Diaries of AIF Servicemen

Bert Schramm

Contents

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.

Military Biography

2823 Private Herbert Leslie Schramm

Diary

May 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 May 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 May 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 May 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 May 1918

June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 June 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 June 1918

July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 July 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 July 1918

August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 August 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 August 1918

 

September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 September 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 September 1918

October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 October 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 October 1918

November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 November 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 November 1918

December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 December 1918

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 December 1918

January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 January 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 January 1919

February

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 February 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 February 1919

March

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 March 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 31 March 1919

 

April

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 3 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 4 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 5 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 6 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 7 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 8 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 9 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 10 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 11 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 12 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 13 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 14 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 15 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 16 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 17 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 18 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 19 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 20 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 21 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 22 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 23 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 24 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 25 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 26 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 27 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 28 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 29 April 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 30 April 1919

 

May

Bert Schramm's Diary, 1 May 1919

Bert Schramm's Diary, 2 May 1919

 

 

Further Reading:

Bert Schramm Diary

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

9th Australian Light Horse Regiment, War Diary, Day by Day Account

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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BatzB - Modder Rvr - Battles, Boer War - Modder River

BatzB - Onverwacht - Battles, Boer War - Onverwacht

BatzB - Paardeberg - Battles, Boer War - Paardeberg

BatzB - Palmietfontein - Battles, Boer War - Palmietfontein

BatzB - Pink Hill - Battles, Boer War - Pink Hill

BatzB - Poplar Grove - Battles, Boer War - Poplar Grove

BatzB - Rhenoster - Battles, Boer War - Rhenoster Kop

BatzB - Sannahs Post - Battles, Boer War - Sannahs Post

BatzB - Slingersfontn - Battles, Boer War - Slingersfontein

BatzB - Stinkhoutbm - Battles, Boer War - Stinkhoutboom

BatzB - Sunnyside - Battles, Boer War - Sunnyside

BatzB - Wilmansrust - Battles, Boer War - Wilmansrust

BatzB - Wolvekuil - Battles, Boer War - Wolvekuil

BatzB - Zand River - Battles, Boer War - Zand River

BatzG - Gallipoli - Battles, Gallipoli - Gallipoli. (This section deals with all the battles fought by Australians on the Gallipoli peninsular.)

BatzG - Anzac - Battles, Gallipoli - Anzac. (This section deals with all the battles from 25 April to 19 May when establishing the beachead and prior to the entrance of the light horse units.)

BatzG - Aug 1915 - Battles, Gallipoli - August 1915. (This section deals with all the various offensive activity undertaken by the Allies on the Gallipoli Peninsular during August 1915.)

BatzG - Baby 700 - Battles, Gallipoli -  Baby 700

BatzG - Evacuation - Battles, Gallipoli - Evacuation

BatzG - Hill 60 - Battles, Gallipoli - Hill 60

BatzG - Hill 971 - Battles, Gallipoli - Hill 971

BatzG - Krithia - Battles, Gallipoli - Krithia

BatzG - Lone Pine - Battles, Gallipoli - Lone Pine

BatzG - Nek - Battles, Gallipoli - The Nek

BatzJ - Jordan Valley - Battles, Jordan Valley - Jordan Valley. (This section deals with the battles participated by Australians in the Jordan Valley, 1918.)

BatzJ - 1st Amman - Battles, Jordan Valley - The First Battle of Amman, March 1918.

BatzJ - 2nd Amman - Battles, Jordan Valley - The Second Battle of Amman, September 1918.

BatzJ - Abu Tellul - Battles, Jordan Valley - Abu Tellul

BatzJ - Es Salt - Battles, Jordan Valley - Es Salt

BatzJ - JV Maps - Battles, Jordan Valley - Maps

BatzM - Mespot - Battles, Mesopotamia - Mesopotamia. (Battles in the Mesopotamian region in which Australians took part.)

BatzM - Baghdad - Battles, Mesopotamia - Baghdad

BatzM - Ctesiphon - Battles, Mesopotamia - Ctesiphon

BatzM - Daur - Battles, Mesopotamia - Daur

BatzM - Kurna - Battles, Mesopotamia - Kurna

BatzM - Kut el Amara - Battles, Mesopotamia - Kut el Amara

BatzM - Ramadi - Battles, Mesopotamia - Ramadi

BatzN - Naval - Battles, Naval - Naval. (This section deals with all major naval engagements undertaken by Australian crews.)

BatzN - Cocos Is - Battles, Naval - Cocos Islands and the Emden.

BatzN - Heligoland - Battles, Naval - Heligoland

BatzN - Marmara - Battles, Naval - Marmara

BatzN - Zeebrugge - Battles, Naval - Zeebrugge

BatzN - Zeppelin L43 - Battles, Naval - Zeppelin L43

BatzNG - Bitapaka - Battles, New Guinea - Bitapaka

BatzO - Other - Battles, Other - These are battles in which Australians took part but were not part of any particular Australian campaign and thus difficult to catagorise but none the less had Australian participants during the action.)

BatzO - Baku - Battles, Other - Baku

BatzO - Egypt 1919 - Battles, Other - Egypt 1919

BatzO - Emptsa - Battles, Other - Emptsa

BatzO - Karawaran - Battles, Other - Karawaran

BatzO - Peitang - Battles, Other - Peitang

BatzO - Wassa - Battles, Other - Wassa

BatzP - Palestine - Battles, Palestine - Palestine. (Battles in which Australians fought in Palestine.)

BatzP - 1st Gaza - Battles, Palestine - 1st Gaza

BatzP - 2nd Gaza - Battles, Palestine - 2nd Gaza

BatzP - 3rd Gaza - Battles, Palestine - 3rd Gaza

BatzP - Beersheba - Battles, Palestine - Beersheba

BatzP - El Auja - Battles, Palestine - El Auja

BatzP - El Buggar - Battles, Palestine - El Buggar

BatzP - Kaukab - Battles, Palestine - Kaukab

BatzP - Khuweilfe - Battles, Palestine - Khuweilfe

BatzP - Megiddo - Battles, Palestine - Megiddo

BatzP - Nablus - Battles, Palestine - Nablus

BatzP - Rafa - Battles, Palestine - Rafa

BatzP - Semakh - Battles, Palestine - Semakh

BatzP - Wadi Fara - Battles, Palestine - Wadi Fara

BatzS - Sinai - Battles, Sinai - Sinai. (Battles in which Australians fought in the Sinai Peninsular.)

BatzS - Bir el Abd - Battles, Sinai - Bir el Abd

BatzS - El Arish  - Battles, Sinai - El Arish

BatzS - El Mazar - Battles, Sinai - El Mazar

BatzS - Jifjafa - Battles, Sinai - Jifjafa

BatzS - Magdhaba - Battles, Sinai - Magdhaba

BatzS - Romani - Battles, Sinai - Romani

BatzS - Suez 1915 - Battles, Sinai - Suez 1915

BatzSe - Senussi - Battles, Senussi - Senussi. This particular section should be read in conjunction with AIF - WFF. The section deals with the various conflicts against the Senussi of Western Egypt in which Australians took part during December 1915 till March 1916.

BatzWF - Westn Front - Battles, Western Front - Western Front. This section details every major battle on the Western Front in which Australians took part. In each of these battles there too were some Light Horsemen.

Cavalry Information - This section aims to give military details specific to the operation of Cavalry and the Light Horse

Cavalry - General

Diaries - Personal - This section aims to transcribe personal diaries in chronological order as an additional witness to the events in which Australians took part.

Diary - Schramm - Diary - Schramm. This is the personal diary of Bert Schramm transcribed on a daily basis and set alongside the regimental war diary to give it a sense of place.

Egypt - This was the base for Australian activities.

Egypt - Heliopolis - Egypt - Heliopolis, the area of Cairo where Australian Light Horsemen trained.

Egypt - Mena - Egypt - Mena the area of Cairo near the pyramids where Australian Light Horsemen trained.

Great War

GW - 11 Nov 1918 - Great War - 11 November 1918. What Australia was doing when the war ended.

GW - Atrocities - Great War - Atrocities - Answering attrocity allegations.

GW - August 1914 - Great War - August 1914. What Australia was doing when the war began.

GW - Biographies - Great War - Biographies

GW - Propaganda - Great War - Propaganda

GW - Spies - Great War - Spies

GW - We forgot - Great War - We forgot. These are stories of men who died in the service of Australia but have been forgotten about by the Australian authorities.

General

Gen - Ataturk Pk, CNB - General - Ataturk Park, Canberra.

Gen - Australia - General - Australia.

Gen - Legends - General - Legends. This thread deals with the many legends that have attached themselves to the Great War. Items like wearing emu plumes or the woman sniper at Gallipoli are dealt with as well as sloppy research.

Gen - Query Club - General - Query Club. This thread is derived from the newpaper question and answer column regarding the war.

Gen - St - NSW - General - State - New South Wales

Gen - St - Qld - General - State - Queensland

Gen - St - SA - General - State - South Australia

Gen - St - Tas - General - State - Tasmania

Gen - St - Vic - General - State - Victoria

Gen - St - WA - General - State - Western Australia

Gm - German Items - German - German Items

Gm - Bk - 605 MGC - German - Book - 605th Machine Gun Company Diary

Militia 1899-1920 - Militia 1899 - 1920

Militia - Area Officers - Militia - Area Officers

 

Militia - Inf - Infantry - Militia - Infantry - Infantry

Militia - Inf - 1IB - Militia - Infantry - 1st Infantry Brigade

Militia - Inf - 2IB - Militia - Infantry - 2nd Infantry Brigade

Militia - Inf - 3IB - Militia - Infantry - 3rd Infantry Brigade

Militia - Inf - NSW - Militia - Infantry - New South Wales

Militia - Inf - Qld - Militia - Infantry - Queensland

Militia - Inf - SA - Militia - Infantry - South Australia

Militia - Inf - Tas - Militia - Infantry - Tasmania

Militia - Inf - Vic - Militia - Infantry - Victoria

Militia - Inf - WA - Militia - Infantry - Western Australia

 

Militia - LH - Militia - Light Horse -

 

Militia - LH - 1LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 1st Light Horse Brigade

Militia - LH - 2LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 2nd Light Horse Brigade

Militia - LH - 3LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 3rd Light Horse Brigade

Militia - LH - 4LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 4th Light Horse Brigade

Militia - LH - 5LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 5th Light Horse Brigade

Militia - LH - 6LHB - Militia - Light Horse - 6th Light Horse Brigade

 

Militia - LHN - NSW - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - New South Wales

Militia - LHN - 1/7/1 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1903, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1903-1912, 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1912-1919, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1919-1929, 1/21st Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1929-1935, 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1936-1942, 1st Armoured Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1942-1948, 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1948-1956, 1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1956-

Militia - LHN - 2 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - 2 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHN - 3/11/7 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - 1st Australian Horse [1897-1903], 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [1903-11], 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1912-19], 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1920-35], 7th/21st Australian Light Horse Regiment [1936-57]

Militia - LHN - 4 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - 4 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHN - 5 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - 5 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHN - 6/5/12 - Militia - Light Horse New South Wales - 1st Australian Horse 6/5/12 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - LHQ - Qld - Militia - Light Horse Queensland - Queensland

Militia - LHQ - 13 - Militia - Light Horse Queensland - 13 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHQ - 14 - Militia - Light Horse Queensland - 14 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHQ - 15 - Militia - Light Horse Queensland - 15 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - LHS - SA - Militia - Light Horse South Australia - South Australia

Militia - LHS - 16 - Militia - Light Horse South Australia - 16 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHS - 17 - Militia - Light Horse South Australia - 17 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - LHT - Tas - Militia - Light Horse Tasmania - Tasmania

Militia - LHT - 12 - Militia - Light Horse Tasmania - 12 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - LHV - Vic - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - Victoria

Militia - LHV - 7 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 7 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHV - 8 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 8 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHV - 9 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 9 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHV - 10 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 10 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHV - 11 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 11 Australian Light Horse

Militia - LHV - 29 - Militia - Light Horse Victoria - 29 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - LHW - WA - Militia - Light Horse Western Australia - Western Australia

Militia - LHW-18/25/10 - Militia - Light Horse Western Australia - Western Australian Mounted Infantry, WAMI, 18/25/10 Australian Light Horse

 

Militia - Military Orders - Militia - Military Orders

 

Militia - Misc - Militia - Miscellaneous

 

MilitiaRC - Rifle Clubs - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Rifle Clubs

MilitiaRC - NSW - Militia, Rifle Clubs - New South Wales

MilitiaRC - NT - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Northern Territory

MilitiaRC - Qld - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Queensland

MilitiaRC - SA - Militia, Rifle Clubs - South Australia

MilitiaRC - Tas - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Tasmania

MilitiaRC - Vic - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Victoria

MilitiaRC - WA - Militia, Rifle Clubs - Western Australia

 

Tk - Turkish Items - Ottoman Turk- Turkish Items

 

Tk - Bks - Books - Ottoman Turk- Books - Books.

Tk - Bks - 1/33IR - Ottoman Turk- Books - The War Diary of the 1st Battalion, 33rd Infantry Regiment, 1915.

Tk - Bks - Air Force - Ottoman Turk- Books - Ottoman Air Force.

Tk - Bks - Yildirim - Ottoman Turk- Books - Yildirim.

 

Tk - POWs - Ottoman Turk- Prisoner of War treatment.

Wp - Weapons - Weapons - Weapons

Wp - Hotchkiss Cav - Weapons - Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun for Cavalry

Wp - Hotchkiss PMG - Weapons - Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun

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590 Corporal Alfred Sydney Goldthorpe,

3rd Signal Troop, AIF

Alfred Sydney Goldthorpe, a brief military biography from The AIF Project:

Court Martial

Alfred Sydney Goldthorpe absented himself without leave. When he reported for duty was found guilty by a Field General Court Martial of being absent without leave. He was sentenced to one year hard labour although half the sentence was remitted for brave conduct at Gallipoli.

The following is a letter written by Alfred Sydney Goldthorpe in an effort to explain the circumstance related to his absence.

On 14th February, 1916, I absented myself from the unit with the intention of renewing acquaintance with some old ship mates on board the SS "Patani", (Capt. J. W. Lawson), lying at Port Said. (I was in the Merchant Service prior to enlistment in the AIF). The following day (15/2/1916), after a drinking bout with my friends, I awoke to find myself on board this vessel and before I could be placed ashore, the ship was ordered to proceed immediately on its journey to Salonica with supplies for the British Troops. On the Captain being informed of my presence on board ship, he stated that it would not be possible to put me ashore and I was then prevailed upon to sign on the ship's articles as Assistant Cook. At the time there did not appear to be much opportunity of the Light Horse being engaged in immediate hostilities and, as I was informed the ship would return to Egypt after discharging her cargo, I was not unduly worried about my position, particularly as the ship was engaged on Government Transport Service.

Instead, however of returning to Egypt, the ship proceeded to Canada to pick up a cargo of locomotives and other railway material for delivery at Le Havre. From Le Havre we went to Newport, Monmouthshire, where on 19/5/1916 I was paid off owing to a recurrent attack of dysentry contracted on Gallipoli where I had served from approx. 15 May to the end of September. As soon as I was recovered from my illness, I reported to AIF Headquarters at Horseferry Road, where I was placed under arrest and sent to Salisbury Plains where I remained for about two months awaiting court-martial. As so much time was spent in preparing the charge against me, I considered that if I could be tried by Light Horse Officers, my case would be treated more leniently than by officers of a different arm of the Service and I accordingly broke arrest and by devious ways (I like that bit!!!) returned to Egypt where on 9th December, 1916, I reported in uniform to my Unit.

The finding of the Court is probably known to you as also is my subsequent service, promotion and award of the Military Medal, and I would like you to know also that when I decided to visit the "Patani" at Port Said there was absolutely no thought in my mind of desertion from the Service. Had I desired this could easily have been accomplished at the various ports of call of the "Patani", particularly in Canada, but, as the ship was engaged on transport work, I was doing my bit towards the successful conclusion of the war.

I trust therefore that the above explanation will be satisfactory to you and that my transport service may be considered work of a military character.

Military Medal.

Award: Military Medal

Date of London Gazette: 3 July 1919

Location in London Gazette: Page 8356, position 81

Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 17 October 1919

Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1530, position 77

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Citation: 590 Corporal Alfred Sydney Goldthorpe, 3rd Signal Troop, AIF

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The Australian Light Horse

Part 2

The following is an extract from the book by Hall, RJG, The Australian Ligth Horse, Melbourne 1967, pp. 15 - 23.

Regional Development

The second period of development of the Colonial Forces received a favourable impetus by the outbreak of the Franco Russian war and a highly coloured suggestion that a naval "filibustering" expedition from San Francisco was to raid Sydney. The inhabitants of Sydney recalled, no doubt, the occasion in 1839 when Commander Wilkes, with two United States cruisers, entered Port Jackson and anchored off Circular Quay without anyone knowing about it until the following morning. The Naval and Military Act (1871) provided the means of raising permanent forces. The national lack of confidence in matters military now made itself shown. An appeal was made in 1876, for the assistance of a military personality. This was to be repeated in 1938 when General Squires, British Army, was invited to become Inspector General of the Australian Military Forces.

The result of the 1876 appeal was the appointment of Major General Sir William Jervois GCMG CB (1821-1897), as Governor of South Australia and Commissioner of Defences for all colonies with the exception of Western Australia. The subsequent reports did little for expansion of Mounted units, as they were based upon the British fleet's command of the seas.

Emphasis was placed upon armed vessels and forts. The greatest value of the reports of Jervois and Lieutenant Colonel Peter Scratchley was their advice on the question of partially paid militia. The best way of ensuring regular attendance at training periods, they contended, was to provide pay. Whilst this disregarded the potential of the spirit of youthful adventure, it was a sound approach in a community which was still developing its rural industry.

In 1885, as the recommendations were beginning to take effect, the following distribution of Mounted Troops existed:

NSW - New South Wales Cavalry Brigade Reserve with 7 Light Horse Troops

Vic - A Militia regiment of mounted Infantry (Victorian Mounted Rifles);The remains of the Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (PWLH Hussars) represented by the Sandhurst Cavalry Troop

Qld - A mounted Infantry troop (Brisbane Mounted Rifles)

SA - Adelaide Mounted Rifle Corps

WA -  A Mounted Rifle Detachment

Tas - 1st Light Cavalry Corps

The position occupied by the horse in the community and the areas in which it was used were to be great factors in the development of the Light Horse centres. As the rural districts spread, so communities were established where the horse was a vital means of transportation. The decline in the standard of horse flesh, when industrialization made its presence felt, naturally occurred in the capitals and centres of the major secondary industries. This decline can be easily traced in the 1921 regimental linkings.

The service of the militiamen, as distinct from the permanent soldiers, was on a part time basis. The militia service of the mounted troops, from the first, became associated with the district in which they worked.

The history of these districts is almost the rural history of Australia. The rural territories, whose activities are now finding their place in the commercial world at home and abroad, are monuments also to the enthusiasm of the light horseman. They were to bear these names as troop, squadron and regimental identities for the many years of their militia service.

The following section is devoted to a brief territorial description of these centres and the regiments appearing therein up to 1901.

NEW SOUTH WALES

State Titles

Captain James Cook RN, a valued servant of the Empire, took possession of the whole of the eastern coast in 1770 and called it New Wales, later altered to New South Wales. As the initial colony, and by general acceptance (at least by New South Welshmen), New South Wales has the accolade of senior State. Therefore, the use of the title as part of the territorial identification of regiments has certain significance. The senior of these regiments is undoubtedly the New South Wales Lancers who, in 1884, first raised a mounted troop called the Sydney Cavalry Troop.

When Major General Richardson, the Commandant of the New South Wales defence forces, returned from the Sudan, he converted this troop to Lancers -probably the first volunteer Lancers recorded. By 1893 the title, New South Wales Lancers, was in popular use.

The second "parent" New South Wales regiment was the Mounted Rifle Regiment and owes its origins to the permanent Mounted Infantry raised in 1888. Costs and local depression caused the untimely disbandment of the regiment in 1890, but the districts of Mudgee, Camden and Forbes retained their association with the state and descriptive title, to subsequently raise troops of the New South Wales Mounted Rifles.

The Australian Horse

A volunteer unit, titled 1st Australian Horse, was recruited from the districts of Cootamundra, Gundagai, Goulburn, Tamworth and Armidale, in 1897. When the original unit passed away with Federation, the title was to resound within the Empire and beyond, after the actions of the Australian Commonwealth Horse in South Africa.

The Northern Rivers

In 1892, Captain Henry John Rouse RN explored two rivers which he named the Richmond and the Clarence. In 1885, the Upper Clarence Light Horse was raised by Captain Chauvel, whose son General Sir Harry Chauvel [GCMG, KCB, Commanded Desert Mounted Corps 1917/19. Inspector General in Australia 1919/30. CGS 1922/30. Born Tabulam, 16 April 1865, died 4 March 1945.] was to distinguish himself as one of the great Australian military personalities. The unit recruited from Tenterfield, Tabulam, Casino, Fairfield and Cullenden.

As the numbers increased, there emerged the Tabulam Mounted Infantry (later to become the Tenterfield Mounted Infantry) and the Richmond River Lancers (later to become the Northern Rivers Lancers).

The Hunter River

Early in the history of the colony, some enterprising convicts, somewhat dissatisfied with their lot, obtained a boat and departed for more suitable places. Lieutenant John Shortland RN, whilst conducting an unsuccessful search for the absconders, discovered an attractive river which he named the Hunter, after the second governor. The districts surrounding the Hunter River originally supported rural industries. Later, with the discovery of coal deposits, the towns of Maitland, Newcastle and Singleton cut into the natural grounds for supporting horses and horsemen.

The influence of the Royal Navy continued to be recorded in the Light Horse story. Lieutenant John Oxley RN, in the course of one of his frequent trips of exploration, came upon a rich pastoral area in the North East of New South Wales. In 1818, he named this district, New England, “because of the similarity of the climatic conditions to those of Britain". Despite the apparent poetic licence employed by Oxley in his justification of the name, he was later to become a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. Some of the recruiting areas for the Australian Horse (1897) lay within the New England district, giving the first New England Regiment (1902) a distinct link with pre-federation organizations.

Gwydir River

The Gwydir River flows from the New England mountains into the Darling River, after passage through the pastoral districts on the Queensland border. Although the Gwydir Regiment was not to appear until 1937, mounted troops were raised from the districts of Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes and Moree from 1897.

The Riverina

This district is generally described as being that bounded by the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers. However, in the early part of the century the name was applied to the districts north of the Murrumbidgee as well. Once again, the Australian Horse recruited in this district before the Riverina Regiment came into existence in 1937.

The Illawarra District

Lake Illawarra lies just south of Wollongong. A light horse troop was recruited from this district as early as 1885. The regiment bearing the Illawarra title later recruited as far South as Milton on the east coast.

VICTORIA

State Titles

The activities of bushrangers in Victoria in 1854 and the popularity of seeking, finding and transporting gold, caused the appearance of a Light Cavalry Company; the 40th Regiment (2nd Somersetshire) (1852-1860) mounted one of their companies and equipped it as a light Cavalry. The first Victorian titled regiment came into existence in 1862, when part of the Prince of Wales's regiment and the Royal Victorian Mounted Artillery amalgamated as the 1st Victorian Volunteer Light Horse. For a while, titles and uniforms were more significant than actual training, until the Victorian Mounted Rifles were raised in 1885. This unit rapidly attracted a large number of recruits and they attended a Field Camp near Queenscliff during Easter 1886, with nine companies all mounted. The VMR had detachments in Broadford, Yea, Avenel, Cathkin, Mansfield, Rushworth and Shepparton from the First Battalion, and at Ballarat, Clunes, Talbot, Maryborough, Elmore and Wharparilla from the Second Battalion.

Western Districts

Lake Corangamite is one of the largest natural inland waterways in Victoria and was discovered in 1837 by an explorer named McLeod. He apparently used a native name and early maps show it to be spelt as "Korangamite". In 1885, Colonel Tom Price raised the Victorian Mounted Rifles, the second battalion of which recruited in the districts to north and east of the lake. By the time the title "Corangamite" was to be employed, recruiting for the Victorian regiments had been extended as far west as Camperdown.

The Yarrowee River is first related to the Victorian Cavalry in records of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse (Hussars) (1862-1883). Many rural settlements along the banks of this river raised independent troops prior to 1862 and became part of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse in 1862-63.

The Indi District

Infrequently used as a name today, the lndi district was the area of the upper Murray to the Ovens River. The Victorian Mounted Rifles had detachments at Wangaratta, Beechworth and Rutherglen in 1885. These centres continued to support this very popular unit up to Federation and one finds both "lndi" and "VMR" used in the naming of the early post federation Light horse regiments.

The Gippsland District

Angus McMillan first discovered the forest areas in the south east of Victoria, but it was Count Strezlecki who gave to it the present name in honour of Sir George Gipps a former Governor of New South Wales. The Gippsland district was developed as, and continues to be, a rural and timber area. Early horsemen also belonged to independent troops and subsequently saw service with the Prince of Wales's regiment and the Victorian Mounted Rifles.

Queensland

Moreton District

Captain James Cook, during the course of his explorations of the eastern part of Australia, entered an inlet to the North of Botany Bay. On 17 May 1770 he named this inlet Moreton Bay, in honour of the Earl of Moreton. Settlement of the area did not commence until 1824, when Lieutenant Miller commanded a detachment of soldiers and convicts who established themselves on the Brisbane River.

In 1860, two troops of mounted infantry were raised in Queensland. They were known by their district titles as The Brisbane and Ipswich Troops respectively. As further troops were raised in the surrounding areas, the title of the Brisbane Mounted Rifles became more frequently used during the years 1877-1885. In 1891, the Brisbane troops and those from Dalton and North Pine were formed into the "Moreton Mounted Infantry". In 1900, the title Queensland Mounted Infantry was applied to all the Mounted Troops.

Burnett District

The Burnett River was named after Charles Burnett, in recognition of the great service he gave with the Surveyor General's office in NSW. The title as a regimental identification was not used until 1927.

Darling Downs

This district, bounded roughly by the Burnett River in the North, the Boyne in the West and Ipswich in the South, became a prolific source for the mounted militia.

In 1887, the districts west of the Moreton settlement were opened up by the botanist Alan Cunningham and the Darling Range was named after Sir Ralph Darling. In 1891, when the Brisbane troops formed the "Moreton Mounted Infantry", those troops located at Warwick and Toowoomba became the Darling Downs Mounted Infantry.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Capital and State Titles

Colonel William Light sailed from England in 1836 to survey for the new Colony of South Australia. He was followed by the first governor, Captain John Hindmarsh RN, who presided over the new (Adelaide) settlement on 28 December 1836.

Five years later, a squadron of cavalry was formed in Adelaide and they took the name of the Adelaide Lancers. This name changed, in 1884, to the Adelaide Mounted Rifle Corps with troops at Molong, Adelaide, Strathalbyn and Reedbeds. In 1899, the unit had adopted the State title of Fourth Australian Mounted Rifles with troops at Yankella, Inman Valley Port Victor, Jamestown, Mount Gambier and Wallaroo.

Barossa District

Colonel Light formerly served with the 4th Dragoons. During the Peninsular War, the British troops, which included the 4th Dragoons, defeated Marshal Victor at the "Heights of Barossa". On finding some hills in South Australia with similar features to those original heights, he named them the Barossa Range. The title Barossa did not appear until the reorganization following the Great War.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

In 1829 Western Australia was proclaimed a British Colony at Fremantle.

The pattern of individual mounted troops appearing briefly in the mounted firmament, then falling into disrepair and disbandment was also evident in Western Australia. One of the earliest of these troops was the Pinjarra Mounted Rifles raised in 1858. The Guildford Mounted Rifles appeared in 1887 and between 1895 and 1899 a number of troops appeared in Perth only to fade away in the face of other interests.

The first use of a state Title occurred in 1900, when the Western Australian Mounted Infantry had detachments at Perth, Victoria Park, Cannington and Fremantle. The Bunbury Rifles had a mounted detachment in 1899. All these areas were to become the districts for the Western Australian Mounted Infantry following Federal reorganization.

TASMANIA

The mounted troops in Tasmania are first recorded in 1860 when the Launceston Mounted Rifles are shown. By 1865 these troops rejoiced in the title of the 1st Light Cavalry Corps and remained thus until 1887. The Tasmanian Mounted Infantry was formed at Ulverstone during 1889.

The States' cavalry contribution to the new federal defence organization was as follows:

• 18 Light Horse regiments

• The Sydney University Scouts

• 29 Infantry regiments

• The Melbourne University Rifles

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The Australian Light Horse

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT

Updated: Friday, 15 May 2009 9:40 AM EADT

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Voluntary Work Stages

Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

While there may be an induction and learning process to get good at making posts, you will be able to contribute within minutes of becoming a volunteer.

Taking yourself seriously

The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre aims to present an accurate history of early Australian military developments from 1899 to 1920. In so doing, there are no anonymous articles or items signed with a nom de plume. At the end of each item, the individual author is expected to place their true identity as the author.  The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre is no different to any other encyclopeadic work and as such, to be of benefit for authentic research and other purposes it is essential that the be properly named. As a byproduct, such a system removes people who wish to be argumentative or destructive in their behaviour, something that is all too common when anonymity is granted to contributors. By using your proper name it gives both you and the site the essential authenticity required to be highly thought of and sought after as a resource. In the end, it is the satisfaction of doing a good job and the world internet community acknowledging it.

Copyright

At the bottom of each page, the following notice is attached:

The Australian Light Horse Studies Centre is a not for profit and non profit group whose sole aim is to write the early history of the Australian Light Horse from 1900 - 1920. It is privately funded and the information is provided by the individuals within the group and while permission for the use of the material has been given for this site for these items by various donors, the residual and actual copyright for these items, should there be any, resides exclusively with the donors. The information on this site is freely available for private research use only and if used as such, should be appropriately acknowledged. To assist in this process, each item has a citation attached at the bottom for referencing purposes. 

As a volunteer, you become a donor when your items appear on this site and thus this notification applies specifically to yourself.

The items that you place on the site are done so on the basis that while you may hold the copyright, it is freely available to the internet for non-commercial purposes on a permanent basis. If you do not want to share your work in this manner, then volunteering is not something for you. However, if you have a story to tell and wish to share it freely with everyone else, then this is the place for you.

Stage 1

Once you are happy to undertake a particular project, you will need to learn the craft of posting on the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre website. This usually takes about ten posts. So while you are learning the techniques and the things required to make a good post, your items will be fully moderated. When it is evident that you have learnt the techniques, then you progress to Stage 2.

Stage 2

When we know each other and understand expectations, then the work subsequently produced will be unmoderated. You will have access to full posting rights. Each item will be available for editing and you will be expected to clear up any items and editor might suggest requires amending on the post. 

Feedback

On each stage you will be given feedback. 

Assistance

While there is a seperate item on volunteer support which goes into greater detail than this note, we have a strong policy of volunteer support. Should you need some help in formulating a direction, some writing technique or source documents, if we are able to help in this matter, we will be happy to do so. The ethos is to allow each contributor to achieve their potential. This should not be constrained by circumstance or loacation.

Can you see yourself as part of the team?

All the above is a fair bit to take in and so requires a lot of deep thought. It is not for everyone. Ask yourself: Can I make a positive contribution to the history of Australia?

Signing up

This is as easy as clicking on the email link to:

Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

Head your email with the word: "Volunteer"

In your email you might like to give some details about yourself and the areas of interest that you might like to participate in with the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre.

We will get back to you within 48 hours from sending the email.

Further Reading:

Volunteer Support

Volunteering with the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre 

Volunteering with the Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, Contents 

Citation: Volunteer stages

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT

Updated: Sunday, 10 May 2009 11:33 AM EADT

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