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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, Tamworth

NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, Tamworth
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, Tamworth, Shell Green Lone Pine with plaque
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, Tamworth, close up of Shell Green Lone Pine plinth with plaque
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, Tamworth, close up of plaque for Shell Green Lone Pine
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, close up of series plaque 1
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, close up of series plaque 2
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, close up of series plaque 3
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NSW Light Horse Regiments Memorial, close up of series plaque 4
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Description / Background

The memorial contains a Lone Pine with an accompanying plaque on a sandstone plinth, and a series of six plaques that are also mounted on sandstone plinths. It is located in Bicentennial Park in Tamworth, along a walkway leading to the Tamworth Waler Memorial.

The memorial was designed by Majoy Wayne Clarke, of the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Regimental Association. It was dedicated by the Association on 10 November 2018. The plaques were made by the Phoenix Foundry, Uralla, and the sandstone bases were made by Lincoln Grove Monuments and Memorials of Tamworth.

Inscription

Lone Pine plaque

THE SHELL GREEN PINE TREE

A pine tree, which was propagated from a seed taken from an old pine growing outside the walls of the Shell Green Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 2010, was planted on December 20, 2015 by the Honorary Colonel of the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers, Major General IG Spence CSC, RFD, and Mr KJ Anderson, the State Member for Tamworth, to commemorate the service and sacrifice of the men of the Light Horse Regiments from NSW, who served on the Gallipoli Peninsula, over the period May 12, 1915 to December 20, 1915.

The Shell Green Cemetery is located on the Gallipoli Peninsula, at the southern end of the Anzac defensive position, to the rear, or seaward side, of Bolton’s Ridge, and to the south-west of the Lonesome Pine plateau.

In the Shell Green Cemetery, among the 409 Australians buried there, are men from the 6th, 7th and 12th Light Horse Regiments who were either killed, or died from their wounds, during the campaign.

The 1st, 6th, 7th and 12th Light Horse Regiments were raised in NSW and many of the members of these Regiments came from the New England, Hunter, North West and Northern Rivers regions of NSW.

The men who died while serving in the 1st Light Horse Regiment are mostly buried in either the Quinn's Post Cemetery or the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.

This tree is an Aleppo Pine (Pinus Halepensis), and it has been propagated from a tree grown from a pine cone brought back to Australian by a soldier from Inverell, who fought at Lone Pine.

In July 2018 it was planted to replace the original tree, which had unfortunately died, as a result of extremely hot weather.

LEST WE FORGET

Series - plaque 1

THE NSW LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS MEMORIAL

The series of plaques you see before you tell the story of the NSW Light Horse Regiments (LHRs) that served during the Great War on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915, in the Sinai in 1916 and, as part of the legendary Desert Mounted Corps, in Palestine and Syria from 1917 to 1918.

The plaques commemorate the service and sacrifice made by these men (many of them from our region) as they endured the privations and disease of Gallipoli and the heat, lack of water and disease of the desert (which were always secondary threats), while they fought against the primary threat, the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans had ruled the region for 500 years, and they were well supported by well-equipped and highly trained German and Austrian troops.

These plaques exist as a result of generous financial grants made by the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs, the NSW Minister for Veterans Affairs; the financial support and assistance provided by the Tamworth Regional Council in creating this memorial; and the financial and/or personal support by the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers and 24th Light Horse Regiments Association and members of the Cameron, Hyman, Fetherstonhaugh, Davies, Roach, Clarke and Brooke Families.

Plaques by Phoenix Foundry Uralla

Stonework by Lincoln Grove Monuments & Memorials

RAISING THE NSW LIGHT HORSE REGIMENTS

In August 1914 the Australian Imperial Force was formed, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, as Australia’s contribution to the British war effort. Right from the start light horsemen serving in the various militia light horse regiments flocked to join the AIF LHRs. As a result thirteen LHRs were eventually raised between August 1914 and March 1915 and four of these regiments came from New South Wales. These regiments were initially filled by men from the following NSW militia units: the NSW Lancers; the NSW Mounted Rifles; the Illawarra Light Horse, the Australian Horse; the Northern Rivers Lancers; the New England Light Horse; and the Hunter River Lancers. A lot of these men were also Boer War veterans.

The 1st LHR was raised in August 1914, at Rosebery Park, East Sydney, as part of the 1st Light Horse Brigade (LHB) and its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel John Meredith, a Boer War veteran, a doctor from Raymond Terrace and, at the time, the commanding officer of the Hunter River Lancers (Militia).

The 6th LHR was raised in October 1914, at Rosebery Park, East Sydney, as part of the 2nd LHB and its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Charles 'Fighting Charlie' Cox, a Boer War veteran and a railway inspector from Parramatta.

The 7th LHR was raised in October, 1914, at Liverpool, as part of the 2nd LHB, and its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel John Arnott, originally from the Hunter Region, at the time, the commanding officer of the Australian Horse Regiment (Militia) and a manufacturer from Strathfield.

The 12th LHR was raised on March 1, 1915, at Liverpool, as part of the 4th LHB, and its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Percy Abbott, a Glen Innes solicitor, a federal politician, and, at the time, the commanding officer of the New England Light Horse (Militia).

The 1st LHR departed Australia in October 1914, the 6th and 7th LHRs departed Australia in December and the 12th LHR departed Australia in two contingents in June 1915 - they were all headed for Egypt.

For those who would survive the war they would not see Australia, or their families, again until 1919. Many would never see Australia again.

When the 1st, 6th and 7th arrived in Egypt they had to acclimatise, put some condition on the horses and start to train as sections, troops, squadrons and regiments. While this was going on the landings at Gallipoli had occurred and reports of the terrible losses were filtering back to Egypt. The light horsemen were eager to go and help.

Finally in May, as the losses mounted due to combat, as well as sickness and disease, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Horse Brigades, which included the 1st, 6th and 7th LHRs, landed on the peninsula. Over the next seven months they would suffer terribly.

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THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA

Between the landings at Anzac Cove on April 25, 1915 and mid-May the ANZAC forces had suffered severely. As well as the thousands who had already been killed or wounded in combat; disease, coupled with poor food and water quality as well as the heat, was drastically wasting away the strength of the Australian and New Zealand troops. It was obvious that reinforcements were needed, but there were no reserve infantry battalions waiting back in Egypt. The answer was to send the three light horse brigades, who were dead keen to get to the peninsula and 'do their bit'. The horses remained in Egypt.

The 1st LHR, as part of the 1st LHB, landed on May 12, and played a defensive role for most of the campaign, mostly in the vicinity of Quinn's Post, one of the most deadly spots on the peninsula. As part of the August Offensive the regiment mounted an attack on the Turkish position known as 'the Chessboard' on August 7, at about the same time the 3rd LHB was conducting its tragic charge at the Nek. Of the 200 men involved in the attack on the 'Chessboard' 147 became casualties. While on Gallipoli 129 members of the Regiment were killed or died from wounds, sickness or disease.

The 6th and 7th LHRs, as part of the 2nd LHB, landed on May 20, and were mainly responsible for a sector on the far right, or the southern end, of the Anzac defensive perimeter, in the vicinity of Bolton's Ridge and Holly Spur. They carried out a mostly defensive role until the brigade was evacuated, and while they were on Gallipoli 62 members of the 6th LHR and 67 members of the 7th LHR lost their lives. They are nearly all buried in the Shell Green Cemetery.

The 12th LHR arrived in Egypt on July 23 and after some training and acclimatisation it was informed, on August 23, that it would be going to Gallipoli as reinforcements. The 12th landed on Gallipoli on August 29. Since May, the ten LHRs already on Gallipoli had suffered heavy losses due to both action and sickness, especially during the August offensive. As a result the 12th LHR was informed it would be broken up and its three squadrons would be reinforcing the three NSW regiments already on Gallipoli.

‘A’ Squadron, commanded by Major Phillip Chambers, a grazier from Wellington (along with the Machine Gun section, commanded by Tamworth local Lieutenant Eric Hyman) was allocated to the 1st LHR; ‘B’ Squadron, commanded by Major Harold McIntosh, a grazier from Bathurst, and a Boer War veteran, was allocated to the 7th LHR & ‘C’ Squadron, commanded by Major Donald Cameron, a grazier from Scone, also a Boer War veteran, was allocated to the 6th LHR.

In the ensuing four months on Gallipoli, approximately 600 men from the 12th LHR endured great privations during a desperate phase of the campaign, before the final evacuation on December 20. In all 20 men from the 12th LHR, but serving in the 6th and the 7th Regiments, were either killed in action, died of wounds or died as a result of sickness and disease.

By the time the evacuation took place on December 20, all four of the Regiments had suffered approximately 60% casualties from wounds, sickness or disease. While on Gallipoli members of the four regiments served at Walkers Ridge, Shell Green, Otago Gully, Camels Hump, Chatham’s Post, Ryrie’s Post, Lone Pine, Quinn’s Post, Bolton's Ridge, Holly Spur, Snipers Rest and Wilsons Lookout.

THE DEFENCE OF EGYPT AND THE ADVANCE ACROSS THE SINAI DESERT

When the light horsemen had all returned to Egypt they were reunited with their horses and for the first half of 1916 the regiments were reformed and re-equipped.

Once operations commenced in the Sinai all four NSW regiments were involved. After the defeat of the Ottomans at Romani, in August 1916, the threat to the Suez Canal was over and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) went on the offensive. Victories followed at Magdhaba and Rafa. These victories led to the final expulsion of the Ottoman forces from the Sinai, who withdrew to Gaza. In this phase, while the 1st, 6th and the 7th were involved in these battles, the 12th initially spent most of its time in the Sinai patrolling. However in October it got its first taste of mounted operations in the desert when it took part in the successful raid on an Ottoman outpost in the Maghara Hills.

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MOVING INTO PALESTINE AND THE BATTLE FOR GAZA

For the first months of 1917 the 1st LHR was assigned to protect the rail line and lines of supply in the Sinai. They missed the First Battle of Gaza but were back at the front by April 6, 1917.

In the First Battle of Gaza, on March 27, the 6th and 7th LHRs, as part of the Anzac Mounted Division (ANZMD), were tasked to encircle and isolate Gaza as a prelude to its capture by the British infantry. With victory in sight, and acting upon incorrect intelligence, a withdrawal was ordered by the EEF high command. The 12th LHR was still in the Sinai training as part of the recently re-formed 4th LHB.

In the Second Battle of Gaza, on April 19, attacking dismounted, as part of the 4th LHB, the 12th LHR suffered its heaviest casualties since Gallipoli. During the attack the commanding officer of the 12th LHR, Lieutenant Colonel Harold McIntosh, was critically wounded and died a few days later. The 12th LHR suffered 30% casualties, dead or wounded. The whole operation was a disastrous failure and the EEF commander, General Murray, was sacked.

General Sir Edmund Allenby, freshly arrived from the Western Front, was appointed the new commander of the EEF and Harry Chauvel, the boy from up Tabulum way, was promoted to Lieutenant General and took command of the newly formed Desert Mounted Corps. Harry was the first Australian to command a Corps. This reorganisation would prove a turning point in the war. A new plan was required and it would come to be known as the 3rd Battle of Gaza, with the most significant event of this battle being the Charge of Beersheba (see next plaque).

THE FALL OF JERUSALEM

In the week after the fall of Beersheba a number of follow-up successes resulted in the abandonment of Gaza by the Ottomans, who withdrew to the north. The advance continued, and four weeks later Jerusalem fell. General Allenby entered the city, on foot, on December 11. This victory was followed up with the capture of Jericho in February 1918, which involved the 1st LHR. Since the fall of Gaza the EEF had advanced over 90 kilometres, pushed the Ottomans north of Jerusalem and taken 12,000 prisoners. Allenby then consolidated his front line which ran from Jaffa on the coast inland to the top of the Dead Sea.

THE FAILED RAIDS INTO JORDAN

Over the period late March to early May 1918 Allenby launched two unsuccessful raids into Jordan in an attempt to destroy the Ottoman railway that supplied Ottoman forces in the Arabian Peninsula. In the first raid on Amman, by the ANZMD, the 6th and 7th LHRs suffered heavy casualties, especially the 6th who had three troops of men (nearly 100 men) almost entirely wipe out in one attack.

During the second raid, on the town of Es Salt, which lies to the west of Amman, the 4th LHB, including the 12th LHR, was tasked to protect the withdrawal route of the Australian Mounted Division (AMD). The weather was terrible, the terrain was steep and the tracks were narrow and slippery. Unexpectedly a large Ottoman force attacked the 4th LHB from the north and the brigade had to withdraw south, under heavy fire, but still keep the withdrawal route secure. If the route was cut most of the AMD would be trapped in the hills. The leadership of the 12th LHR contributed to a skilful, fighting withdrawal and, although nine of the British artillery guns under its protection were lost, it was successful. When the order for the AMD to withdraw was given, after it was realised that this raid was also a failure, the entire mounted division made it back across the Jordan River to safety.

SUMMER IN THE JORDAN VALLEY AND ALLENBY'S PLAN

After these failed raids Allenby called a halt for the summer. While everyone was exhausted the Jordan Valley still had to be kept secure from a possible Ottoman thrust across the river from Jordan. So unfortunately for the light horse they had to spend the next three months resting in the extremely hot, extremely dusty, mosquito, scorpion and snake infested Jordan Valley. Malaria took a heavy toll.

It was at this time that the AMD was issued with swords while the ANZMD remained mounted infantry. While the Australians were resting Allenby planned and prepared for his grand offensive, and with the Ottoman defensive line not as well prepared, or defended, as the Gaza-Beersheba line had been the previous year, his aim was to destroy the three Ottoman armies that opposed him to the north and east and bring the campaign to a decisive close.

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THE CHARGE OF THE 12th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT AT BEERSHEBA

The Battle of Beersheba started at 6am on the morning of October 31st, 1917. But by 3pm, after attacks from the west by British infantry and Light Horse attacks to the east of town, Beersheba had still not fallen. General Harry Chauvel, the commander of the Desert Mounted Corps, calls a conference at his HQ.

Chauvel says that the town of Beersheba must be taken before nightfall. Brigadier William Grant, the commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, says that his men can take the town with a cavalry charge. Chauvel, running all the options through his head, turns and looks towards the town. It is shrouded in smoke and dust, the sound of artillery and machine gun fire echoes across the plain and the sun is getting low in the sky. After a few moments and without turning around he says to General Hodgson, the commander of the Australian Mounted Division, “Put Grant straight at it”. Grant leaps onto his horse and rides away.

Lieutenant Colonel Donald Cameron, a Boer War veteran and grazier from Scone, is in command of the 12th LH Regiment from NSW. Major Eric Hyman, a Tamworth grazier, will lead ‘A’ Squadron first into the tumult of the battle, while ‘B’ Squadron, in the second wave, will be led by Major Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh, a Boer War veteran, and a grazier from Coonamble.

It’s now 4.30pm and, with sunset in about 30 minutes, and the shadows lengthening, between 500-600 men from the 4th Light Horse Regiment, from Victoria, and the 12th Light Horse Regiment, in two waves, 400 metres apart, move off at the walk, then to the trot and then quickly to the gallop as they start to take fire. Ahead lies the Turkish trenches, supported by heavy machine guns and artillery on nearby hills to the left. The reserve squadron of the 12th, ‘C’ Squadron, is led by Cameron down the left of the Charge to suppress the machine guns and protect the left flank.

The Charge now travels five kilometres over open rough ground through the artillery, machine gun and rifle fire. When the trenches are reached the 4th Regiment mostly dismounts and fights hand to hand, in the trenches, with the Turkish soldiers. Hyman also dismounts, with some of his men, to attack a strong point, killing sixty and capturing many more. Fetherstonhaugh has his favourite charger shot out from under him, and then, as he charges the trenches on foot, firing with his revolver, is shot himself, through both legs.

The remainder of ‘A’ Squadron continues through a gap between trenches and they gallop straight for Beersheba with Captain Rodney Robey, an estate manager from Ulmarra, and born in Tamworth, in the lead. Most of ‘B’ Squadron, now led by Captain Jack Davies, a grazier from Scone, go around to the left of the trenches and then follow Robey and ‘A’ Squadron towards Beersheba at the gallop.

Robey rides hard, pushing around the western side of the town to envelop it from the north while Davies rides straight up the main street. In the time between the first wave smashing into the trenches and Robey and Davies arriving in Beersheba the Turks go from organised resistance to uncontrolled retreat. The German engineers, who have wired the wells and buildings of importance for demolition, join them and leave the switches to the detonators open.

Beersheba, with almost all of its precious wells intact, has fallen at a cost to the 4th Light Horse Brigade of 31 men killed, 34 wounded and 70 horses lost. A couple of the wounded will die in the next few days and weeks. Total British losses are 171, including 55 in the whole of the Desert Mounted Corps. About 1200 prisoners are taken by the 4th Light Horse Brigade out of a total of nearly 2000, as well as artillery guns, machine guns and other war materiel.

Just over an hour has passed from the time the troopers were ordered to saddle up to when the 12th gallops into Beersheba and secures the town and the wells.

Cameron, as well as Hyman and Fetherstonhaugh (both recommended for the Victoria Cross), will be awarded the Distinguished Service Order for their efforts, while Robey and Davies will be awarded the Military Cross. In addition two soldiers of the 12th Regiment will be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and four others, the Military Medal.

A captured German staff officer commented later, "We did not believe that the charge would be pushed home. That seemed an impossible intention. I have heard a great deal of the fighting quality of Australian soldiers. They are not soldiers at all; they are madmen."

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THE BEGINNING OF THE END

On September 19, 1918, at 4.30 am, four British infantry divisions attacked close to the coast and opened a 12 kilometre gap in the Ottoman defensive line, through which 12,000 mounted soldiers, including the AMD, with the 12th LHR towards the front, poured through to penetrate deep into the Ottoman rear area. At the same time another mounted force, Chaytor's Force, which included the 1st, 6th and 7th LHRs, attacked for a third time into Jordan.

A BREAK THROUGH AND THE GREAT RIDE BEGINS

Commanded by Chauvel the mounted forces advanced through the gap and started one of the greatest cavalry advances in history. By the morning of September 22, two Ottoman armies had been cut-off, surrounded and destroyed, the EEF had advanced between 80 and 120 kilometres, and, while its German commander had narrowly escaped, the Ottoman Supreme HQ in Palestine was captured at Nazareth. At a meeting between Allenby and Chauvel that same day they realised they had the opportunity to seriously exploit their overwhelming success, capture Damascus and end the war. The order was given to push on.

THE CAPTURE OF SEMAKH

On September 24, with the Ottomans looking for the opportunity, and a place, to establish a new defensive line and stop the advance, the 11th and 12th LHRs were ordered to attack the vital railway junction town of Semakh, located at the southern end of the Sea of Galilee, the next day. Despite being outnumbered two to one, two mounted squadrons of the 11th LHR charged the defences before dawn, supported by a squadron from the 12th. Over an hour of vicious, no quarter given, hand to hand fighting took place in the village and the buildings of the railway station, against mostly German defenders. The men of 'C' Squadron of the 12th LHR were involved and about 100 enemy were killed and 364 captured. Seventeen light horseman, mostly from the 11th LHR, died along with the loss of 77 horses. The capture of Semakh meant that the remaining Ottoman forces in Palestine and Jordan were cut in half and any chance to form a new defensive line south of Damascus, to stop the rampant Australians, was now gone.

The final nails in the Ottoman coffin were the capture of Tiberias by a squadron from the 12th LHR, led by Major Bertie Lowing, who won his second Military Cross, and the capture of Amman in the east by Chaytor's Force. Another 10,000 prisoners were taken and by now it was obvious that the way to Damascus was well and truly open and the race to get there first was on.

THE CHARGE OF KAUKAB

By September 29 the Australians were at Kuneitra, 80 kilometres south of Damascus. The next day the AMD, led by the 4th and 12th LHRs, approached Kaukab, 10 kilometres south of Damascus. Earlier in the day, with swift and decisive action, an Ottoman rear guard had been overrun and 350 prisoners, eight machine guns and two artillery pieces were captured. Keeping the initiative both regiments quickly pushed on and encountered another enemy rear guard on a ridge line at Kaukab. After forming up, both regiments, with swords drawn, went headlong down into the valley, travelled two kilometres across open ground and then raced uphill, at full tilt. The German and Ottoman defenders, remembering Beersheba, fled. Twelve machine guns and another 70 prisoners were taken. For leading his regiment into battle and seizing his objectives with great dash Lieutenant Colonel Don Cameron was awarded his second Distinguished Service Order.

THE END OF THE EMPIRE

On October 1 Damascus fell. After a rest the advance re-commenced, however as the 12th LHR moved towards Homs, further north, the Ottomans suddenly surrendered on October 30. In six weeks the Desert Mounted Corps had advanced about 600 kilometres and taken more than 45,000 prisoners. In total the EEF had destroyed three Ottomans armies and taken over 75,000 prisoners.

The 1st, 6th and 7th LHRs had all withdrawn after the capture of Amman and all Australian forces now moved back towards Suez. In November the 7th LHR went to Gallipoli to help with graves registration, they returned in early 1919. While helping to put down the Egyptian Rebellion in early 1919 delayed the departure of the 6th, 7th and 12th LHRs, by August 1919 all four regiments were back in Australian and reunited with their families. The war was truly over.

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VICTORIES WON

In 1928, in recognition of their service and sacrifice, the NSW Regiments were awarded the following Battle Honours.

1st Light Horse Regiment (NSWL): Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Magdhaba-Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan (Amman), Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18

6th Light Horse Regiment (NSWMR): Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jordan (Amman), Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18

7th Light Horse Regiment (AH): Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jordan (Amman), Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18

12th Light Horse Regiment (NELH): Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18

THE COST OF VICTORY

While many members of the NSW Regiments paid the supreme sacrifice during the war, there were others who suffered long after, not to mention the families.

The dead were either buried at sea or buried in one of the many war cemeteries found in Turkey, Malta, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Tanzania, Britain and Australia. Some deaths occurred before leaving Australia and some occurred after arriving back. Besides killed in action, causes of death included died of wounds or complications (meningitis), illness or sickness (pneumonia, dysentery, typhoid fever, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis) and accidental death (drowning).

1st Light Horse Regiment: Served 2,477, Died (up to 1920) 238, Wounded 679, Missing 10, Sick 1148

6th Light Horse Regiment: Served 2,308, Died (up to 1920) 129, Wounded 461, Missing 9, Sick 1265

7th Light Horse Regiment: Served 2,378, Died (up to 1920) 149, Wounded 655, Missing 8, Sick 1567

12th Light Horse Regiment: Served 1,506, Died (up to 1920) 92, Wounded 401, Missing 4, Sick 841

Total: Served 8,669, Died (up to 1920) 608, Wounded 2,196, Missing 31, Sick 4,821

The names of all of the men missing are recorded on the Memorial Wall in the Jerusalem War Cemetery.

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Address
Bicentennial Park
Kable Avenue
Tamworth NSW 2340
Local Government Area
Tamworth Regional Council
Setting
Garden/park
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Memorial avenue/Memorial tree/Memorial trees
Recorded by
Wayne Clarke
Year of construction
2018
Dedication date
10 November 2018
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Bronze
Sandstone