Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 5th & 6th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Album Contents

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2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914 - 1919, Album Contents

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Sunday, 1 January 2012

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1915, Album Contents
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Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1915, Album Contents

2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No. 19, 4 January 1915, p. 1

The Routine Orders, the item which is the purest history of a unit. It is the unvarnished story detailing aspirations and events as they unfolded without any vainglorious gloss attached to them as is found in the usual run of books on these campaigns, especially the Official Histories. Histories are written with an eye upon the prevailing cultural imperatives while the Routine Orders are written to maintain the efficiency of a Regiment on a day to day basis.

If there is one item that contains a wealth of detail regarding the participation of a Regiment within the Sinai and Palestine campaign, it is the Routine Orders. Each paragraph hints at enough material to make an exciting chapter in any book.

To add further to the Regimental story, the War Diary entries for the periods covered by the Routine Orders are placed in line. They should be read in conjunction to get a clear picture of the Regiment.

The Routine Orders of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment are not complete and so are filed as found. During and after the conclusion of the war, no great imperative was felt for their preservation. Their needs had been served and so preservation was of the lowest order. That we have them today is a blessing and we can only thank the foresight of the clerk who preserved what we have now.

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Page 1:
Routine Order No. 19, 4 January 1915, p. 1
Routine Order No. 19, 4 January 1915, p. 2

Page 2:

Page 3:

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2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1915, Album Contents

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Updated: Sunday, 1 January 2012 8:36 AM EAST

2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914 - 1919, Album Contents

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Saturday, 31 December 2011

Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914, Album Contents
Topic: AAC-Photo Albums

Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914, Album Contents

2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No. 1, 26 August 1914, p. 1

Listings per Album Page

Page 1:
Routine Order No. 1, 26 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 1, 26 August 1914, p. 2
Routine Order No. 2, 27 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 3, 28 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 4, 29 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 4, 29 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 5, 31 August 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 6, 2 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 6, 2 September 1914, p. 2 & Routine Order No. 7, 4 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 7, 4 September 1914, p. 2

Page 2:
Routine Order No. 8, 10 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 8, 10 September 1914, p. 2
Routine Order No. 9, 11 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 10, 12 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 10, 12 September 1914, p. 2
Routine Order No. 11, 14 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 12, 18 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 12, 18 September 1914, p. 2
Routine Order No. 13, 21 September 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 14, 23 September 1914, p. 1

Page 3:
Routine Order No. 15, 4 October 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 15, 4 October 1914, p. 2 & Routine Order No. 16, 20 November 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 16, 20 November 1914, p. 2
Routine Order No. 16, 20 November 1914, p. 3
Routine Order No. 16, 20 November 1914, p. 4
Routine Order No. 17, 3 December 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 18, 16 December 1914, p. 1
Routine Order No. 18, 16 December 1914, p. 2

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2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914, Album Contents

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Updated: Sunday, 1 January 2012 8:23 AM EAST

2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

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Photograph Albums

2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914 - 1919, Album Contents

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Mackay STODART, 1st Commanding Officer, 2nd Light Horse Regiment

If there is one item that contains a wealth of detail regarding the participation of a Regiment within the Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine campaign, it is the Routine Orders. Each paragraph hints at enough material to make an exciting chapter in any book.

Listings per Album Page

1914:
War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914, Album Contents

1915:
War Diary and Routine Orders, 1915, Album Contents

1916:
War Diary and Routine Orders, 1916, Album Contents

1917:
War Diary and Routine Orders, 1917, Album Contents

1918:

War Diary and Routine Orders, 1918, Album Contents

1919:
War Diary and Routine Orders, 1919, Album Contents

Further Reading:

Citation: Australian Service Personnel, Photograph Albums, 2nd Light Horse Regiment War Diary and Routine Orders, 1914 - 1919, Album Contents

Posted by Project Leader at 8:46 PM EAST

Updated: Sunday, 1 January 2012 8:37 AM EAST

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

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Friday, 30 December 2011

Australian Service Personnel, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book Album Contents
Topic: AAC-Photo Albums

Australian Service Personnel

Photograph Albums

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book Album Contents

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book, Page 1

Prior to embarkation, the first 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, produced a photographic record of the Regiment. Since there are no other official photographs existing of this Regiment, this has become the best reference for that unit. We have named photographs of various members. Not many, but they are in this booklet. Also the various sub-units have been photographed. While we are not able to name the men in the photographs, we do have a record of their anonymous images.

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic, 13 June 1915 and HMAT A44 Vestalia, 22 June 1915.

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Page 1:
12th Light Horse Regimental Crest
Mascot - Bill Pettit
Embarkation Book, page 1
Lieutenant Colonel Percy Phipps ABBOTT
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Officers
Captain Thomas MULLINS
Lieutenant John Herbert HUXLEY
Lieutenant John William HAMPTON
Captain William John RIDLEY
Lieutenant JE Connors

Page 2:

Lieutenant Eric Montague HYMAN
Lieutenant Hugh Cyprian HOLDEN
Lieutenant Edgar Austin TOURLE
Lieutenant George Achilles SMITH
Captain John Bingham HIGGINSON
Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril DAVIES
Lieutenant Cuthbert Murchison FETHERSTONHAUGH
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie WILLS-ALLEN
Major Donald CAMERON
Lieutenant Mervyn Roy GAVIN

Page 3:

Lieutenant Harold William BAKER
Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster Richard Fenton TOOMEY
Lieutenant Frank Alexander BUSKIN
Captain Leslie COWLISHAW
Second Lieutenant Rodney Keith ROBEY
Captain Hamilton KERR-McKELL
Major Philip Arthur CHAMBERS
Major John Ellesmere WESTGARTH
Lieutenant Colonel Percy Phipps ABBOTT
Captain Arthur Ernest Errol D'ARCY

Page 4:

Major Harold McINTOSH
Captain Arthur William Donald STUART-MORAY
Second Lieutenant Basil Belgrave CAPPER
Lieutenant Edward Bolton RALSTON
Second Lieutenant Montague Ambrose BROWN
Lieutenant Bertie LOWING
Lieutenant Keith Alexander SMITH
Sergeants and Sergeant-Majors of the 12th Australian Light Horse
The Officers, Head Quarters Staff
Captain Fulke Knatchbull PRIDEAUX-BRUNE

Page 5:

Captain Leslie COWLISHAW
Captain Thomas MULLINS
Major John Ellesmere WESTGARTH
Captain Rowland Arthur DOWLING
Lieutenant Eric Montague HYMAN
Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster Richard Fenton TOOMEY
Officers of "A" Squadron
Major Philip Arthur CHAMBERS
Major Philip Arthur CHAMBERS
Second Lieutenant Rodney Keith ROBEY

Page 6:

Captain Hamilton KERR-McKELL
Second Lieutenant Montague Ambrose BROWN
Lieutenant Edward Bolton RALSTON
Lieutenant Cuthbert Murchison FETHERSTONHAUGH
1st Troop "A" Squadron
2nd Troop "A" Squadron
3rd Troop "A" Squadron
4th Troop "A" Squadron
Band, 12th Regt ALH
Sydney's farewell to 12th Regt ALH

Page 7:

Machine Gun Section
Machine Gun Section
Machine Gun in Action
Blacksmiths
Lieut RF Toomey and his Quarter-Masters
Officers of "B" Squadron
Major Harold McINTOSH
Captain Arthur Ernest Errol D'ARCY
Lieutenant Thomas Leslie WILLS-ALLEN
Lieutenant John Herbert HUXLEY

Page 8:

Lieutenant Hugh Cyprian HOLDEN
Lieutenant John William HAMPTON
1st Troop, "B" Squadron
2nd Troop, "B" Squadron
3rd Troop, "B" Squadron
4th Troop, "B" Squadron
Inspecting the Troops 2
Inspecting the Troops
Squadron on Parade 1
Squadron on Parade 2

Page 9:

Squadron on Parade 3
The Loyd Lindsay Competition Riders
Three Captains - STUART-MORAY, KERR-McKELL, and D'ARCY
Types of Light Horsemen
Types of Light Horsemen 1
Types of Light Horsemen 2
Types of Light Horsemen 3
Types of Light Horsemen 4
Types of Light Horsemen 5
Types of Light Horsemen 6

Page 10:

Types of Light Horsemen 7
Types of Light Horsemen 8
Officers of "C" Squadron
Major Donald CAMERON
Captain Arthur William Donald STUART-MORAY
Lieutenant Edgar Austin TOURLE
Second Lieutenant Basil Belgrave CAPPER
Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril DAVIES
Lieutenant Mervyn Roy GAVIN
1st Troop, "C" Squadron

Page 11:

2nd Troop, "C" Squadron
3rd Troop, "C" Squadron
4th Troop, "C" Squadron
Sergeants and Sergeant-Majors of the 12th Australian Light Horse
6 Farrier Sergeant Norbert Spencer WHELAN
2 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant John (Mackay) WEBB
1 Regimental Sergeant Major Edwin Herbert CROSS
22 Sergeant Trumpeter Frederick Henry VERNON
255 Squadron Sergeant Major Reginald (Stuart) PLUNKETT
252 Squadron Sergeant Major Joseph KELLS

Page 12:

453 Squadron Sergeant Major Howard Bowden FLETCHER
654 Sergeant Frank Edward BREWSTER
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement
Lieutenant Bertie LOWING
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement , Group Portrait
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement, Mounted Inspection
12th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Officers Mounted
Captain Arthur Ernest Errol D'ARCY
Lieutenant Cuthbert Murchison FETHERSTONHAUGH
Second Lieutenant Montague Ambrose BROWN

Page 13:

Three Majors
Types of Light Horse
Types of Light Horse 1
Types of Light Horse 2
Types of Light Horse 3
Types of Light Horse 4
Types of Light Horse 5
Main Guard
Auxilliary Services
Medical Officer and Staff

Page 14:

Regimental Police
Camp Scenes
Church Service
Officers and NCO's receiving Instructions from Lt Col Abbott, CO.
Horse Lines "C" Squadron
Watering Horses
Transport Section
Transport Wagons
Officers of the 12th ALH
Colonel Wallack (State Commandant) Receiving Patriotic Gifts

Page 15:

Light Horsemen on the march from Liverpool to Sydney
Light Horse passing along Macquarie-Street
The 12th ALH bound for the front: Watering Horses.
Feeding the Horses
Among the Rank and File of the 12th ALH
Officers of the 12th Light Horse

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Citation: Australian Service Personnel, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment Embarkation Book Album Contents

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Updated: Saturday, 31 December 2011 5:00 PM EAST