"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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Sunday, 23 October 2011
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein Album Contents Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein Album Contents
No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein
The photograph of the No. 1 Remount Depot at Bloemfontein was taken some time in 1901. We are fortunate that some of the men in the picture were actually named. In keeping with the times, only the British soldiers were named. The Indians and African soldiers remained nameless.
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL South African Album Contents Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL South African Album Contents
278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL
278 Farrier Sergeant Edwin Ray GOODALL served with the 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen in South Africa. This is a record of his journey.
If there is one item that contains a wealth of detail regarding the participation of a Regiment within the Sinai and Palestine campaign, it is the Routine Orders. Each paragraph hints at enough material to make an exciting chapter in any book.
To add further to the Regimental story, the War Diary entries for the periods covered by the Routine Orders are placed in line. They should be read in conjunction to get a clear picture of the Regiment.
The Routine Orders of the 12th Light Horse Regiment are not complete and so are filed as found. During and after the conclusion of the war, no great imperative was felt for their preservation. Their needs had been served and so preservation was of the lowest order. That we have them today is a blessing and we can only thank the foresight of the clerk who preserved what we have now.
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916 - 1919, Album Contents Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916 - 1919, Album Contents
The Routine Orders, the item which is the purest history of a unit. It is the unvarnished story detailing aspirations and events as they unfolded without any vainglorious gloss attached to them as is found in the usual run of books on these campaigns, especially the Official Histories. Histories are written with an eye upon the prevailing cultural imperatives while the Routine Orders are written to maintain the efficiency of a Regiment on a day to day basis.
If there is one item that contains a wealth of detail regarding the participation of a Regiment within the Sinai and Palestine campaign, it is the Routine Orders. Each paragraph hints at enough material to make an exciting chapter in any book.
To add further to the Regimental story, the War Diary entries for the periods covered by the Routine Orders are placed in line. They should be read in conjunction to get a clear picture of the Regiment.
The Routine Orders of the 12th Light Horse Regiment are not complete and so are filed as found. During and after the conclusion of the war, no great imperative was felt for their preservation. Their needs had been served and so preservation was of the lowest order. That we have them today is a blessing and we can only thank the foresight of the clerk who preserved what we have now.
Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916, Album Contents Topic: AAC-Photo Albums
Australian Service Personnel
Photograph Albums
12th Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916, Album Contents
12th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No. 1, 23 February 1916
The Routine Orders, the item which is the purest history of a unit. It is the unvarnished story detailing aspirations and events as they unfolded without any vainglorious gloss attached to them as is found in the usual run of books on these campaigns, especially the Official Histories. Histories are written with an eye upon the prevailing cultural imperatives while the Routine Orders are written to maintain the efficiency of a Regiment on a day to day basis.
If there is one item that contains a wealth of detail regarding the participation of a Regiment within the Sinai and Palestine campaign, it is the Routine Orders. Each paragraph hints at enough material to make an exciting chapter in any book.
To add further to the Regimental story, the War Diary entries for the periods covered by the Routine Orders are placed in line. They should be read in conjunction to get a clear picture of the Regiment.
The Routine Orders of the 12th Light Horse Regiment are not complete and so are filed as found. During and after the conclusion of the war, no great imperative was felt for their preservation. Their needs had been served and so preservation was of the lowest order. That we have them today is a blessing and we can only thank the foresight of the clerk who preserved what we have now.
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