8th ALH

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1905

Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1941
8th Indi Light Horse Recce Battalion [1942 - 1943]
8th Australian Cavalry Regiment [1943 - 1944]
8th/13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles [1960 - ]

Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising

North Eastern Victoria

3rd Northern Victoria Brigade

Euroa

Vacant.

Lieutenant Colonel WB Pleasents.

Lieutenant LC Maygar, VC.

Honorary Lieutenant JE Sergeant, 1 March 1904.

Lieutenant JH Patterson, Honorary Captain.

Lieutenant AC Wilson.

Captain RD Crocker, 1 April 1905.

Second Lieutenant GE Lydiard, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant OW Pleasents, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant FT Crocker, 16 April 1904.

Captain JL Martin.

Lieutenant D Martin.

Lieutenant J Standish.

Lieutenant FT Moore, 13 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant DF Tait, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant VJP Hennessey, Honorary Captain, 27 August 1904.

3rd Wangaratta Squadron

Captain CJ Ahern

Lieutenant R Manley

Second Lieutenant JJ Teague, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant TG Clarke, 7 November 1904.

4th Rutherglen - Beechworth Squadron

Lieutenant RB Barnes

Lieutenant HED Kelly

Second Lieutenant HJ Shannon, 1 March 1904.

Previous: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1904

Next: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1906

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 2:11 PM EADT

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7th ALH

7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1905

Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
20th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1941]
20th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
20th Australian Pioneer Battalion [1943 - 1945]
8th/13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles [1960 - ]

Pro Rege et Patria - For King and Country

District

Goulburn River and (or Central) Victoria

Brigade

3rd Northern Victoria Brigade

Yea

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, GCMG.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel D McLeish, CMG, Aide de Camp to His Excellency the Governor General.

Adjutant

Lieutenant OR Scale, 1 January 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant WF Smith.

Medical Officer

Captain JC Morton.

Veterinary Officer

Captain HS Ruddock.

 1st Seymour - Broadford - Avenel Squadron

Lieutenant RN Corney.

Second Lieutenant JM Neill, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant RJ Shelton, 5 November 1904.

Second Lieutenant J Storey, 13 January 1905.

2nd Yea - Mansfield - Cathkin Squadron

Lieutenant AW Crockett.

Lieutenant AN Aitken.

Second Lieutenant W Parsons, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant A Dunn, 13 January 1905.

3rd Murchison - Rushworth - Nagambie Squadron

Lieutenant HJE Brisbane.

Lieutenant EAE Gregory.

Second Lieutenant A La Peyre, 13 August 1904.

 

4th Shepparton Squadron

Lieutenant J Nugent

Second Lieutenant SA Jacob, 1 March 1904.

Previous: 7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Next: 7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Further Reading:

7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Sunday, 27 June 2010 10:14 PM EADT

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11th ALH

11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1905

Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
20th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
4th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1936]
4th/19th Australian Light Horse [1936 - 1938]
4th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1938 - 1942]
4th (Corangamite Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1944]
4th/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]

Pro Gloria - For Glory

District

Western Victoria

Brigade

4th Southern Victoria and Tasmania Brigade

Headquarters

Warrnambool

Major General, The Honorable Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB, Boer War Veteran.

Commanding Officer 

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Godfrey Hughes, VD, 20 October 1900.

Adjutant  

Captain Reginald Hastings Clarke, 1 March 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant Edward Thomas Apps, 1 September 1901.

Medical Officer

Captain Charles Crawford MacKnight, 4 June 1897.

Captain Andrew Edward Callow, 14 April 1899.

1st Warrnambool - Allansford - Nirranda Squadron

Lieutenant Cyril Wilberforce St John Clarke, 13 October 1904.

Second Lieutenant George Finlay Landles Wilson, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant William Horne, 21 April 1904.

2nd Camperdown - Terang Squadron

Second Lieutenant Charles Witton Hindhaugh, 8 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Stanley George Allen Hindhaugh, 21 April 1904.  

3rd Colac - Beeac Squadron

Lieutenant William Waugh Hope, 3 April 1903.
 
Second Lieutenant Urquhart Ramsay, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Allan Holford Wettenhall, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant George Alfred McLeod, 1 March 1904.

4th Hamilton - Dunkeld Squadron 

Captain John Little, 3 April 1903.  

Lieutenant Charles Cathrow Peard, 3 April 1903.

Lieutenant John Harold Carter, 3 April 1903.

Lieutenant William Henry Scott, 3 April 1903.

Previous: 11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Next: 11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Further Reading:

11th/20th/4th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Saturday, 26 June 2010 7:26 AM EADT

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3rd LHFA, AIF

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance

Embarkation Roll, 22nd Reinforcement

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF, 22nd Reinforcement, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A65 Clan MacEwen 9 October 1916.

The HMAT A65 Clan Macewen weighed 5,140 tons with an average cruise speed of 15 knots or 27.78 kmph. It was owned by the Cayser, Irvin and Co, Glasgow, and leased by the Commonwealth until 14 April 1917.

The ensuing individual soldier's embarkation information contains the following details:

Rank on embarkation;

Full name of the soldier

Declared age of the soldier;

The last occupation held;

The last address as a civilian;

Enlistment Date; and,

Fate.

Finding more about a service person.

See: Navigating the National Archives Service File 

Embarkation Roll

 

15566 Private Henry William CAMPBELL, a 22 year old Clerk from Albert Park, Victoria. He enlisted on 7 March 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 15 January 1919.

 

15567 Private Robert McAllister KERR, a 21 year old Clerk from Middle Park, Victoria. He enlisted on 22 November 1915; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.

 

15568 Private Richard TREVORROW, a 23 year old Joiner from Malvern, Victoria. He enlisted on 22 November 1915; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 14 March 1919.

 

Previous:  21st Reinforcement

Next: 23rd Reinforcement

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:

3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Updated: Wednesday, 31 March 2010 7:18 AM EADT

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10th ALH

10th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

1905

Pro Gloria - For Glory

District

Eastern Victoria

Brigade

4th Southern Victoria and Tasmania Brigade

Headquarters

Sale

Honorary Colonel

Vacant.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel William Borthwick, VD, 24 December 1904.

Adjutant

Captain Charles Seafield Ogilvy, 1 January 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant John George Cornish Sutton, 18 April 1904.

Medical Officer

Major Navroji Bamanji Gandevia, 30 May 1903.

 Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant David Thomas Jones, Boer War Veteran, 5 March 1904.

1st Sale - Stratford - Dutson Squadron

Captain Archibald Lloyd, 30 September 1898.

Second Lieutenant Hampton Alexander Gooch, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Henry Baylis, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant James Forsyth, 13 January 1905.

2nd Morwell - Moe - Thorpdale - Traralgon Squadron

Captain John Hall, 1 January 1903.

Second Lieutenant James Percival Tulloch, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Norman McLean, Boer War Veteran, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Hugh George Essington Anstey, 17 May 1904.

 
3rd Warragul - Drouin - Yarragon Squadron

Captain George Vernon Stephen, 21 May 1904.

Lieutenant Joshua Dyson Farrar, 1 March 1899.

Second Lieutenant Walter Henry Manners McFarlane, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Malwyn Hayley A'Beckett, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant David James Wemyes McHaffie, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Arthur Haywood A'Beckett, 1 March 1904.

4th Geelong - Werribee Squadron

 
 
5th Melbourne - Packenham - Berwick - Lilydale (Garrison) Squadron

Major Charles Edward Merrett, 1 January 1905.

Lieutenant Henry Windle Cleverden Smith, 20 July 1894.

Lieutenant William John Whitley Strong, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 8 October 1897.

Second Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald, 1 April 1904.

Second Lieutenant Osborne O'Hara, 1 April 1904.

Captain Alexander Rushall, 1 January 1905.

Lieutenant David Blair, 1 July 1903.

Lieutenant John Sheaton Gordon, 1 July 1903.

Previous: 10th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1904

Next: 10th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1906

Further Reading:

10th/13th Australian Light Horse

Victorian Mounted Rifles

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Friday, 25 June 2010 11:43 AM EADT

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