 1917

Henry Albert BLACKWELL, Died of Wounds, 29 May 1915

Edward Thomas BLAKE, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1917

Henry BLANCH, Killed in Action, 20 June 1915

Rockley Joseph BOARDMAN, Killed in Action, 1 September 1918

Felix Baron BOCKELBERG, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918

James Lowry BODKIN, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917

Robert Hugh BOND, Died of Illness, 11 December 1916

Ernest BONE, Died of Illness, 5 October 1918

Josiah Clifton BONEHAM, Died of Illness, 15 October 1918

James Albert BOTHWELL, Died of Accident, 7 August 1917

John BRENNAN, Died of Wounds, 16 October 1915

Allan Reuben BROWN, Died of Illness, 26 March 1916

William BROWNEY, Killed in Action, 28 July 1917

Charles John BRUCE, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916

Alexander Millar BUGBIRD, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Robert David BURNSIDE, Killed in Action, 31 August 1916

James Andrew BURROUGH, Died of Illness, 9 December 1915

Michael BYRNE, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915

 

Reuben CAIRNS, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Philip Ignatius CALLARY, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

William CAMERON, Killed in Action, 4 September 1915

Thomas CAMPBELL, Killed in Action, 8 April 1917

George Alton CANE, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915

Percival CAPERN, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

William Ross CAPPER, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Leslie Harry CAREY, Drowned 1 May 1917

Frederick Michael CARNEY, Killed in Action, 1 November 1917

Alexander Lawrence CARRAILL, Died of Wounds, 8 August 1918

Henry James CARROLL, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1916

Reginald Stanley CHRISTIE, Died of Illness, 5 December 1918

Eric Gordon CLARK, Killed in Action, 28 June 1915

Edward Charles CLOUGH, Killed in Action, 29 May 1915

Charles William COLLINS, Killed in Action, 29 November 1915

Alfred Edward COOK, Died of Wounds, 4 July 1915

Clarence George COOPER, Died of Illness, 17 January 1917

Clifford COOPER, Died of Illness, 8 August 1915

Arthur COPELAND, Died of Wounds, 5 September 1917

Alfred CORK, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Robert COVERDALE, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Walter Hiram CRAVEN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Frank CREER, Died of disease 2 May 1915

Raymond Henry CRITCHFIELD, Died of Illness, 9 September 1919

Michael Parnel CRONIN, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Patrick Augustine CROWE, Died of Wounds, 28 March 1918

Thomas William CULPH, Died of Wounds, 14 August 1915

 

John Newton DAVIES, Killed in Action, 11 March 1917

Perry Thomas DAVIS, Died of Wounds, 27 November 1917

Claude Maxmillian Eugan DAWSON, Died of Illness, 29 October 1918

Walter DAWSON, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Albert Thomas DAY, Died of Wounds, 10 August 1915

Garnet DELANTY, Died of Illness, 17 October 1918

Francis James DENNIS, Killed in Action, 6 November 1917

Martin DEVITT, Died of Illness, 7 July 1918

Avery Benjamin DICKINSON, Died of Wounds, 22 July 1915

Thomas DICKINSON, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Frederick Roy DICKSON, Died of Illness, 1 February 1920

John Bernard DILLON, Died of Illness, 16 October 1918

Gordon McKellar DOBBIE, Died of Wounds, 26 September 1917

Leopold Daniel DOOLEY, Died of Illness, 7 December 1916

Arthur Denis DORIS, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Arthur Christopher DOWN, Died of Wounds, 9 October 1918

Frank Napier DREW, Died of Wounds, 8 August 1915

 

Arthur Roy EARL, Died of Accident, 26 July 1917

George EDDINGTON, Killed in Action, 2 October 1917

Alfred Lawrence EDWARDS, Killed in Action, 4 September 1917

Francis Patrick EGAN, Died of Illness, 12 May 1916

Fred Bertram ELLIS, Killed in Action, 28 March 1918

Cuthbert ELSDON, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

 

Melville Orchard FARMER, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918

George FENNING, Died of Accident, 23 March 1919

William FENTON, Died of Illness, 23 December 1916

James Maxwell FERGUSON, Died of Wounds, 20 March 1919

John Matt FITCHER, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

William George Gladstone FITZGERALD, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Norman MacPherson FLEMING, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918

George Edwin Pearce FLETCHER, Died of Wounds, 20 July 1918

Hedley Vickers FLOWER, Died of Wounds, 30 June 1915

John Lester FOREMAN, Died of Illness, 12 October 1918

Harold Stanley FREEMAN, Died of Illness, 29 January 1916

Edward FROST, Died of Illness, 23 October 1918

 

William John GALLAGHER, Died of Illness, 13 October 1918

Alfred Joseph GARRATT , Died of Wounds, 18 July 1918

Norman William GATES, Killed in Action, 28 March 1917

John William GAVIN, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916

Percy Alexander GIBBS, Died of Wounds, 12 November 1917

Benjamin Digby GIBSON, Drowned 14 January 1917

John William GILL, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Hugh Louden GOOCH, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Alick Ferguson GOODE, Killed in Action, 10 September 1917

Arthur Hulme GOTT, Died of Illness, 25 August 1915

William Harry GREEN, Died of Wounds, 3 September 1915

William James GRIBBLE, Killed in Action, 22 June 1915

Thomas GRIFFITHS, Killed in Action, 30 May 1915

 

George Joseph HAAG, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918

Walter HACKETT, Killed in Action, 22 October 1918

William HAINS, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Herbert Bowen HAMLIN, Died of Illness, 30 May 1919

Hubert Herman HANK, Died of Illness, 13 June 1918

Edward Pearce HANRAHAN, Died of Wounds, 9 October 1918

John Albert HARRELL, Killed in Action, 4 February 1917

Maxwell David HARRINGTON, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Charles Morley HARRIS, Died of Accident, 23 September 1918

Rowland HARRIS, Died of Illness, 18 March 1917

Samuel HARRIS, Died of Illness, 7 May 1918

Albert Harris HARVEY, Died of Wounds, 3 October 1918

William Edward HARVEY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

Frederick Eugene HAWKE, Died of Illness, 4 September 1916

Waldeman Robert HAWKES, Killed in Action, 29 October 1917

Alexander Lincoln HAWSON, Died of Wounds, 12 June 1915

Harold HEATH, Died of Wounds, 3 June 1916

Austin James HEITHERSAY, Died of Wounds, 12 January 1917

John HENNESSY, Died of Illness, 23 July 1915

John Henry HILDEBRAND, Killed in Action, 28 June 1915

Herbert John HILDER, Died of Illness, 27 November 1917

Francis George HIPWORTH, Died of Accident, 20 May 1915

Robert Charles HOCKRIDGE, Died of Illness, 24 July 1915

Herbert Clifford HOLLOWAY, Died of Illness, 3 December 1918

James Patrick HOLOPHY, Died of Wounds, 1 April 1918

Guy HOOPER, Killed in Action, 16 August 1917

John Leslie HOPPING, Killed in Action, 30 June 1915

William John HOY, Died of Illness, 13 October 1916

Roy William HUDSON, Died of Wounds, 18 September 1919

Cyril HUMPHREYS, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

John Edward HUTCHINS, Died of Accident, 12 June 1919

Arthur Justin Sanford HUTCHINSON, Killed in Action, 19 July 1916

Frank HYDEN, Died of Wounds, 24 October 1917

 

Alfred John JAFFRAY, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Eric James JARRETT, Killed in Action, 28 March 1918

Harold Norman JARRETT, Died of Wounds, 16 September 1915

Arthur Alfred JOHNS, Died of Illness, 11 October 1918

David JOHNSON, Died of Illness, 2 August 1915

Reginald John James JOHNSON, Killed in Action, 27 June 1917

Herbert Malcolm JOHNSTON, Died of Illness, 22 February 1916

Albert Edward JONES, Died of Accident, 24 June 1918

Keith David JONES, Died of Wounds, 2 March 1918

Elias JUDELL, Killed in Action, 9 August 1915

 

Herbert Clifford Henry KADOW, Killed in Action, 1 September 1918

Frederick Thomas KEANE, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Hugh Craine KELLY, Killed in Action, 18 October 1917

Harry KEMP, Killed in Action, 14 October 1917

Francis Burwood KENT, Died of Wounds, 10 July 1915

John Scott KENT, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

William Thomas KEOUGH, Died of Illness, 18 October 1915

Frederick Arthur KESHAN, Died of Illness, 11 December 1918

Alexander KING, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915

John Fleming KITHER, Died of Illness, 12 November 1918

Adolph KLAR , Died of Wounds, 25 March 1918

William John KNIBBS, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Ernest Hyahman KORTMAN, Died of Wounds, 22 August 1917

 

Alfred James LAKE, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918

Robert William LAKIN, Killed in Action, 22 July 1917

Charles Henry LANE, Died of Wounds, 29 June 1915

Eric Robert LANGE, Died of Wounds, 13 June 1919

Alfred LAWTON, Died of Wounds, 22 April 1917

Claude Michael LEAHY, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917

William Edward LEAR, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

William James LEARMONTH, Died of Accident, 22 April 1918

James LEMON, Died of Illness, 30 October 1918

Benjamin Cyril LEVIEN, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Alfred LEVINGSTON, Died of Illness, 17 November 1917

Thomas Albert LEWIS, Died of Accident, 27 January 1919

John Thomas Joseph LIDDY, Died of Illness, 3 March 1919

Timothy Michael LINEHAN, Died of Wounds, 20 April 1917

Thomas LITSTER, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916

William Horace LLOYD, Killed in Action, 25 March 1918

James Leonard LOCKE, Died of Wounds, 5 June 1915

Arthur LOWRIE, Died of Illness, 31 January 1918

 

Clement Aloysius Joseph MAHONY, Killed in Action, 11 April 1917

Thomas MAKIN, Killed in Action, 22 June 1915

Fred Stanley MALE, Killed in Action, 27 May 1918

Patrick Joseph MALONEY, Died of Illness, 19 October 1918

George Noble MANN, Died of Wounds, 29 September 1918

Robert MANUEL, Died of Wounds, 3 November 1917

Clifford Roy MARR, Killed in Action, 6 July 1918

George Henry MARSH, Died of Wounds, 12 August 1918

Wallace MAUDE, Killed in Action, 13 August 1915

Christopher Alfred MAUSOLF, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918

Herbert George MAY, Died of Illness, 26 September 1917

Clarence James MCCARRON, Died of Wounds, 21 March 1918

Arthur Elliot MCDONALD, Died of Wounds, 9 September 1915

John Frederick William MCDONALD, Died of Illness, 21 April 1918

Richard Augustine MCDONALD, Died of Illness, 17 October 1918

Duncan MCDOUGALL, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Frank Ormond MCEVOY, Killed in Action, 9 April 1917

James Alexander MCGILLIVRAY, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Stephen Percival MCGINTY, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918

John Robert MCINTOSH , Died of Wounds, 15 April 1917

Brian MCKENNA, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Bernard Scrymgour MCKENZIE, Died of Wounds, 20 January 1918

Leslie John MCLEOD, Died of Illness, 29 August 1915

Angas MCMASTER, Killed in Action, 31 July 1917

Stirling Alexander MCWILLIAM, Died of Wounds, 30 May 1915

Provo William MEDHURST, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918

John Henry MEGAN, Died of Wounds, 29 August 1915

Owen Thomas MERCER, Died of Wounds, 4 June 1915

Albert MIELL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

Thomas Francis MILES, Died of Illness, 26 February 1917

Ernest William MILLARD, Died of Wounds, 15 May 1918

Charles Leslie MITCHELL, Died of Wounds, 19 April 1917

William George Delmar MOBBS, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Frederick Richard MORGAN, Died of Wounds, 13 October 1918

William MORPHETT, Killed in Action, 10 August 1915

Arthur Oliver MORRELL, Killed in Action, 27 September 1917

Donald James MORRISON, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917

Richard Giles MOULD, Died of Illness, 6 September 1915

Gilbert Charles MOUNSEY, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916

Kenneth Andrew MUDGE, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Kenneth Andrew MUDGE, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Malcolm George Douglas MURRAY, Died of Illness, 25 October 1918

 

Leonard Temper NAPPER, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

William NETTLETON, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

William NEVIN, Killed in Action, 5 November 1917

Arthur Rastarick NIELD, Killed in Action, 11 April 1918

Clarence Edwin NORTON, Killed in Action, 4 December 1915

 

William Arthur O'BRIEN, Killed in Action, 5 April 1918

Roy OERMANN, Died of Wounds, 10 June 1918

 

Percy George PAGET, Died of Wounds, 18 February 1917

Alan Dexter PALMER, Killed in Action, 6 August 1916

Roy Victor PARASIERS, Killed in Action, 4 September 1917

Frederick William PARKER, Died of Wounds, 14 August 1918

Charles Daniel PATTEN, Died of Illness, 9 February 1917

Albert Edward John PETRUSCH, Died of Wounds, 20 June 1915

Leonard PITCHERS, Died of Accident, 13 October 1914

Henry Richard Alfred PIX, Killed in Action, 23 December 1916

Richard Rowett POND, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916

Arthur Henry POPE, Died of Illness, 17 November 1918

Charles Baxter POWELL, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916

George Albert PRICE, Died of Illness, 26 July 1917

James Bryant PULLEINE, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

 

Edward RADBURN, Died of Wounds, 10 July 1915

John Thain RAMSAY, Killed in Action, 31 August 1918

Leslie REGAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

George Donald RENTON, Died of Illness, 29 May 1916

Carew REYNELL, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

John Thomas REYNOLDS, Died of Wounds, 16 November 1917

Frederick James Archibald RICHARDS, Killed in Action, 16 September 1915

Reginald Holman RICHARDS, Died of Wounds, 16 September 1915

William Ernest RICHTER, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1919

Harrie Cecil RICKARD, Killed in Action, 5 September 1915

Eric Bertram RIDGWAY, Died of Wounds, 1 July 1917

William Thomas RILEY, Died of Wounds, 15 June 1915

Kelvin ROACH, Died of Wounds, 20 April 1917

Geoffrey Ochiltree ROBERTSON, Killed in Action, 13 August 1916

Geoffrey De Quetteville ROBIN, Killed in Action, 19 July 1916

Richard George ROBINSON, Died of Wounds, 19 April 1917

Sinclair Archibald ROSIE, Died of Illness, 15 October 1916

Richard Calo ROSS, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917

Dedrich ROZENFELD, Died of Wounds, 9 September 1917

James RUSHTON, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918

 

Ralph Thomas SABINE, Killed in Action, 28 October 1915

Charles Ernest George SAMPSON, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Harold SAMUELS, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Spencer Lane SCHOCROFT, Died of Wounds, 13 August 1915

Frank Lesley SCHUYLER, Died of Wounds, 20 April 1917

Andrew SCOTT, Died of Wounds, 2 November 1917

John Burns SCOTT, Killed in Action, 8 October 1915

Percy George SCROOP, Died of Illness, 28 December 1916

George Routhwell SEAGER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

William Henry SHADFORTH, Killed in Action, 12 November 1917

Andrew Mitchell SHARP, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916

Gavin SHUTTLEWORTH, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916

James Haining SINCLAIR, Killed in Action, 31 July 1917

Francis William SLATTERY, Killed in Action, 19 September 1916

Arthur Carrington SMEDLEY, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915

Percival Vernon SMILY, Died of Wounds, 17 June 1915

Alfred John SMITH, Died of Wounds, 14 July 1918

Eric Korf SMITH, Died of Illness, 9 October 1918

Fredrick Joseph SMITH, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

Harold Edward SMITH, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

James Charles SMITH, Died of Accident, 29 January 1915

Lawrence Jacob SMITH, Died of Illness, 11 November 1918

Thomas William SMITH, Killed in Action, 30 September 1918

Walter George SMITH, Drowned 15 June 1917

William Japhet James SMITH, Died of Illness, 22 October 1918

James Norman SMYTH, Died of Illness, 25 October 1918

John Hearn SNOWBALL, Died of Wounds, 15 September 1916

Clifton James SPARGO, Died of Illness, 15 October 1918

Henry SPENCER, Died of Wounds, 28 August 1915

Laurans Charles SPINKS, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Gilbert STALKER, Died of Illness, 31 December 1916

Allan STEPHENSON, Killed in Action, 5 April 1918

William STEVENS, Died of Illness, 17 October 1918

Hartley James STEWART, Died of Wounds, 23 August 1918

John Thomas STILL, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917

Harold SULLIVAN, Died of Illness, 6 March 1917

Montague SWETTENHAM, Killed in Action, 15 June 1918

Sydney Louis SWIFT, Died of Wounds, 25 August 1918

 

Eric Darcy TAPFIELD, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918

Murray Gleeson TAYLOR, Died of Illness, 27 January 1917

Oliver Frank Leopold TAYLOR, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915

Arthur THURLOW, Killed in Action, 12 November 1917

Stephen John TOMKINS, Died of Wounds, 19 April 1917

Charles TOMLINSON, Died of Wounds, 30 July 1917

Geoffrey TRAVERS, Died of Wounds, 11 August 1916

Leslie Albert Llewellyn TREBILCOCK, Died of Illness, 22 July 1915

Percy Oswald TRUMAN, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

Richard George TUDGEY, Died of Wounds, 7 June 1915

Robert TUHERA, Died of Illness, 12 September 1918

 

Frank Richard UPHILL, Died of Illness, 21 October 1918

 

Charles VINCENT, Died of Illness, 24 November 1916

 

Eric Arnold WADE, Killed in Action, 25 July 1916

George Byron WALLACE, Died of Illness, 20 January 1918

William Nicholls WALLACE, Died of Illness, 26 October 1918

Albert WALLADGE, Died of Illness, 28 August 1915

James Robertson WALTERS, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918

William Victor WEABER, Died of Wounds, 7 June 1918

Thomas Francis WEATHERS, Died of Wounds, 15 June 1915

Alfred Charles WEAVER, Died of Wounds, 31 March 1918

Fredrick Henry WEAVER, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Roy Albert WHEATON, Died of Wounds, 23 April 1917

William Henry WHITE, Died of Wounds, 16 September 1915

Francis Charles WILKIN, Killed in Action, 30 September 1918

George WILLIAMSON, Died of Accident, 11 April 1918

Francis WILLOUGHBY, Killed in Action, 28 August 1915

Leslie Samuel WILSON, Killed in Action, 22 June 1915

William Ferguson WOOD, Killed in Action, 6 August 1915

Douglas WOODHOUSE, Died of Wounds, 28 June 1918

Arthur WOODS, Died of Illness, 8 October 1918

Alexander Roberteon WRIGHT, Killed in Action, 6 November 1917

Leo John WYMAN, Killed in Action, 9 August 1915

 

Andrew Powell YEATES, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915

 

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Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
 

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10th LHR, AIF

10th Australian 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 known to have served at one time with the 10th Light Horse Regiment and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 10th Light Horse Regiment or another unit.

Roll of Honour

 

Robert John ADAMS, Died of Disease, 24 April 1919

James ANDERSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

William Fleming ANDERSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Stanley Gordon ANDREWS, Killed in Action, 10 August 1916.

William ANGLESEY, Died of Wounds, 24 June 1918.

George ARMITAGE, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Percival William ARMSTRONG, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Maurice AYLIFFE, Died of Wounds, 17 October 1918.

 

 

Thomas Francis BAILEY, Died of Accident, 6 July 1919.

Duncan Farquhar Grant BAIN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

David BAKER, Died of Wounds, 21 October 1918.

Reginald Michael BANNON, Killed in Action, 27 October 1917.

Thomas BANTOFT, Killed in Action, 28 March 1918.

Harold BARRACLOUGH, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Maurice Joseph BARRY, Died of Wounds, 23 April 1917.

Alfred Septimus BARTLETT, Died of Wounds, 21 April 1917.

Robert Leslie BEARD, Died of Wounds, 14 June 1915.

Herbert Alexander BELL, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916.

Roy BENNETT, Died of Wounds, 11 September 1915.

Arthur John Thomas BIGGS, Died of Wounds, 10 January 1917.

Leslie Thomas BIRD, Killed in Action, 30 September 1918.

James BLADEN, Died of Wounds, 4 May 1917.

William BLAKE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

John Noel BONNEY, Died of Wounds, 18 October 1918.

Horace BOWER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Edgar Vernon BRADY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Alfred Blake BREMNER, Died of Wounds, 3 June 1918.

Hubert Howden BROCKMAN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Sydney BROOKS, Died of Wounds, 15 October 1918.

Edward John BROWN, Died of Wounds, 28 October 1918.

John BROWN, Died of Wounds, 1 June 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

William Thomas BROWN, Died of Wounds, 31 March 1918.

Thomas BUCKINGHAM, Died of Wounds, 10 August 1915.

John Cyril BUGDEN, Died of Wounds, 15 June 1916.

Henri Louis BULAND, Died of Wounds, 10 February 1919.

Frederick John BUNCE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Thomas Francis BURGES, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Arthur Lowerly BURN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Alban John BURTON, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1918.

Albert James BUTLER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

William BYRON, Died of Wounds, 2 June 1919.

 

 

James Percival CAMERON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Harold de Causey CAPORN, Killed in Action, 15 October 1915.

Allen John CHARLESTON, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Norman CHEETHAM, Killed in Action, 31 July 1917.

Douglas Roy CHIDGZEY, Killed in Action, 30 April 1918.

Henry Thomas CHIPPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Lindsay Lewis Sterling CHIPPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Ross Richard Vivian CHIPPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Henry CHRISTIE, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

John Henry CLAYTON, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915.

Albert George COBB, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Louden Park COCHRANE, Killed in Action, 8 November 1917.

George COCKBURN, Died of Accident, 8 July 1917.

George Edwin COLK, Died of Wounds, 31 August 1915.

Herbert Alfred COLLINS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Thomas COMBLEY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Neil John CONWAY, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

Allan James COOKE, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1916.

William Michael COONAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Harry CORKER, Died of Wounds, 22 August 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Raymond Talbot COWAN, Died of Wounds, 24 October 1918.

Alfred COX, Died of Wounds, 25 July 1915.

William James COX, Died of Wounds, 13 October 1918.

Arthur Joseph Dennis CRONIN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Archibald CROWE, Died of Wounds, 31 August 1915.

John James CRUITE, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915.

Richard Edward CUMMING, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Allan CUMMINGS, Killed in Action, 15 June 1915.

Joseph Percy CUTLER, Died of Wounds, 4 October 1917.

 

 

Frank DACK, Killed in Action, 30 August 1915.

George DALLING, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Rowland Dudlyn DAVIS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

James Arthur DEAN, Died of Wounds, 3 November 1916.

George Parkman DEBNAM, Died of Wounds, 25 September 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Leslie Sylvester DELANEY, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918 .

George Ernest DeMOLE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Reginald Garry DEMPSTER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

James DICKERSON, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Murray John DICKSON, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Ralph Ernest DISHER, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Geoffrey Hardwick DODSON, Killed in Action, 2 May 1918.

David DORAN, Killed in Action, 4 May 1917.

Amos Leonard DOUST, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

William Thomas DOWDELL, Killed in Action, 12 October 1917.

Hubert Howden DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Denis DU VAL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Richard James DUNSTAN, Died of Wounds, 10 August 1918.

Michael DWYER, Killed in Action, 31 July 1918.

Norman Charles DYER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

 

 

Henry John EATON, Killed in Action, 17 July 1917.

Ronald Swan EDGAR, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Herbert Thomas Noel EDWARDS, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Thomas William EDWARDS, Killed in Action, 27 September 1918.

Peter EGERTON-WARBURTON, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915.

Albert Henry ELLIS, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

William Williamson EUSTACE, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1915.

John Charles EYRE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

 

 

Joseph Thomas FACEY, Killed in Action, 14 September 1915.

Albert Edward FARE, Killed in Action, 4 December 1916.

Walter FELSTEAD, Died of Wounds, 20 October 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Basil Middleton FENWICK, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Sutton Henry FERRIER, Died of Wounds, 9 September 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Hobart Douglas FIRNS, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Jack FLUX, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Alan Robert FORBES, Died of Wounds, 11 October 1918.

Richard Andrew FORBES, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Henry Clinton FOSS, Killed in Action, 3 May 1917.

Frederick Leopold FRASER, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

James Malcolm FROST, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916.

Henry Phillip FRY, Died of Wounds, 29 August 1915.

Charles Franklin FUHRMANN, Died of Wounds, 13 August 1918.

Richard Frank FUNNELL, Died of Accident, 26 August 1917.

Alexander Howard Parker FYFE, Killed in Action, 26 September 1917.

 

 

Alexander GANNAWAY, Died of Wounds, 25 August 1915.

Henry Charles GARDINER, Killed in Action, 21 October 1917.

William GILBERT, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.

Hubert Evelyn GILLAM, Died of Wounds, 29 August 1915.

Sydney Davenport GILLAM, Died of Wounds, 29 August 1915.

Henry Walker GODRICH, Died of Wounds, 11 April 1918.

John Alexander GOLLAN, Died of Wounds, 30 August 1915.

Richard Baxter GOULD, Died of Wounds, 2 April 1918 .

Allan George GOYDER, Died of Wounds, 11 May 1918.

Gerald Francis GRAY, Killed in Action, 25 May 1915.

Lewis John GREAY, Killed in Action, 16 September 1916.

William Ernest GREEDY, Killed in Action, 17 August 1915.

Edward Owen GREEN, Died of Accident, 29 November 1918.

Alexander Richard GUTHRIE, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915.

 

 

William HAHN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Charles Arthur Jocelyn HALL, Died of Wounds, 29 August 1915.

George Frederick HALL, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Herbert HALLETT, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

John HALLETT, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Herbert Bowen HAMLIN, Died of Wounds, 30 May 1919.

Arthur HANCOCK, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Gresley HARPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Wilfred Lukin HARPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Albert Edward HARRISON, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918.

John James Irwin HARRISON, Died of Wounds, 15 August 1916.

Rorbert Edward HARRISON, Died of Wounds, 22 July 1915.

Thomas Charles HART, Died of Wounds, 25 September 1915.

Geoffrey Garnet HASFALL, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Oscar Donald Humfray HASSELL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Eric Harold HAWTIN, Killed in Action, 10 December 1916.

William Thomas HAYES, Died of Wounds, 12 April 1917.

Richard HEINRICH, Killed in Action, 13 October 1917.

Thomas James HELLER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Walter Harrold HERFORD, Died of Wounds, 4 October 1917.

Frederick Edward HICKS, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.

Alexander McPherson HILL, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Henry HILL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Henry George HILL, Died of Wounds, 11 August 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Stewart Roy Luxmoore HOCKIN, Died of Wounds, 25 July 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

Thomas Edwin HOLLAND, Died of Wounds, 31 August 1915.

Willy HOLLINGS, Died of Accident, 26 November 1918.

Douglas Walter HOPKINS, Killed in Action, 30 May 1915.

Christopher Leslie HOUGH, Killed in Action, 18 August 1916.

Francis George HOWELL, Died of Wounds, 22 December 1917.

Geoffrey Castell HOWELL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Raymond HOWELL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

William HUGGINS, Died of Wounds, 13 October 1918.

Clarence Edward HUTTON, Killed in Action, 17 August 1915.

Ernest HYDE, Died of Wounds, 19 October 1918.

 

 

David Alexander JACKSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Charles David Frederick JONES, Killed in Action, 23 December 1916.

 

 

Edward KENNEDY, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Frederick William KIRSCH, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Louis Alfred KLOPPER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Walter Douglas KNOWLES, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.

 

 

Henry Claude LADYMAN, Died of Wounds, 10 January 1917.

William Henry LAILEY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Thomas Victor LAKELAND, Killed in Action, 10 September 1915.

Joseph LAMB, Died of Wounds, 1 February 1917.

Roland Oscar LANE, Died of Wounds, 21 November 1915.

Harry LANGDON, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917.

George Arthur LEAKE, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Francis George LEE, Died of Wounds, 20 August 1918.

Reginald LEGGE, Died of Wounds, 18 January 1917.

Urban Rowland LEVERMAN, Died of Wounds, 18 October 1918.

Edwin Thomas LEWIS, Killed in Action, 1 June 1915.

John Percival LEWIS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Arthur Newton LINTOTT, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1916.

Dudley LUKIN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

 

 

Colin Hendric MacBEAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

William Cuthbert MacKENZIE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Duncan Mark MacLAREN, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1916.

John Abington MacLEOD, Died of Wounds, 9 May 1917.

Keith Percy MacNISH, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

William Henry MASON, Died of Wounds, 9 August 1915.

John MATHISON, Killed in Action, 18 March 1919.

Reginald Edward MAYWOOD, Died of Wounds, 10 May 1918.

Ernest McALIECE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

William John McCALL, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Ivanhoe McCARTHY, Killed in Action, 31 October 1917.

Alfred John McCLUSKY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Claude Rutherford McCORMICK, Killed in Action, 31 July 1918.

George McCURDY, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.

John Blacklock McJANNET, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Donald McLEAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Donald Stanley McLEAN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Francis McMAHON, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Robert Thompson McMASTER, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Richard Andrew McNAMARA, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Henry George McNEILL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Alexander McPHEE, Died of Wounds, 9 February 1916.

Gordon McRAE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Clifford John McWHIRTER, Died of Wounds, 6 October 1918.

Samuel George McWHIRTER, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

James Thomas MINITER, Died of Wounds, 16 October 1918.

Percy Sutherland MOFFLIN, Killed in Action, 16 June 1915.

Harold MOORE, Killed in Action, 3 May 1917.

Reginald Johnstone MOORE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Charles Abraham John MOULTON, Died of Wounds, 19 August 1916.

Cecil Francis MUMBY, Died of Accident, 27 August 1918.

 

 

George NEILSON, Killed in Action, 13 January 1918.

John Johnston NELSON, Died of Wounds, 3 February 1916.

Raymond Richard John NORRISH, Died of Wounds, 31 December 1917.

William Reginald Eustace NORTHEY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

 

 

George Henry OLIVE, Killed in Action, 3 May 1917.

 

 

Lester Osborne PADMAN, Died of Accident, 15 October 1917.

Albert Edward Seymorne PARSONS, Killed in Action, 3 May 1917.

Leonard Parker PAYNE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Clyde Bowman PEARCE, Killed in Action, 10 June 1917.

Arthur Albert PEARSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Ernest PENNY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Ernest PENTZIN, Killed in Action, 17 September 1916.

Walter Samuel PETTIT, Died of Wounds, 5 February 1917.

Charles Herbert PFORDTEN, Died of Wounds, 12 August 1916.

Vernon Frederick PIESSE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Arthur Thomas PITTS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

John Morton PLAYNE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Edward POOLE, Killed in Action, 8 October 1917.

Herbert POPE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Benjamin POUNTNEY, Killed in Action, 23 December 1916.

William Herbert PRATT, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Henry Albert Franklin PRICE, Died of Wounds, 20 April 1917.

James Allan PRIDE, Died of Wounds, 7 February 1919.

 

 

Alexander RAE, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1915.

Arthur Roland RALPH, Died of Wounds, 13 May 1918.

Frank Albert RAWLINGS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

John REGAN, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1915.

Reginald Malcolm REID, Killed in Action, 30 May 1915.

Bert REYNOLDS, Killed in Action, 6 November 1917.

George Wallace RICHARDSON, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1915.

Charles Archibald ROBINSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

James Jacob RODSTED, Died of Wounds, 6 November 1917.

Jack ROLLO, Died of Accident, 14 June 1919.

George Thomas ROSE, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Leopold James Cecil ROSKAMS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Willian Allardice ROSS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Andrew Percival ROWAN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Harold RUSH, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Walter Jordan RUSK, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Heinrich Carl Ludwig RUWOLDT, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Edward RYAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Thomas John RYAN, Died of Wounds, 7 August 1916.

 

 

George Edward SANDERSON, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918.

George Frederick Henry SANDY, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Ernest Charles Gordon SCOTT, Died of Wounds, 19 July 1915, and subsequently buried at sea.

John Andrew SCOTT, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

John Burns SCOTT, Killed in Action, 8 October 1915.

Frank William SCRIVENS, Died of Wounds, 20 August 1915.

Percy SEAMAN, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

William Alfred SHADBOLT, Died of Wounds, 1 September 1916 .

Clarence SHEPHERD, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Horace Richard SIMMONS, Killed in Action, 18 October 1917.

Cecil Henry SINCLAIR, Killed in Action, 9 January 1917.

Cyril Gordon SMITH, Died of Wounds, 11 November 1917.

Archibald SMYTH, Died of Wounds, 2 January 1919.

Willian John SNUDDEN, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Robert Ernest SPENCER, Died of Wounds, 31 August 1915.

John SPRINGALL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Lewis Harrington STAFFORD, Killed in Action, 8 October 1917.

Henry John STOW, Killed in Action, 4 May 1917.

Patrick Francis SULLIVAN, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

Clarence Edward SUTTON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Archibald Lee SWEETING, Died of Wounds, 17 August 1916.

 

 

Lawrence Michael TAYLOR, Died of Wounds, 21 April 1917.

Victor Sewell TAYLOR, Killed in Action, 23 December 1916.

William Gill THOMAS, Died of Wounds, 9 November 1918.

Thomas THOMPSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

John James THORNETT, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Frank Eric THROSSELL, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917.

Frank TIMMS, Killed in Action, 10 November 1917.

Owen Stanley TIMMS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Thomas John TODD, Died of Wounds, 23 January 1919.

Cyril Augustus TONKIN, Died of Wounds, 21 February 1919 .

Frederick William TREEBY, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

Wilford Roy TRENAMAN, Killed in Action, 30 March 1918.

Alexander Phipps TURNBULL, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Leonard Woodward TURNER, Died of Wounds, 27 July 1915.

 

 

George VELPMAN, Killed in Action, 6 February 1917.

Leyshon VILLIS, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Donovan Henry Roy VIVEASH, Died of Wounds, 28 September 1918.

 

 

Albert Victor WALLIS, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

Ernest Joseph WALTON, Killed in Action, 29 August 1915.

Keith Everard WATT, Killed in Action, 11 July 1915.

Walter Charles WEST, Died of Wounds, 29 September 1915.

Frederick Harold WESTON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Edwin James WHITE, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

Lawrence Hamill WHITE, Died of Wounds, 14 October 1916.

Irwin Munro WHITFIELD, Killed in Action, 3 May 1918.

Roy Parkin WIGELSWORTH, Died of Wounds, 12 October 1918.

James Thomas WILKERSON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915.

David WILLIAMS, Killed in Action, 14 June 1917.

Philip Harding WILLIAMS, Killed in Action, 31 August 1916.

Royce WOODHEAD, Killed in Action, 11 April 1918.

 

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Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
 

Further Reading:

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

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The Battle of Anzac Cove

Gallipoli, 25 April 1915

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Otago Infantry Battalion

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Bertram ALLAN, Otago Infantry Battalion.

Arthur CLARKE, Otago Infantry Battalion.

 

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The Battle of Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915

The Battle of Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915, NZEF Roll of Honour 

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The Battle of Huj

Palestine, 8 November 1917

Outline

1:40,000 Map detailing the area of operations.

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Between Sheria and Khuweilfe on the morning of the 7th the line of the Turks was weak While the 60th Division was to carry the high ground north of Tel el Sheria, and allow the Australian Mounted Division to pass through, Chaytor was to drive through the opposition towards the north-west, seize the enemy's ammunition dump on the railway at Ameidat, and then with the Australian Mounted Division ride north-west with all speed across the enemy's communications. Riding briskly with the 2nd Brigade in support, the advance-guard of the 1st was within striking distance of Ameidat at 10.45. When the brigade was within three miles of Ameidat, the 2nd Regiment on the left was in touch with the extreme right of the troops of the 60th Division who were held up north of Tel el Sheria. The enemy gunners at once began to shell the dumps, and Cox pushed out reconnaissance squadrons to Tel en Nejile and Khurbet Jemmameh. Cameron's men gained part of the high ground near Dilakh, but found that the guns were firing from a village beyond. At dawn on the 8th the regiment carried the position and rode against the guns to the north-west. That night Cameron, of the 12th Regiment, was ordered to proceed at dawn to make touch with the Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade at Beit Hanun. Cameron afterwards rejoined his division at Huj.

Kress and staff at Huj prior to the attack.

On the 8th the Anzac Mounted Division was ordered by Chauvel to strike for Jemmameh and the 60th Division for Huj, with the Australian Mounted Division advancing in the gap between them. The 10th Division marched finely throughout the day of the 8th, with the Australian Mounted Division on its right. Early in the morning the 2nd Brigade on the right occupied the line Tel em Nejile Wadi Hesi. Considerable shelling and general opposition made progress slow, and an hour later the 7th Mounted Brigade, which had been sent to reinforce Chaytor, was ordered in between the two light horse brigades. The 5th Light Horse Regiment was scarcely clear of the Dilakh position before it was vigorously attacked by enemy infantry and compelled to withdraw its advance-guards. The yeomanry, who stood firm and shot down large numbers of the advancing infantry, were relieved when the 1st Light Horse Brigade took Jemmameh.

As the division advanced on Jemmameh, touch had been gained with the Australian Mounted Division on the left, and the 10th Light Horse Regiment on Hodgson's right flank had cooperated in the earlier stages of the attack on the village.

The aftermath of the Yeomanry Charge at Huj.

The Anzac line was then advanced to cover the water at Jemmameh and Nejile, and the Turks again countered in strength against the 5th and 7th Light Horse Regiments. From 3,000 to 5,000 infantry, supported by a number of guns, advanced with the bayonet to drive Chaytor's men back from the water. While the Anzac Mounted Division had to be content with the capture of Jemmameh, better fortune attended Hodgson's Australian Division, which advanced with the 60th Division on Huj. On the night of the 7th, the 3rd Light Horse Brigade under Wilson was ordered at all costs to occupy the line Wadi Jemmameh-Zuheilkah at dawn on the 8th; thus Wilson would have the 5th Mounted Brigade on his left, and was to make touch with the Anzacs on his right. The 3rd and the yeomanry were then to march on Huj, covering the right flank of the 60th Division. Moving before dawn, the 9th and 10th Regiments of Wilson's brigade met with stiff opposition as the day disclosed them to the enemy. By 10 o’clock the 5th Mounted Brigade was in touch on the left, and the enemy was being driven in large numbers and at a smart pace towards Huj.

The Official Map of the Yeomanry charge at Huj.

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Rapidly forming his men, he led them at the gallop upon the Turks, riding direct for the guns. This splendid exploit enabled the Londoners to continue their rapid advance in comparative safety, and permitted the 3rd Light Horse Brigade a little later to enter the village of Huj. The charge, coming after the brilliant light horse success at Beersheba, was a severe blow to the already diminished Turkish spirit, and the news of it, ringing through Chauvel's mounted troops, made all the horsemen and their leaders still more scornful of Turkish resistance if resolutely galloped. Had Allenby's original plan succeeded-had Chetwode's advance to Sheria been possible on the 4th instead of on the 6th-had Huj, even after the delay, been reached by the 60th Division and the mounted troops on the 7th-the destruction or capture of the bulk of the Turkish army would have been assured.

Allied and Turkish Situation at Huj, 6pm, 8 November 1917.

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Produced by Bill Woerlee

Sources quoted:

H.S. Gullett, (1944), The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, Sydney: Angus & Robertson.

A.J. Hill, (1978), Chauvel of the Light Horse, Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press.

Further Reading:

The Battle of Huj, Palestine, 8 November 1917

The Battle of Huj, Palestine, 8 November 1917, Roll of Honour

The Third Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 October 1917 - 2 January 1918

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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The Battle of Huj

Palestine, 8 November 1917

HS Gullett Account

Between Sheria and Khuweilfe on the morning of the 7th the line of the Turks was weak While the 60th Division was to carry the high ground north of Tel el Sheria, and allow the Australian Mounted Division to pass through, Chaytor was to drive through the opposition towards the north-west, seize the enemy's ammunition dump on the railway at Ameidat, and then with the Australian Mounted Division ride north-west with all speed across the enemy's communications. Cox with the 1st Brigade was to have moved in the lead at 5 a.m.; but owing to bad roads the batteries had been unable to reach the point of concentration in the darkness, and it was nearly 6.30 before the brigade was on the march. By 7.15 Cox had reached a position on the Wadi Sheria just east of Khurbet Urn el Bakr. Riding briskly with the 2nd Brigade in support, the advance-guard of the 1st was within striking distance of Ameidat at 10.45. Cox's regiments, as they travelled, had been constantly, though not heavily, shelled from the east and the north-west, but so far there was no serious opposition.

When the brigade was within three miles of Ameidat, the 2nd Regiment on the left was in touch with the extreme right of the troops of the 60th Division who were held up north of Tel el Sheria. The 1st and 3rd Regiments were echeloned on the right. The country was clear, and the going good Passing the infantry, and with their left flank now exposed, the squadrons of the 2nd increased the pace to the gallop, and swooped with loud shouts on Ameidat. Except for shell-fire at long ranges there was little resistance, and in a few minutes the light horsemen had dashed past the railway station, and were rounding up startled Turks who were surrendering readily on all sides. Thirty-one officers and 360 other ranks were made prisoner; and the captures included 250 shells, 200,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, 27 ammunition wagons, a complete field hospital, and a great quantity of stores.

The enemy gunners at once began to shell the dumps, and Cox pushed out reconnaissance squadrons to Tel en Nejile and Khurbet Jemmameh. A line running eastwards from Tel Abu Dilakh was found to be held in strength; as this barred the advance to Huj. Persistent attempts were made during the afternoon to shift the enemy from the village of Dilakh. At 12.30 Chauvel informed Chaytor that Gaza had fallen, and ordered him to advance at once on Jemmameh, towards which large bodies of Turks were reported to be retreating. Cox's attack on Dilakh however, could make but little headway. The village was placed on a commanding knoll; the enemy, alive to the menace to his rear, was bringing up reinforcements. and opened on the Australians with a battery from a point north of the village. Chaytor therefore decided to attack it with the 2nd Brigade.

The 5th Regiment, with about one and a half miles to cover, moved on Dilakh at the gallop. The Turks greeted this advance with salvoes of shrapnel and high explosive, and the light horse were at once enshrouded in clouds of dust and smoke from the shells. Cameron's men gained part of the high ground near Dilakh, but found that the guns were firing from a village beyond. Unable to advance further in the failing light, they established a line and held on during the night. Casualties in the regiment had been light, but Lieutenant C. R. Morley was mortally wounded in the charge. At dawn on the 8th the regiment carried the position and rode against the guns to the north-west. Already the Turks were evacuating their positions, and Captain J. McC. Boyd with the advanced squadron, had a hard gallop after two guns which were being hurried towards the Wadi Hesi. Fine dash was shown by the leading troop-leader, Lieutenant E. G. 0gg, and the guns and their teams and escort were secured.

All through the afternoon of the 7th Chaytor had looked out anxiously but vainly for Hodgson's brigades. He fully recognised that the opportunity which offered for a blow at the enemy's line of retreat was each hour slipping away. But he was powerless. At 4.30 all his troops, with the exception of two squadrons of the 1st Brigade, were in the firing line. His horses had not been watered since leaving Beersheba, and many of them had missed the drink there. A few squadrons found water during the day, but some regiments were already threatened with prostration. He therefore decided to abandon for the day the attempt to reach Jemmameh, and to rest on his ground, watering as many horses as possible during the night.

That night Cameron, of the 12th Regiment, was ordered to proceed at dawn to make touch with the Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade at Beit Hanun. This brigade, after moving through Gaza, was on the left of the Turks from the Atawineh part of the old line, who were heading for Huj and the north. Cameron, trotting with his men immediately in rear of the retreating enemy, carried orders to the brigadier to endeavour to cut across the head of the Turkish columns and make Huj. where he would be joined by the 60th and Australian Mounted Divisions. The 12th covered the ten and a half miles in an hour and a half; but before Cameron reached the Imperial Service Brigade the Turks were already streaming past Huj, and 110 action could be taken. Cameron afterwards rejoined his division at Huj.

On the 8th the Anzac Mounted Division was ordered by Chauvel to strike for Jemmameh and the 60th Division for Huj, with the Australian Mounted Division advancing in the gap between them. The 52nd Division, with the Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade, was to advance as rapidly as possible up the coast, and it was hoped that even yet the gap between Chauvel's horsemen and the advanced infantry along the seaboard might be closed in time to cut off the escape of large enemy forces. If in the opening days of the battle the General Staff of the Turkish army had made blunders, it now had a sound grip of the situation. The enemy, by holding up Chauvel's advance from the south-east towards Huj, until his main force had retreated past that place, had saved his army from destruction. With his flanks now secure from the British cavalry, he would be able to offer stout rear-guard resistance.

The 10th Division marched finely throughout the day of the 8th, with the Australian Mounted Division on its right. The resistance of the Turks, although broken, was persistent, and three times their rear-guard held up the Londoners. Further west the 75th Infantry Division occupied Tank Redoubt, Atawineh, and other trench systems with but slight opposition. On the extreme left the Lowlanders of the 52nd Division seized high ground north-west of Deir Sineid. Four times during the day the Scots were driven off this position by greatly superior Turkish forces which advanced from Askalon; but each time they returned to the charge, and on the fifth occasion cleared the ground with the bayonet and held it.
Unfortunately, on this day of great possibilities for the mounted troops, the Yeomanry Division, which was still quite fresh, the New Zealand Brigade, and the Camel Brigade were all still on the extreme right flank.

Circumstances, as we have seen, had broken up Desert Mounted Corps at the critical moment. With orders to move first on Jemmameh and thence towards Burier, Chaytor, with Anzac Mounted Division, pushed out a reconnaissance at dawn. Early in the morning the 2nd Brigade on the right occupied the line Tel em Nejile Wadi Hesi. Considerable shelling and general opposition made progress slow, and an hour later the 7th Mounted Brigade, which had been sent to reinforce Chaytor, was ordered in between the two light horse brigades. As Chaytor's men went forward, the evil consequences of the day's delay at Sheria were strikingly disclosed to them. From each successive ridge they saw the wide plain extending towards the coastal sand-dunes, and on it column after column of the Turkish army hurrying to the north. But so far the enemy was safe. As the excited Australians and yeomanry observed what might have been the realisation of every cavalryman's dream-as each regimental or squadron leader instinctively pulled himself together for the charge-they were reminded by resistance immediately ahead that in the past twenty-four hours the enemy had been enabled to protect his flank against their galloping sweep. The 5th Light Horse Regiment was scarcely clear of the Dilakh position before it was vigorously attacked by enemy infantry and compelled to withdraw its advance-guards. A similar check was imposed on the squadrons of the 6th. Finding good cover in the wadis and rough ground in front of Jemmameh, the Turks were offering resistance strong enough to serve their purpose. For a time the 7th Mounted Brigade in the centre had a clear advance; but soon after noon the British also were arrested, and then subjected to a solid counter-attack which continued for more than three hours. The yeomanry, who stood firm and shot down large numbers of the advancing infantry, were relieved when the 1st Light Horse Brigade took Jemmameh.

Cox's men, fighting for Jemmameh, made a slow dismounted attack, and it was not until after 3 o'clock that troops of the 3rd Regiment entered the village, having in the final assault been pushed through the advanced line of the 2nd. In itself the village was important, for in addition to 200 prisoners the captures included a considerable reservoir with its pumping plant, two howitzers, two machine-guns, and a quantity of other important material. But in view of the delay, these trophies were of little consequence. The 2nd Light Horse Regiment at once resumed the advance, but was again held up on ridges west of Jemmameh, and Cox's headquarters were still in the village at nightfall.' As the division advanced on Jemmameh, touch had been gained with the Australian Mounted Division on the left, and the 10th Light Horse Regiment on Hodgson's right flank had cooperated in the earlier stages of the attack on the village.

The Anzac line was then advanced to cover the water at Jemmameh and Nejile, and the Turks again countered in strength against the 5th and 7th Light Horse Regiments. From 3,000 to 5,000 infantry, supported by a number of guns, advanced with the bayonet to drive Chaytor's men back from the water. Had this attempt been successful, their retreat would have been assured. But, although the Australians had only about 500 men in the firing line, they occupied good ground, and, as one of their leaders said, "they never shot so calmly and surely in their lives." In places Turks came within forty yards of the slender line, but the main body was held at about 700 yards. The fight fizzled out at dark; and during the night the enemy, recognising that these swift riding, straight-shooting horsemen, refreshed by the water, would become very active and dangerous again in the morning, withdrew for some miles. Turkish casualties were heavy; one shallow trench contained twenty-one dead, all shot through the head-a fact which demonstrated the quality of the Australian work with the rifle.

It was now imperative that Chaytor should at once water the horses of his two Australian brigades. With few exceptions all the animals had been without a drink for fifty hours, and some longer. All that time they had been ridden hard under their twenty-stone burdens, and for more than twenty-four hours, in consequence of their extreme thirst, had refused to eat their scanty ration of grain. But despite their distress they were, on the evening of the 8th, still gamely answering every call.
The plight of the men was scarcely better.

They had been sustained by a short ration of water; but they had now been for three days and nights without sleep, and constantly in the saddle or fighting on foot. That night, therefore, the horses were fully watered at Jemmameh and Nejile many as possible twice-and the men, if they got little or no rest, were happy in the relief of their treasured chargers. The affection of the light horseman for his horse was always demonstrated in these seasons of trial, and it was not uncommon to see a man pour out the slender contents of his own water-bottle on his hand or a tin plate, to wet the parched mouth of his waler.

While the Anzac Mounted Division had to be content with the capture of Jemmameh, better fortune attended Hodgson's Australian Division, which advanced with the 60th Division on Huj. On the night of the 7th, the 3rd Light Horse Brigade under Wilson was ordered at all costs to occupy the line Wadi Jemmameh-Zuheilkah at dawn on the 8th; thus Wilson would have the 5th Mounted Brigade on his left, and was to make touch with the Anzacs on his right. The 3rd and the yeomanry were then to march on Huj, covering the right flank of the 60th Division. Moving before dawn, the 9th and 10th Regiments of Wilson's brigade met with stiff opposition as the day disclosed them to the enemy. The Turks occupied favourable ground with scattered entrenchments, and were only dislodged after a spirited dismounted attack by the Australians, who were supported by good shooting at close ranges by the Notts Battery. By 10 o’clock the 5th Mounted Brigade was in touch on the left, and the enemy was being driven in large numbers and at a smart pace towards Huj.

At the same time the Londoners of the 60th were swinging forward grandly on the left, beating down a strong Turkish rear-guard in their stride. The spirit and endurance of the division shone out even at this time, when all Allenby's infantry was behaving superbly. They had now been fighting and marching hard for nine days, but their advance across the broken country to Huj was distinguished by the enthusiasm and vigour of perfectly fresh troops. General Shea, a dashing personal leader of men, was travelling with the first waves in a motor-car lent to him by Chauvel, and, picking his way across the many wadis, was doing his own reconnaissance and directing the advance. When within two or three miles of Huj, he observed a strong column of Turks passing across his front a mile and a half away. Between the Londoners and the column lay a stretch of rough, difficult country, and the enemy, observing his advantage, halted and brought a number of guns into action. But about a mile away to the right Shea saw some troops of the 5th Mounted Brigade pressing forward; driving across, he pointed out the Turkish force to Lieutenant-Colonel Gray-Cheape (who commanded the Warwicks) and asked for his assistance.

Cheape had only ten troops of the Warwicks and Worcesters-about 200 men-but he decided instantly to charge. Rapidly forming his men, he led them at the gallop upon the Turks, riding direct for the guns. The yeomanry had about a mile and a half to go, first down a slope in full view of the gunners, and then across an exposed valley. As the British spurred down the slope, the Turkish guns lifted their fire from the British infantry, and concentrated on the approaching horsemen. Serving their guns rapidly, the artillerymen constantly shortened the range, until, as the shouting yeomanry dashed sword in hand up to the batteries, shells were bursting and scattering widely as they left the muzzles. And while they were ploughed by the shells. the horsemen also rode through a whirl of machinegun fire. But they spurred right home, sabred the gunners as they served their pieces, and then, re-forming under Cheape, dashed at a nest of machine-guns and killed the crews. In this fine gallop the yeomanry lost heavily; but they were well rewarded for their sacrifice, capturing 11 guns, 3 machineguns, and 30 prisoners. This splendid exploit enabled the Londoners to continue their rapid advance in comparative safety, and permitted the 3rd Light Horse Brigade a little later to enter the village of Huj. Moreover it decisively smashed the Turkish rear-guard, and not until the enemy reached the Wadi Sukereir was he able again to offer stiff resistance.

As the yeomanry charged, they were in full view of the Australians on their right. Earlier in the campaign, when the men of the 5th Brigade were raw and indifferently led, their performance was at times not impressive. But at Huj they showed the traditional mettle of their famous old stock, from which most of the light horsemen were themselves descended; and the Australians were quick to appreciate the fact that British Territorial horsemen must no longer be estimated lightly as campaigners. The charge, coming after the brilliant light horse success at Beersheba, was a severe blow to the already diminished Turkish spirit, and the news of it, ringing through Chauvel's mounted troops, made all the horsemen and their leaders still more scornful of Turkish resistance if resolutely galloped.

If the main Turkish army had escaped destruction, its condition was serious. From Gaza and the defences to the west of the town the race for safety had been a grim one. All arms were exhausted by the severe bombardment and fighting before they were withdrawn from their trenches. Their communications had been for some days disorganised; their supplies had run short; the troops were hungry and thirsty; and the army, as is common with troops in such circumstances, was sorely afflicted with dysentery. Discipline had gone to the winds; ranks were broken; unit mingled with unit, service with service. Only one motive animated and directed the force and saved it from destruction. Every man knew that safety lay to the north, an:! all remaining effort in each wretchedly exhausted body was whipped up to conform to the orders of the High Command.

Had Allenby's original plan succeeded-had Chetwode's advance to Sheria been possible on the 4th instead of on the 6th-had Huj, even after the delay, been reached by the 60th Division and the mounted troops on the 7th-the destruction or capture of the bulk of the Turkish army would have been assured. The Commander-in-Chief's foresight and preparations had achieved a great victory, and was only denied its full fruits by two factors beyond his control-the resistance at Khuweilfe, and the absence of water after Beersheba was taken.

H.S. Gullett, (1944), The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, Sydney: Angus & Robertson.

Further Reading:

The Battle of Huj, Palestine, 8 November 1917

The Battle of Huj, Palestine, 8 November 1917, Roll of Honour

The Third Battle of Gaza, Palestine, 26 October 1917 - 2 January 1918

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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