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Sunday, 27 September 2009

Victorian (Volunteer) Mounted Rifles, 1887
Topic: Militia - LHV - Vic

VMR

Victorian (Volunteer) Mounted Rifles

1887

Headquarters

Melbourne

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Tom Price, 1 May 1885.

Adjutant

Lieutenant John Charles Hoad, 4 June 1886.

Quartermaster

Captain Thomas Mann, 2 July 1886.

Surgeons

Archibald McDonald, 16 April 1886.

Henry St. John Mitchell, 16 April 1886.

William Francis Sweetman, 16 April 1886.

Henry Ogle Moore, 16 April 1886.

William Cleland Wilkinson, 16 April 1886.

Augustus McManus, 16 April 1886.

Damuel Connor, MD, 29 October 1886.

James Coane, 21 January 1887.

Veterinary Surgeon

Graham Mitchell, 16 April 1886.

"A" Company

Headquarters

Preston

Detachments
Dromana

Ferntree Gully

Flinders

"B" Company

Headquarters

Kyneton

Detachments

Daylesford

Geelong

Gisborne

"C" Company

Headquarters

Heyfield

Detachments
Glengarry

Maffra

Rosedale

Sale

Traralgon

"D" Company

Headquarters

Drouin

Detachments

Mirboo North

Moe

Morwell

Thorpdale

Trafalgar

Warragul

Yarragon

"E" Company

Headquarters

Euroa

Detachments

Benalla

Molka

Strathbogie

Violet Town

Yea

"F" Company

Headquarters

Broadford

Detachments

Katandra

Nagambie

Numurkah

Seymour

Wunghnu

"G" Company

Headquarters

Camperdown

Detachments

Darlington

Hexham

Mortlake

Penshurst

"H" Company

Headquarters

Hamilton

Detachments
Branxholme

Casterton

Coleraine

Dunkeld

Heywood

Merino

Myamyn

"I" Company

Headquarters

Kerang

Detachments
Durham Ox

Elmore

Pyramid Hill

Lieutenants

Lieutenant Edgar Slee, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Hallett Thomas, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Braithwaite, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Walter George Farroll, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Martin Joseph Ryan, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Hart Fawcett, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Richard Barker, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant George Francis Nethercote, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Thomas Reay, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant John Parsons Learmonth, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Richard James Howell, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Charles Blanchard, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Alfred William Crowe, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant David Alexander Skene, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Christopher Richard Smithwick, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Benjamin Pleasants, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Reginald Ivon Argyle, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Charles Murray, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Borthwick, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Edward Walker Boake, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant William Henry Hooper, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant John Niel McArthur, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Thomas Carre Riddell, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant David James Rourke, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Henry Southern, 16 April 1886.

Lieutenant Emil Theodor Sichlau, 16 April 1886.

Further Reading:

Victorian Mounted Rifles

The Light Horse

Australian Light Horse Militia

Militia 1899 - 1920

Citation: Victorian (Volunteer) Mounted Rifles, 1887

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Updated: Tuesday, 29 September 2009 5:47 PM EADT

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