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Saturday, 27 December 2008
Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 December 1918 Topic: Diary - Schramm
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, 2823 Private Herbert Leslie Schramm, a farmer from White's River, near Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsular, 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 1918 breakout 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.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 December 1918
Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 28 December 1918 - 4 January 1919
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Diaries
Bert Schramm
Saturday, December 28, 1918
Bert Schramm's Location - Tripoli
Bert Schramm's Diary - Nothing worth recording. We had a splendid concert tonight given by the Leicestershire Regiment.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Eighty cases of Christmas of AIF Comforts arrived. Parsons, Major HM, Luxmoore, Captain EM; and, Shaw, Lieutenant OJ, proceeded to motor to Besherri for two days.
Darley
Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924.
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 174.
Colonel Hüsnü, Yildirim, Page 174.
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This chapter deals with Hüsnü observations of the Turkish response to Beersheba on other parts of the battlefield.
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 War Diary - Major JW Parsons and Lieutenant R Wilkinson and 160 Other Ranks also marched in from Anzac. Major Barlow and the men who left Anzac on the night of 18/19th December arrived on 26 December 1915.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - 0545 The 10th Infantry Division's attack on Camel's Hump, Shabuny and Kefr Namah commenced. 3rd Light Horse Brigade on the left of 10th Infantry Division advanced simultaneously. 9th Light Horse Regiment advanced and occupied strong patrol line Sq O7A.5.2 J12B.0.3 and J11B.3.1 pushing forward strong patrols into Sqs J5B J6C and O1C. These advanced patrols met with opposition from enemy posts in Sqs J5b and O1A.
The line Sqs O7A.5.2 J12B.0.3 J11B.3.1 was held during the night. Regimental Headquarters established in Sq J12D.3.2. 10th Infantry Division gained all their objectives. Their advance up Camel Hump preceded by our heavy barrage was very splendid.
At 1730 our advanced patrols withdrew to line held by Regiment reporting enemy position in SqJ5b had been evacuated. Night passed uneventfully.
3rd Light Horse Brigade War Diary - At 0835 main defensive line from Balin eastward to Wadi Shamy was occupied with 10th Light Horse Regiment holding right sector and 9th Light Horse Regiment left sector.
Touch was gained with 6th Royal Irish Fusiliers on the right and 11th Light Horse Regiment on left. Enemy shelled neighbourhood of Brigade Headquarters but otherwise there was slight enemy activity in front of the Brigade sector. 29th Infantry Brigade was meeting strong enemy opposition in their advance to occupy the Namah Ridge. The demonstrating patrols pushed forward by 10th Light Horse Regiment and 9th Light Horse Regiment from the defensive line reached line north of Wadi Shamy, drawing machine gun and rifle fire from enemy positions at Khurbetha Ibn Harith. On strong patrols of the 10th Light Horse Regiment threatening the right flank of the Turks on Namah Ridge the latter withdrew.
At 1200 the 29th Infantry Brigade, after a strong enemy opposition, gained their objective and occupied the Kefr Namah ridge. The situation became quiet and at 1800 and the demonstration patrols of 10th and 9th Light Horse Regiments were withdrawn. Casualties in the Brigade for the day's operations had been nil.
1918
Friday, December 27, 1918
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Usual routine.
1919
Saturday, December 27, 1919
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Adelaide
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Regiment disbanded.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 December 1918 Topic: Diary - Schramm
During part of the course of his military service with the AIF, 2823 Private Herbert Leslie Schramm, a farmer from White's River, near Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsular, 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 1918 breakout 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.
Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 December 1918
Bert Schramm's Handwritten Diary, 21 - 27 December 1918
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Diaries
Bert Schramm
Friday, December 27, 1918
Bert Schramm's Location - Tripoli
Bert Schramm's Diary - Nothing doing. The move to Beirut has been proposed and we are to be in our present camp for an indefinite period.
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary
9th Light Horse Regiment Location - Tripoli
9th Light Horse Regiment War Diary - Usual routine.
Darley
Darley, TH, With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War, Adelaide, Hassell Press, 1924.
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 173.
Colonel Hüsnü, Yildirim, Page 173.
[Click on page for a larger print version.]
This chapter deals with Hüsnü observations of the Turkish response to Beersheba on other parts of the battlefield.
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