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14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Citation: 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Contents

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Saturday, 9 January 2010

The Second 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Outline
Topic: AIF - 5B - 14 LHR

14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Outline

Mock funeral of the ICC conducted by Padre Houston

Formation

The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed as part of the 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade attached to the Australian Mounted Division on 26 July 1918. This Regiment was formed predominantly from the members of the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. This reconstitution of the 14th Light Horse Regiment came from different fundamental roots than the First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment which was specifically 3rd Divisional Cavalry and subsequently disbanded in September 1916.

In addition to the three active squadrons in Palestine, in Egypt there was the 14th Light Horse Training Squadron which was formed in July 1918. It supplied reinforcements for the 14th Light Horse Regiment.

14th Light Horse Regiment Routine Order No 48, 3 August 1918

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Colour Patch

Initially, the only colour separation of the various Australian mounted troops was by use of the pennant. The marker pennants were carried on poles to mark lines troop lines in camps in Egypt. They were not lance pennants as the Australian lancers had red over white pennants on their lances.

Pennant of the 14th Light Horse Regiment

While this pennant was useful in distinguishing horse and troop lines, it failed to identify the individual with a unit. The AIF 1st Australian Division Standing Orders issued in December 1914 ordered the Australian Light Horse Regiments to wear a 4 inch wide [10.2cm] blue armband with the regiment name marked on the band in black lettering.

The earlier systems proved to be ineffective so to assist with identification of the men in the various units within the AIF, Divisional Order No 81 (A) Administration was issued at Mena on 8 March 1915 detailing the Colour Patchs for the various units. Generally, the colour patch was made of cloth 1¼ inches wide and 2¾ inches long and worn on the sleeve one inch below the shoulder seam.

1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps Colour Patch

The first colour patch for the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps was a red triangle. This was initially worn by the men from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Camel Companies which became the 1st Battalion.

Second 14th Light Horse Regiment Colour Patch

The 14th Light Horse Regiment as part of the 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade, Australian Mounted Division, carried the Imperial Camel Corps triangle patch with the red Brigade colour as the lower triangle part of the colour patch, while the light blue Regimental colour was on the top. This is illustrated with the above presentation.

Megiddo

In a move that converted the Light Horse into full cavalry, the Australian Mounted Division was issued with swords during August and early September 1918. The Australian Mounted Division went to work training with swords and undertaking cavalry work.

On 19 September 1918 the Battle of Megiddo began. The infantry over ran the Turkish defensive trenches allowing the cavalry to debouch into the Turkish hinterland. The 14th Light Horse Regiment participated in the breakthrough which moved rapidly through the north of Palestine. At the end of the first week, it was obvious that the way to Damascus was open and so a second push occurred on the heels of the first assault. On 1 October 1918, Damascus was taken.

After a rest in Damascus, the 14th Light Horse Regiment moved towards Homs when the Turks surrendered on 30 October 1918.

Return to Australia

14th and 15th LHRs Embarking for Australia from Kantara on the Dongala, 24 July 1919

[From: AWM J06027]

After the conclusion of hostilities, the 14th Light Horse Regiment was marked to return to Australia. Prior to that action, one of the saddest actions occurred for the Australian Lighthorsemen, they had to farewell their best friends, the horses. All the Light Horse unit horses' health was ascertained with the fit horses being transferred to the Indian Cavalry while those in poor condition were destroyed by the Veterinary units.

On 13 March 1919 the 14th Light Horse Regiment was deployed to assist in suppressing the Egyptian Uprising. When the revolt collapsed, the 14th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the 24 July 1919 for the long voyage to Australia where the unit was disbanded.

Commanding Officers

Lieutenant Colonel George Furner Langley
Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey Sydney Nobbs
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Reginald Denson

Decorations earned by the 14th Light Horse Regiment

3 DSO - Distinguished Service Orders
5 MC - Military Crosses
2 DCM - Distinguished Conduct Medals
11 MM- Military Medals
13 MID - Mentioned in Despatches
1 foreign award

Campaigns

As the successor of the 1st Camel Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, the 14th Light Horse Regiment also inherited the battle honours.

Egypt
Defence of Egypt
Sinai
Romani
Magdhaba
Rafa
Palestine
First Battle of Gaza
Second Battle of Gaza
Third Battle of Gaza
Beersheba
El Mughar
Nebi Samwill
Jerusalem
Jericho
Amman
Es Salt
Megiddo
Nablus
Palestine 1917-1918

Casualties suffered by the 14th Light Horse Regiment

8 killed

War Diary

The Australian War Memorial has put these on line and may be accessed here:

14th Light Horse Regiment War Diaries.

Embarkations:

The following list details all the embarkations in support of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, during the Great War. Each entry details to formation and the ships on which the units embarked with the date and place of embarkation. The detail of the formation is linked to a list of men who embarked upon that ship on the specific date.

"A" Squadron	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana 13 May 1916
1st Reinforcements	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana 13 May 1916
33rd Reinforcements	Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Canberra 16 November 1917
34th Reinforcements	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A38 Ulysses 19 December 1917

Note: Since the 14th Light Horse Regiment had been disbanded in Britain during September 1916, the Reinforcement cohorts were absorbed directly into the 12th Light Horse Regiment.

See: Troop transport ships for information and photographs about the various ships employed in transporting the troops to Egypt.

Further Reading:

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Citation: The Second 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Outline

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Thursday, 30 July 2009

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Topic: AIF - 5B - 14 LHR

14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the 14th Light Horse Regiment and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 14th Light Horse Regiment or another unit.

Roll of Honour

William Michael Sylvester BOURKE, Killed in Action, 28 March 1917.
Robert BOYD, Died of Wounds, 9 April 1917.
William James BROWN, Died of Wounds, 13 April 1917.

Arthur Archibald CAMERON, Killed in Action, 27 February 1917.
Thomas Harvey CAMPBELL, Died of Wounds, 9 July 1917.
Ernest Milton COLLINS, Died of Wounds, 14 September 1918.
Edwin CRAGG, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.

Charles Henry DAY, Died of Disease, 15 November 1918.
Charles DUNCAN, Killed in Action, 23 September 1917.
Leslie Allen FAIRHALL, Died of Disease, 28 August 1918.

John James GLASS, Killed in Action, 9 June 1917.
David Livingstone GRAHAM, Died of Disease, 19 December 1916.

Frederick Albert Foster HARDY, Killed in Action, 9 June 1917.
George HINE, Killed in Action, 20 June 1918.
William John HUTTON, Died of Wounds, 16 July 1917.

Harold Aubrey Thomas INGRAM, Died of Wounds, 13 August 1918.

Phillip Peterson JOLLY, Killed in Action, 26 September 1917.

Victor LINKLATER, Died of Wounds, 29 March 1918.

William MARGERRISON, Killed in Action, 1 October 1917.
Henry Samuel Hugh McCARROLL, Killed in Action, 10 April 1918.
Garnett Cecil McLENNAN, Killed in Action, 1 March 1917.
John Francis McNULTY, Died of Wounds, 25 November 1917.
John Vincent MEAGHER, Killed in Action, 25 June 1917.
Jack MUNROE, Killed in Action, 25 February 1917.

Robert Henry NEAVERSON, Killed in Action, 26 April 1918.
Arthur Daniel NICHOLLS, Killed in Action, 28 January 1917.

David William ORCHARD, Died of Wounds, 28 March 1918.
Jeremiah O'SULLIVAN, Killed in Action, 7 May 1917.

George Charles PINKERTON, Died of Wounds, 6 July 1918.
William john Thomas ROWE, Killed in Action, 13 August 1918.

John Michael RYNNE, Killed in Action, 25 September 1918.

John SHEEHAN, Killed in Action, 25 April 1918.
William Richard SHEEHAN, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.
Bertie SIMPSON, Died of Wounds, 12 June 1918.
Leslie SIMS, Killed in Action, 28 March 1918.
Frank SLADE, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.
George Edward STACE, Killed in Action, 14 November 1916.

Oswald Urbin TARDENT, Died of Wounds, 14 June 1918.

Thomas WILDE, Died of Wounds, 2 October 1917.

Lest We Forget

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

Citation: 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

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14th Light Horse Regiment List of Pages

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Sunday, 7 December 2008

The First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, History
Topic: AIF - 5B - 14 LHR

Outline of the First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

14th Light Horse Regiment takes part in the first Brisbane Anzac Day Parade, 25 April 1916

[From: Sydney Mail, 10 May 1916, p. 26.]

Formation

The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed as part of the early 1916 Cavalry policy of attaching a Light Horse Regiment to an Australian Division. Consequently, the 14th Light Horse Regiment was raised specifically to provide a regiment to the 3rd Infantry Division, AIF. Recruits went to the Enoggera Training Camp to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, in March 1916. The recruits were drawn from the four main Militia Regimental catchment areas within the 1st Military District which incorporated all of Queensland, Darwin and Northern New South Wales.

Training

Training for the 14th Light Horse Regiment commenced at the Enoggera Training Camp to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, from March 1916.

Embarkation

To facilitate the embarkation of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, it was entrained to Sydney by rail. The 14th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the HMAT A72 Beltana at Sydney, New South Wales.

HMAT A72 Beltana

[See: His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ships, A72.]

The 14th Light Horse Regiment "A" Squadron and 1st Reinforcements embarked on the HMAT A72 Beltana at Sydney, New South Wales, 13 May 1916.

The 14th Light Horse Regiment sailed to Davenport, England and disembarked in 10 July 1916.

Colour Patch

Pennant of the 14th Light Horse Regiment

The earlier systems proved to be ineffective so to assist with identification of the men in the various units within the AIF, Divisional Order No 81 (A) Administration was issued at Mena on 8 March 1915 detailing the Colour Patches for the various units in the AIF. The colour patch was made of cloth 1¼ inches wide and 2¾ inches long and worn on the sleeve one inch below the shoulder seam. In contrast, a special amendment to the order created the 14th Light Horse Regiment patch which was a oval in shape granted under the original order.

14th Light Horse Regiment Colour Patch

When the 14th Light Horse Regiment was appointed as the 3rd Divisional Cavalry, the Regiment retained the colour patch originally issued. The colour patch carried the red Divisional colour on the bottom part of the colour patch, while the white unit colour was on the top. This is illustrated with the above presentation.

Britain

It accompanied the 3rd Division to England. After some months of traininig, Divisional Cavalry were removed to become Corps Cavalry in September 1916. The 14th Light Horse Regiment was disbanded and the men dispersed over the various AIF formations.

Commanding Officers

Captain Frederick Butterworth

Embarkations:

The following list details all the embarkations in support of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, during the Great War. The list has been constructed from information and links kindly provided by The AIF Project. Each entry details to formation and the ships on which the units embarked with the date and place of embarkation. The detail of the formation is linked to a list of men who embarked upon that ship on the specific date. Each man is then linked to a brief military biography.

14th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana 13 May 1916
14th Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement	Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana 13 May 1916

See: Troop transport ships for information and photographs about the various ships employed in transporting the troops to Egypt.

Further Reading:

The Australian Light Horse - Structure

Citation: The First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, History

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Tuesday, 17 October 2006

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Embarkation Roll, 34th Reinforcements
Topic: AIF - 5B - 14 LHR

14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Embarkation Roll

The following is a composite alphabetical roll of all members of 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment who are known to have embarked overseas during the Great War.

Each man is listed with:

Service Number
Rank at Embarkation
First Names
Family Name
If applicable, the false name used

Notes

Note 1: All soldiers’ names are linked to the specific unit and date when embarkation occurred. By utilising the link, upon the Embarkation Roll is a brief military biography of the individual. Also on the page are details and picture of the ship in which embarkation occurred for that specific soldier.

Note 2: There are duplications of some names in the following list. The reason for this is that the soldier embarked on more than one occasion. This was the simplest way of resolving the problem of multiple entries for a single individual.

Note 3: In comparing this roll with the official Embarkation Rolls published by the Department of Defence during the Great War, it will be noticed that some names are absent. The reason for this lies in the fact that when the official Embarkation Rolls were compiled, last minute absentees for one reason or another were recorded as embarking whereas in actuality, no embarkation occurred. In addition, there are other names that have been included that do not appear in the official Embarkation Rolls and yet they embarked with that particular group.

Embarkation Roll

Sydney Sutherland ALLAN.

Cecil Neal ANDERSON.

Cecil Vincent ARMSTRONG.

Frederick John ASHTON.

Frederick Charles AYLOTT.

Archibald BALMER.

Stanley Percival BANGS.

Philip BASHFORD.

Alexander BATTLEY.

David Kirk BECKMAN.

John Edward BEDFORD.

Charles BLAKE.

Samuel Herbert BLOWS.

William Joseph BLOWS.

Keith BODSWORTH.

William Michael Sylvester BOURKE.

Walter Edward BOWDITCH.

Frederick BOWMAN.

Robert BOYD.

Rex Stapylton BREE.

Roy BROWN.

William James BROWN.

Charles William BUTTERFIELD.

Frank BUTTERWORTH.

Robert CALDWELL.

Arthur Archibald CAMERON.

Clarence William CAMPBELL.

Thomas Harvey CAMPBELL.

Duncan Stewart CARSELDINE.

Edwin David CARSELDINE.

Ferdinand Augustus CHAPMAN.

Charles Edward CLARKE.

Ernest Milton COLLINS.

Roy Harold COLLINS.

George Mark COOLING.

Charles COX.

Edwin CRAGG.

Benjamin joseph CURRAN.

William DALTON.

John DANAHER.

David DAVIDSON.

Charles Henry DAY.

Henry DONALDSON.

Bailey DOYLE.

Matthew john DRAYDON.

Angus stuart DUFF.

Charles DUNCAN.

Frank ECKMAN.

Willian EDGELL.

Arthur Herbert EDMONDS.

Albert EDWARDS.

Michael EGAN.

Wilfred Henry Leon ELLIOTT.

George EMERY.

James Stewart EWART.

Leslie Allen FAIRHALL.

Frederick Walter FAULKNER.

Harry FAULKNER.

Henry FAULKNER.

Robert beach FERGUSON.

Cecil Burnett FLANNERY.

Charles James FLUTTER.

Henry Estwick FORD.

William Albert FRANKLIN.

Henry Thomas GARRABY.

Leonard James GILLESPIE.

John James GLASS.

Joseph James GOUGHaka Joseph James WARD.

David Livingstone GRAHAM.

Robert Chalmers GRAY.

Ernest HALL.

Thomas Boyd HALL.

Clarence Leslie Donald HAMILTON.

Thomas Patrick HAMPTON.

Frederick Albert Foster HARDY.

James Robert HATTER.

Reginald William HAWKES.

Edward John HEININGER.

Roy HENSHALL.

Edward Albert HERRING.

Edwin James HEWETT.

Albert Victor HEWITT.

John Gordon HICKS.

William Nathaniel Nelson HIDE.

Horrie HILL.

George HINE.

John HOGAN.

George Edward HOGBIN.

William James HOPKINS.

Lemnel Thomas HOWARD.

Edward Clinton HURLE.

William John HUTTON.

Harold Aubrey Thomas INGRAM.

Harold Winter JACKSON.

Phillip Peterson JOLLY.

William Frederick Tyler JONES.

Alexander William JOUNQUAY.

Arthur Edward KERR.

Andrew Jack LA BATT.

Douglas Robert LANG.

Waldemar Nessen LAUMAN.

Frederick Wallace LEAHEY.

Hugh George LENON.

Victor LINKLATER.

Arthur Edward LLOYD.

James LODDING.

Thomas William LOVELL.

Kenneth Carey LOW.

Henry MANNING.

William MARGERRISON.

John MARSH.

Franklin MATTERS.

Thomas John McCALL.

Henry Samuel Hugh McCARROLL.

William James McDOUGALL.

Walter McGILL.

Alexander McGREGOR.

James Gordon McGREGOR.

Garnett Cecil McLENNAN.

John Francis McNULTY.

William McTAGGETT.

John Vincent MEAGHER.

Henry Edwin MILLER.

Leonard MONAGHAN.

Ernest Belmore MOODY.

John Vivian MOODY.

John William MOORE.

Thomas MORRIS.

Arthur William MORTON.

William Henry MOULD.

William John MOWINCKLE.

Jack MUNROE.

Robert Henry NEAVERSON.

John Edward NEILSON.

William Charles NEWMAN.

Arthur Daniel NICHOLLS.

Reginald Mcquarie Haygaith NICOLL.

William Angus NICOLSON.

Bertie Clarence NIXON.

Richard George NIXON.

William Henry NORMAN.

William Edward NORRIS.

Thomas Arthur O'CONNOR.

Patrick OLLIVER.

Robert William OLSEN.

David William ORCHARD.

Jeremiah O'SULLIVAN.

Alfred Clifford PALMER.

Edgar PARKER.

Oliver James Wesley PARRISH.

Stephen PAYTON.

Albert George PEARCE.

Charles Albert PEARCE.

Arthur knight PENGELLEY.

Leonard Henry PIKE.

Harold PILKINGTON.

George Charles PINKERTON.

George POTTER.

Issac Edward POWER.

Arthur william PREBBLE.

John PREO.

Osman Robert PRESTON.

Arthur QUIGLEY.

James QUINLAN.

Thomas Patrick RAHAL.

Joseph Edwin RANDALL.

William Reginald REECE.

Samuel Alexander RICHARDS.

William Charles Albert ROBINSON.

Alexander ROLFE.

Harold ROSS.

William john Thomas ROWE.

Alfred RUSSELL.

James RUSSELL.

Christopher RUTHERFORD.

Edward Thomas RYAN.

James Edward RYAN.

William Patrick RYAN.

John Michael RYNNE.

Robert charles SCHLOSS.

Hamilton SHAW.

John SHEEHAN.

William Richard SHEEHAN.

Albert William SILVESTER.

Bertie SIMPSON.

Leslie SIMS.

Lional Henry SKILLINGTON.

Frank SLADE.

John SMITH.

George Edward STACE.

Robert Charles Abel STELEY.

Frederick Ernest STENNER.

Alexander Low STEVENS.

William STOKES.

James Edward STRONG.

William Kerr SYMONS.

Oswald Urbin TARDENT.

William Thomas Bruce TAYLOR.

Donald David THOMPSON.

Griffith THOMPSON.

Thomas THWAITE.

Charles Duncan TOMISON.

Rupert Edward TURNER.

Arthur James John TURPIN.

George Nicolai ULBRICK.

Frederick Clifford VEALE.

Edward Thomas WALSH.

Cyril John WATERS.

James William Francis WATSON.

George William Harry WHITE.

Thomas WILDE.

Francis Frederick WILLIAMS.

William Arthur WILLIAMS.

Arthur Wintle WILLIS.

Gilbert James WILLIS.

James WILSON.

James Joseph WILSON.

James Robert WILSON.

William George WILSON.

Joseph George WINKEL.

Charles John Newton WINKS.

John thomas WINTERBOTTOM.

Frederick Horace WOODS.

John Henry WRIGHT.

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour

Citation: 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Embarkation Roll

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Updated: Tuesday, 19 January 2010 10:29 AM EAST