2nd Light Horse Association records

Collection

Accession number
OM77-14
Date
1914-1920
Author / Creator
2nd Light Horse Association
Abstract
The collection includes war diaries, the diaries and journals of Reverend George Green, casualty lists, nominal rolls, maps, photographs and publications.
Scope and content

Records kept and maintained by the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment during the First World War, serving on the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Middle East. The collection includes military records specific to the regiment such as nominal rolls, personnel records and casualty lists. It also includes the personal diaries and journals of the regiment's chaplain Reverend George Green who vividly describes the horrors of the Gallipoli campaign. The collection gives details of activities at Gallipoli and the Middle East and includes photographs, maps and publications.

System of arrangement
Arranged into 5 series
Description
3 archival boxes: records, maps, diaires, photographs
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Guides
Transcripts for the following items are available: OM77-14/3, OM77-14/4, OM77-14/5, OM77-14/6, OM77-14/7.
Administrative / Biographical history

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Stodart (1879-1956), was born in Brisbane to James Stodart and Elizabeth Gair. Educated at Brisbane Grammar School, he enlisted in the Queensland Mounted Infantry and served in the South African War. During the First World War Stodart was the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 1914-1915, and although wounded in June 1915, he remained on duty until evacuated in September 1915.

Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

Out of copyright.

Conditions of use
You are free to use without permission. Please attribute the State Library of Queensland.
Notes
English
Preferred citation
OM77-14, 2nd Light Horse Association Records, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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