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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 60.
Colonel Hüsnü, Yildirim, Page 60.
[Turkish edition: Genelkurmay Basim Evi, Ankara 2002, p. 46]
Gallipoli Signal No. 2, 29 June 1915 Topic: AIF - 3B - 3 LHB Sigs
One of the most complete set of Light Horse unit signals at Gallipoli belongs to the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. Signals provide a window into the unvarnished form of history. These are the comments made by people who had important needs that required immediate attention. As such, they tell a story about a campaign that existed before the occurence of the newspaper reports leading to the Official Histories and all the other works that followed. Since they do not originate in a vacuum, it is the immediacy of the signal in a dense communication transfer that gives it a unique currency. It is a moment in time. We need all the other items such as the War Diary, Routine Orders and lastly, the published books to get a fully appreciation of the humble signal.
To ensure that this appreciation is available to many, over the coming months, a series of signals will be posted commencing from April till December.
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.
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Rhododendron Hill
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Digging new trench and cleaning up the trenches and bivouacs which were left in an unsanitary condition by New Zealanders.
Collected 60 rifles and bayonets left on hill by New Zealanders.
All quiet on the front except shots from snipers and a few shrapnel shells burst on the top of hill.
Our men are using the periscope rifles and have kept down the fire of the enemy's snipers.
9th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No. 5
Para 161. Periscopes and periscope rifles will be evenly distributed amongst all posts and kept fully employed on likely targets in order to accustom the men to their use. Periscope rifles will be taken out of the trench at night time and stowed behind and brought into use again at dawn.
17. Table Top Post. Lieutenant Ragless will supply 1 Sergeant, 1 Corporal and 4 men and the Suffolks 7 men to relieve the post on Table Top. This party will parade at 1000 tomorrow.
18. Diggers. A party of 25 diggers will be supplied by the OC Suffolks to parade at 2000 to report to CO Engineers for duty. they will be relieved at 2400. Another party of 12 men will be furnished by OC Suffolks to report to Captain Siekmann at No. 3 Post at 2000 to dig trench.
1916
Tuesday, September 5, 1916
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Hod Nabit
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Carrying out Routine Work.
On alternate days, one Squadron takes over line of Outposts running from Bayed to Bada and thus connecting with the Imperial Camel Corps on right and New Zealand Mounted Rifles on left.
1917
Wednesday, September 5, 1917
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Abasan el Kebir
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Morning. A and “B” Squadrons and Headquarters on rifle range. Practice 300 yards rapid and application.
One Other Rank marched out to Anzac Provost Corps.
One Other Rank marched in from Anzac Provost Corps.
Williams, Captain H, reported back from Alexandria leave.
1918
Thursday, September 5, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Ludd area
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Training as per syllabus.
Eighteen Other Ranks admitted to hospital.
The intensive training and long hours are greatly affecting men in debilitated condition. A large proportion being evacuated to hospital. This was regrettable as all ranks were taking the keenest interest in the new drill and swordsmanship classes.
During afternoon 120 Other Ranks were disinfected and had hot bath at Sarafand el Harab.
1919
Friday, September 5, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Adelaide
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Regiment disbanded.
Diaries of AIF Servicemen, Bert Schramm, 5 September 1918 Topic: Diary - Schramm
Diaries of AIF Servicemen
Bert Schramm
5 September 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.
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Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 4 - 10 September 1918
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Bert Schramm
Thursday, September 5, 1918
Bert Schramm's Location - Ludd area, Palestine.
Bert Schramm's Diary - More men evacuated today and nearly everyone is down with the disease which is some kind of fever. I haven't been feeling too well myself.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Training as per syllabus.
Eighteen Other Ranks admitted to hospital. The intensive training and long hours are greatly affecting men in debilitated condition. A large proportion being evacuated to hospital. This was regrettable as all ranks were taking the keenest interest in the new drill and swordsmanship classes.
During afternoon 120 Other Ranks were disinfected and had hot bath at Sarafand el Harab.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
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Leonard Dimmick enlisted in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent as 263 Tpr Leonard Dimmick. He is recorded in Murray, p. 498. He saw service in South Africa.
Regimental number 312 Place of birth Ryde, Isle of Wight, England Religion Presbyterian Occupation Miner Marital status Widower Age at embarkation 34 Next of kin Father, W. Dimmick, Railway Store, Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland Enlistment date 20 August 1914 Rank on enlistment Driver Unit name 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/7/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Driver Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Light Horse Regiment Fate Died of disease, dysentery, 3 March 1916 Age at death from cemetery records 37 Place of burial Cairo War memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 338), Egypt. Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 3 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: William and Annie DIMMICK, Eildon Road, Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland. Born at Ryde, Isle of Wight, England Other details Son of William and Annie Dimmick, Eildon Road, Windsor, Brisbane, Queensland Place of burial Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. Row D, Grave No. 338
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker for providing additional information about Leonard Dimmick.
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