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Sunday, 21 June 2009
Cairo Camps, Rough Maps, Argus 27 January 1915
Topic: Egypt - Mena

Cairo Camps, Rough Maps

Argus, 27 January 1915

 

Argus, 27 January 1915, p. 9.

 

The above map, appearing in the Melbourne Argus, 27 January 1915, p. 9 provides an excellent outline of the camps occupied by the Australians in Cairo.

 

 

Further Reading:

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Citation: Cairo Camps, Rough Maps, Argus 27 January 1915

Posted by Project Leader at 1:42 PM EADT
Updated: Sunday, 21 June 2009 2:09 PM EADT
Australian Light Horse Regiments, AIF, Marching or Service Order Field Kit
Topic: AIF - Lighthorse

Australian Light Horse Regiments, AIF

Marching or Service Order Field Kit

 

Kit laid our for inspection

 

 

The following is an extract from the book by Hall, RJG, The Australian Ligth Horse, Melbourne 1967, pp. 33 - 34.

 

Marching or Service Order Field Kit

 

(1) Articles worn or carried on the soldier

Articles
Field cap (with badge)
Frock
Breeches, cord
Braces
Flannel shirt
Flannel belt
Drawers
Socks
Ankle boots
Putties
Jack spurs
Field dressing and description card.
Haversack with balance of day's ration.
Water bottle (filled) with strap.
Clasp knife and lanyard.
Bandolier, waist-belt and attachment with 100 rounds of .303 in ammunition. Rifle, with sling, pull through, clearing rod and full oil bottle.
Bayonet and scabbard.
Waist belt and frog.
Total carried by soldier - 39 lbs 8 ¼ ozs.


If mobilization takes place during the winter months, the jersey will be worn. Wagonmen carry their rifles; batmen (riding spare horses) wear them slung. In the case of Lancers the lance will be carried as a subsidiary weapon, and with other corps a pistol.

(2) Articles worn or carried on the horse

Articles

Saddle, complete with headrope, bridle, and breast-plate
Shoe case, with 1 fore and 1 hind shoe
Nose- bag, with 6 lbs corn
Forage net
Picketing gear
Surcingle pad
Great Coat
Mess tin and strap
Wallets, packed

Total carried on horse – 76lbs 5¼ozs
Weight of rider - 140 lbs
Total on horse – 255 lbs 13½ ozs

 

(3) Articles packed in the wallets

Articles

Harness
Horse brush and curry comb
Horse rubber
Stable sponge
Emergency ration
Tin of grease
Socks (1 pair)
Flannel shirt
Holdall, with comb, knife, fork, spoon, shaving brush, razor and case
Worsted cap
Towel and soap
Boot laces (1 pair)
Wallets, empty, and straps

Total weight (included in total on horse - 9 lbs 5¾ ozs

 

(4) Articles packed in the valise

Articles

Breeches, cord (pair) - 1
Housewife, fitted - 1
Drawers (pair) - 1
Canvas shoes - 1
Cloth brush - 1
Small book - 1
Valise - 1
Total weight - 6 lbs 12½ ozs


If not in wear the jersey will be carried in the valise.

 

(5) Articles packed in the kit bag*

Articles

Frock - 1
+ Boots ankle (pair) - 1
Putties - 1

 

Notes:

* The kit bags will be taken as far as the base only, and be there left in charge of the storemen who remain permanently attached to a general depot.

 

+ The boots will be tied together with the soles outwards, the regimental number of the man and the name of the unit being chalked or otherwise legible marked on the soles. The boots will be packed last, and placed in the mouth of the kit bag to admit of their being readily withdrawn should it be necessary to order them to be forwarded to the front.

 

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Citation: Australian Light Horse Regiments, AIF, Marching or Service Order Field Kit

Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT
Updated: Wednesday, 1 July 2009 10:38 AM EADT
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917, Part 2, Desert Mounted Corps
Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF

Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917

Part 2,  Desert Mounted Corps

 

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls was commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1930, his finished work, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, produced in two parts, was published in London. The book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917 and is extracted below. Falls makes the comment that this Order of Battle was not as comprehensive as that produced in the earlier volume.

Falls, C, Military Operations Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to the end of the war, Part II, London, 1930, Appendix 2 pp. 660 - 662:

 

Desert Mounted Corps.

G.O.C. -

Lieut.-General Sir H. G. Chauvel, K.C.M.G., C.B.

Br.-General, General Staff -

Br. General R. G. H. Howard-Vyse, D.S.O.

Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General -

Br. General E. F. Trew, D.S.O.

G.O.C. Royal Artillery -

Br. General A. D'A. King, D.S.O.

 

Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division.

G.O.C. -

Major General E. W. C. Chaytor, C.B., C.M.G.


1st Australian Light Horse Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General C. F. Cox, C.B.

 

1st Regt. A.L.H.

2nd Regt. A.L.H.

3rd Regt. A.L.H.


2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General G. de L. Ryrie, C.M.G.

 

5th Regt. A.L.H.

6th Regt. A.L.H.

7th Regt. A.L.H.


New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General W. Meldrum, C.B., D.S.O.

 

Auckland M.R. Regt.

Canterbury M.R. Regt.

Wellington M.R. Regt.


Artillery -

XVIII Brigade R.H.A. (Inverness, Ayr, and Somerset Btys.).

Engineers -

A. and N.Z. Field Sqdn.



Australian Mounted Division.

G.O.C. -

Major General H.W. Hodgson, C.B, C.V.O.


3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General L. C. Wilson, C.M.G.

 

8th Regt. A.L.H.

9th Regt. A.L.H.

10th Regt. A.L.H.


4th Australian Light Horse Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General W. Grant, D.S.O.

 

4th Regt. A.L.H.

11th Regt. A.L.H.

12th Regt. A.L.H.



5th Mounted Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General P. D. Fitzgerald, D.S.O.

 

1/1st Warwick Yeo.

1/1st Gloucester Yeo.

1/1st Worcester Yeo.

 

Artillery -

XIX Brigade R.H.A. (Notts. Bty. R.H.A., "A" and "B" Btys. H.A.C.).


Engineers -

Australian Mounted Division Field Sqdn.


Yeomanry Mounted Division.

G.O.C. -

Major General G. de S. Barrow, C.B.


6th Mounted Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General C. A. C. Godwin.

 

1/1st Bucks Yeo.

1/1st Berks Yeo.

1/1st Dorset Yeo.

 

8th Mounted Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General C. S. Rome.

 

1/1st City of London Yeo.

1/1st County of London (Middlesex) Yeo.

1/3rd County of London Yeo.


22nd Mounted Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General F. A. B. Fryer.

 

1/1st Lincs. Yeo.

1/1st Staffs. Yeo.

1/1st E. Riding Yeo.

 

Artillery -

XX Brigade R.H.A. - Three 18-pdr. btys. - (Berks, Hants, and Leicester Btys.)

Engineers -

No. 6 Field Sqdn. R.E.

 

Corps Troops.

Machine-Gun Corps -

Nos. 2, 3, 11, and 12 Light Armoured Motor Btys.

Nos. 1 and 7 Light Car Patrols.

 

Attached.

7th Mounted Brigade

G.O.C. -

Br. General J. T. Wigan, D.S.O.

 

1/1st S. Notts. Hussars.
1/1st Sherwood Rangers.


Attached -

Essex Bty. R.H.A.


Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Br. General C. L. Smith, V.C., M.C.

 

2nd (Imperial) Bn.

3rd (A. and N.Z.) Bn.

4th (A. and N.Z.) Bn.

Note: The 1st (A. and N.Z.) Bn was in the Southern Canal Section. The brigade was never at a strength of more than three battalions.

 

Attached -

Hong Kong and Singapore Mountain Bty.

 

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Further Reading:

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AIF, MEF and the EEF

 


Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, October 1917, Part 2, Desert Mounted Corps


Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT
Updated: Sunday, 12 July 2009 10:48 AM EADT
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917, Part 2, Eastern Force
Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF

Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917

Part 2,  Eastern Force

 

 

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917,  was published in London. Their book included Appendix 3 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917 and is extracted below.

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), pp. 396 - 397:

 

Eastern Force.

G.O.C. -

Major-General (temp. Lieut.-General) Sir C. M. Dobell, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.

Brig. General, General Staff -

Brevet Lieut.-Colonel (temp. Brig. General) G. P. Dawnay, D.S.O., M.V.O.

Brig. General, Royal Artillery -

Colonel (temp. Brig. General) A. H. Short, C.B.

Chief Engineer -

Major (temp. Brig. General) R. L. Waller.

 

 

Force Troops.

Mounted Troops -

Imperial Camel Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Major (temp. Brig.-General) C. L. Smith, V,C., M.C.

 

1st (A. and N.Z.) Battalion;

2nd (Imperial) Battalion;

3rd (A. and N. Z.) Battalion;

Hong Kong and Singapore Camel Battery;

Brigade Signal Section;

Brigade Field Troop;

Brigade Machine-Gun Company ;

1/1st Scottish Horse Field Ambulance.

 

Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Major (temp. Brig.-General) M. H. Henderson.

 

Mysore Lancers;   

1st Hyderabad Lancers;

Kathiawar Signal Troop;

124th Indian Cavalry Field Ambulance.

 

Artillery -

XCVI Heavy Artillery Group (four 4-gun 60-pdr., one siege battery).

Nos. 30, 38, 55, 85, 96 Anti-Aircraft Sections.

Machine Gun Corps -

"E" Company, Heavy Section (Tanks).

Nos. 11 and 12 Light Armoured Car Batteries.

17th Motor Machine-Gun Battery.

Nos. 1 and 3 Armoured Trains.

Engineers -

220th and 555th Army Troops Companies.

No. 10 Company (Queen's Own) Sappers and Miners.

1/23rd and 2/23rd Sikh Pioneers.

360th Company, R.E. (water unit).

Signal Service -

G.H.Q. Signal Company.

Pigeon Section.

N 14, N 15, N 23, N 24 and No. 61 Airline Sections.

BR, NA, NB, NN Cable Sections.

No. 9 Wagon and London Pack W/T Sections.

 

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Further Reading:

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AIF, MEF and the EEF

 


Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1917, Part 2, Eastern Force


Posted by Project Leader at 12:01 AM EADT
Updated: Wednesday, 8 July 2009 10:25 PM EADT
Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916, Part 2, Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division
Topic: AIF & MEF & EEF

Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916

Part 2,  Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division

 

H. G. Chauvel.

 

As part of the Official British War History of the Great War, Captain Cyril Falls and Lieutenant General George MacMunn were commissioned to produce a commentary on the Sinai, Palestine and Syrian operations that took place. In 1928, their finished work, Military Operations, Egypt and Palestine - From the outbreak of war with Germany to June 1917,  was published in London. Their book included Appendix 2 which specifically detailed the Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916 and is extracted below.

MacMunn, G. & Falls, C., Military operations: Egypt and Palestine, (London 1930), pp. 380 - 381:

 

Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division.

G.O.C. -

Colonel (temp. Major-General) H. G. Chauvel, C.B., C.M.G.


G.S.O. 1 -

Major (temp. Lieut.-Colonel) J. G. Browne.



1st Australian Light Horse Brigade (Western Force).

G.O.C. -

Lieut.-Colonel C. F. Cox (acting).

 

1st Regiment Light Horse;

2nd Regiment Light Horse;

3rd Regiment Light Horse;

Attached -
4th Regiment Light Horse.



2nd Australian Light Horse brigade.

G.O.C. -

Colonel (temp. Brig.-General) G. de L. Ryrie, C.M.G.

 

5th Regiment Light Horse;

6th Regiment Light Horse;

7th Regiment Light Horse;

Attached -
12th Regiment Light Horse.



3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Brevet Lieut.-Colonel (temp. General) J. M. Antill, C.B.

 

8th Regiment Light Horse;

9th Regiment Light Horse;

10th Regiment Light Horse;

Attached -
11th Regiment Light Horse.



New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.

G.O.C. -

Brig. General E. W. C. Chaytor, C.B.

 

Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment;

Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment;

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment;

Attached -
Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment (less 1 sqdn.).



Divisional Troops.

Artillery  - 

III (T.F.) Brigade, R.H.A.: Leicester and Somerset Batteries.

IV (T.F.) Brigade, R.H.A.: Inverness and Ayr Batteries.


Engineers –

1st Australian Field Squadron.


Signal Service –

1st A. and N.Z. Signal Squadron.

A.S.C. - H.Q., Light Horse Divisional A.S.C.

Light Horse Supply Column (M.T.).


Medical Units –

1st, 2nd and 3rd L.H. Field Ambulances,

N.Z. Mounted Brigade Ambulance.

 

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Next: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916, Part 3, IX Corps

 

Further Reading:

AIF & MEF & EEF, Contents 

AIF, MEF and the EEF

 


Citation: Order Of Battle of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, April 1916, Part 2, Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division


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