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Friday, 25 July 2008
Military Order No. 108, 1908 Topic: Militia - Military Orders
Military Order No. 108, 1908.
Military Order No. 108, 1908, p. 7.
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Military Order No. 108, 1908, p. 8.
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This particular order details the designated names of each cadet unit in South Australia prior to the Great War. It is interesting to note the difference in Senior Cadets where they met at various militia depots and Cadet units which were based at a particular high school. This list also provides an interesting social examination of the high school establishment in South Australia highlighting population centres with sufficient population to allow the formation of a viable cadet unit. Another social statement was the grouping of South Australian private schools into the 1st Battalion.
Another entry from the book written by Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, called Yilderim. Every day, one page of the book will be posted. This is Page 18.
The following entries are extracted and transcribed from the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, the originals of which are held by the Australian War Memorial. There are 366 entries on this site. Each day has entries as they occurred from 1914 to 1919. In addition to the 9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary, when appropriate, entries from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary and other regiments with the Brigade will also appear. Entries from the unit history, Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924 will also appear from time to time. The aim is to give the broadest context to the story and allow the reader to follow the day to day activities of the regiment. If a relative happened to have served in the regiment during the Great War, then this provides a general framework in which the individual story may be told.
3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary - Blew in the tunnel and machine gun on the Nek which has been worrying us for several weeks. Used Mountain Gun, quarter charge and placed four shots clean into the tunnel mouth. Gun has not been heard of since. Also blew up Turk mortar.
At midnight opened fire with three machine guns at 450 yards party of Turks working on Sniper's Ridge. In the morning several bodies seen there and probably many more in scrub. As enemy has made no attack as anticipated back to normal conditions, regarding stand to arms, 0300 to 0330.
Diaries of AIF Servicemen, Bert Schramm, 25 July 1918 Topic: Diary - Schramm
Diaries of AIF Servicemen
Bert Schramm
25 July 1918
Bert Schramm
2823 Private Herbert Leslie SCHRAMM, a 22 year old Farmer from Whites River, South Australia. He enlisted on 17 February 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 10 July 1919.
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, Bert Schramm 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 Offensive 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.
The Diaries
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Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 19 - 25 July 1918
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Bert Schramm
Thursday, July 25, 1918
Bert Schramm's Location - Madhbeh, Jordan Valley, Palestine.
Bert Schramm's Diary - Lots of shelling this afternoon otherwise things have been quiet.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Madhbeh, Jordan Valley, Palestine.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Wastell, Lieutenant MF, recalled from Topographical Course, Zeitoun to attend FGCM [Field General Court Martial]. Mueller, Lieutenant GLH; and, 22 Other Ranks marched in from Moascar.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
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5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, 284 Trooper David Laing Clark Topic: AIF - 2B - 5 LHR
5th LHR, AIF
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment
284 Trooper David Laing Clark
David Laing Clark's post card to his sister, Miss E Clark.
The letter written by David Laing Clark on the post card reads:
"These are solid walls they should stand a fair bumping about before they should fall down I have my spot marked out for the first go in if there is ever going to be any. You may have seen this picture before in some magazine but will not make any difference you never took the trouble to look at it with interest."
The card uses some very interesting expressions. "Bumping" seems to imply some form of artillery fire which would explain why he has a spot marked out for himself.
284 Trooper David Laing Clark, a dairy farmer from Bexhill, NSW enlisted in the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment, "B" Squadron, on 20 October 1914. During the war he was promoted to Driver. He returned to Australia on 23 December 1918. His brother was Oliver George Clark who served with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade.
The following is a brief military biographical outline of 284 Trooper David Laing Clark.
Regimental number
284
Religion
Presbyterian
Occupation
Dairy farmer
Address
Bexhill, Richmond River, New South Wales
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation
23
Next of kin
Father, D Clark, Bexhill, Richmond River, New South Wales
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