"Far away from the land of the wattle, he lies in a hero's grave"
CADET DE FONTENAY, Adrien Leslie DawsonService no 1327
Private 7th Battalion Born 10 February 1896 at Eastwood, SA Son of Adrien Louis Ferdinand CADET DE FONTENAY & Elizabeth Mountford nee SALISBURY Died of wounds on 29 December 1917, in Wyteschaete, Belgium Aged 22 years. www.awm.gov.au P04700.005 |
CALDWELL, David WallaceSecond Lieutenant
27th Battalion Born 09 November 1892 at Exeter, SA Son of David CALDWELL & Margret nee CHAPMAN Killed in action 2 March 1917 Aged 24 years Buried at Warlencourt British Cemetery in France. www.awm.gov.au H19305 |
He joined his unit on Gallipoli on 13 November 1915, just as winter set in, with cold biting winds and snow falling for days. Thirty freezing days and nights later, he embarked with the rest of the Regiment, returning to Egypt via Alexandria just before Christmas. The 3rd Light Horse Regiment, was allocated to the Western Frontier Force immediately after Christmas. The Western Frontier Force was deployed to counter incursions into the Nile Delta area by the Senussi tribes, and Alfred and the rest of the Regiment operated out of a camp near Wadi Natrun about 50 miles west of Cairo. Whilst there, Alfred came down with the mumps, and spent most of February 1916 in hospital.
In early March, not long after Alfred had returned from hospital, the Regiment entrained for Girga, about 300 miles south of Cairo. In early August 1916, the 3rd Light Horse Regiment defended bravely for two days against the attacking Turks during the Battle of Romani suffering 14 killed, 36 wounded and 4 missing. Nearly 100 horses were killed or missing. Alfred lost his horse along with everything on it.
The Regiment, along with the rest of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, then followed up the retreating Turks, capturing Katia and pressing the Turkish rearguard. Returning to Romani in late 20 September, Alfred was awarded a week's field punishment after being caught lying down on sentry duty
In February 1917, Alfred was transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Squadron, which worked in direct support of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, which included the 3rd Light Horse Regiment. After several weeks training, Alfred returned to El-Arish where the Squadron made camp. After a period in and out of the front line near Rafa, during which the 1st Light Horse Brigade suffered more than 50 casualties and 100 horses killed or wounded, Alfred was court martialled in July 1917 for refusing to take horses to water when ordered. Initially sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour, this was commuted to two months which he served at No. 1 Detention Compound, Moascar, in Egypt.
Rejoining the Squadron at Rafa beach in early October 1917, he served until 28 October when he was admitted to hospital for a week, then again to hospital in early November with a corneal ulcer. After some training in Egypt, he didn't return to duty with the Squadron until May 1918, when the Brigade was in Jericho. After a bout with sandfly fever in August 1918, Alfred rejoined the Squadron in late September 1918, at which point the entire Brigade had been brought to its knees, not by the Turks , but by malaria. In early October 1918, more than 500 men of the Brigade were evacuated with the disease. Alfred was back in hospital himself by late October, and didn't return to the Squadron until May 1919. He embarked for Australia later that month, and was discharged in Adelaide on 26 August 1919, four and a half years after he enlisted.
After the war, Alfred worked a number of jobs including shearing, horse breaking and fishing, and spent most of his life working on the Cameron family properties on the Coorong near Meningie. Alfred Junior died in 1949 and was buried in the Meningie cemetery.
Photograph & information from Ngarrindjeri ANZACs by Doreen Kartinyeri, p. 18.
Information Source: NAA 3rd Light Horse War diaries
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
In early March, not long after Alfred had returned from hospital, the Regiment entrained for Girga, about 300 miles south of Cairo. In early August 1916, the 3rd Light Horse Regiment defended bravely for two days against the attacking Turks during the Battle of Romani suffering 14 killed, 36 wounded and 4 missing. Nearly 100 horses were killed or missing. Alfred lost his horse along with everything on it.
The Regiment, along with the rest of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, then followed up the retreating Turks, capturing Katia and pressing the Turkish rearguard. Returning to Romani in late 20 September, Alfred was awarded a week's field punishment after being caught lying down on sentry duty
In February 1917, Alfred was transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Squadron, which worked in direct support of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, which included the 3rd Light Horse Regiment. After several weeks training, Alfred returned to El-Arish where the Squadron made camp. After a period in and out of the front line near Rafa, during which the 1st Light Horse Brigade suffered more than 50 casualties and 100 horses killed or wounded, Alfred was court martialled in July 1917 for refusing to take horses to water when ordered. Initially sentenced to four months imprisonment with hard labour, this was commuted to two months which he served at No. 1 Detention Compound, Moascar, in Egypt.
Rejoining the Squadron at Rafa beach in early October 1917, he served until 28 October when he was admitted to hospital for a week, then again to hospital in early November with a corneal ulcer. After some training in Egypt, he didn't return to duty with the Squadron until May 1918, when the Brigade was in Jericho. After a bout with sandfly fever in August 1918, Alfred rejoined the Squadron in late September 1918, at which point the entire Brigade had been brought to its knees, not by the Turks , but by malaria. In early October 1918, more than 500 men of the Brigade were evacuated with the disease. Alfred was back in hospital himself by late October, and didn't return to the Squadron until May 1919. He embarked for Australia later that month, and was discharged in Adelaide on 26 August 1919, four and a half years after he enlisted.
After the war, Alfred worked a number of jobs including shearing, horse breaking and fishing, and spent most of his life working on the Cameron family properties on the Coorong near Meningie. Alfred Junior died in 1949 and was buried in the Meningie cemetery.
Photograph & information from Ngarrindjeri ANZACs by Doreen Kartinyeri, p. 18.
Information Source: NAA 3rd Light Horse War diaries
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
CAMERON, David Alexander BrandisService no 7648
Private 20th Company AASC Born 10 July 1891 at Kapunda, SA Son of James CAMERON & Charlotte Eliza nee DAVIE Returned to Australia on 13 April 1919. www.awm.gov.au DA11438 |
CAMPBELL, Thomas DraperHonorary Lieutenant
Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental) Home Services Born 24 March 1893 in Millicent, South Australia Son of Walter & Lucy CAMPBELL nee WALTERS Died 8 December 1967 Read more here Courtesy of Douglas Paterson Researching Prince Alfred College WWI Participants |
CARRAILL, Alexander LawrenceService No. 1948
Driver 14th Field Artillery Brigade Born 18 May 1893 at Tungkillo, South Australia Son of James CARRAILL & Margaret nee McDONALD Died of wounds in France on 8 August 1918 Aged 25 years www.awm.gov.au P05409.003 |
CARRAILL, Leslie McNeilService No 3780
Private 32nd Battalion Born 13 September 1896 at Tungkillo, South Australia Son of James CARRAILL & Margaret nee McDONALD Killed in action on 3 September 1918 in France Aged 21 years www.awm.gov.au P05409.001 |
CARRAILL, Stanley JamesService no. 2374
Private 19th Battalion Born 10 February 1889 at Tungkillo, South Australia Son of James CARRAILL & Margaret Ann nee MacDONALD Killed in action in France, on 14 November 1916 Aged 25 years www.awm.gov.au P05409.002 |
CARSON, David GeorgeService No 452
Private 32nd Battalion Born 13 August 1884 at Adelaide, South Australia Son of David CARSON & Isabel nee FERRIER Of 47 Capper St, Kent Town Occupation prior to enlisting Labourer Enlisted 2 July 1915 Embarkation 18 November 1915 Served in France Killed in Action 20 July 1916 Buried Rue Petilon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France Plot 1, Row L, Grave 53 www.awm.gov.au P08593.001 |
CASTLE, Stanley AndrewService No 1215
Private 9th Light Horse Regiment Born 26 October 1895 at Stirling East, SA Son of Edmund CASTLE & Jane nee BEAN Returned to Australia on 5 February 1919 www.awm.gov.au DA08513 |
CATCHLOVE, KeithService No 314
Corporal 3rd Light Horse Regiment Born 21 April, 1893 at East Adelaide, SA Son of Albert Henry CATCHLOVE & Eva Rebecca nee McCULLOCH Occupation prior to enlistment Clerk Enlisted on 19 August 1914 Returned to Australia Served in WWII www.awm.gov.au P07159.114 |