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Wednesday, 10 September 2008

25th Light Horse
Topic: Militia - LH

DISTRIBUTION OF MILITIA FORCES.

5th Military District

LIGHT HORSE.

Hat badge for the 18th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Collar badge for the 18th Australian Light Horse Regiment

(Reversed swan)

History

Below is a brief historical outline from RK Peacock, Evolution of Australian Light Horse Regiments 1841-1935, Unpublished MSS, c.1936, p. 10.

The regiment sprung from the PINJARRA Mounted Rifles and the Wellington Mounted Volunteers raised in 1858. In 1887 there was a mounted corps known as Guildford Mounted Infantry detachment which formed part of the Guildford Rifles- Between the years 1895 and 1899 detachments of mounted troops were formed and disbanded at Perth. Than following in 1899 the mounted detachment of the Bunbury Rifles. The year 1900 saw the formation of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry as an organised body after the war in South Africa, with troops at Victoria Park, Perth, Carrington and Fremantle. On the Federal re-organisation of the troops in 1903 the Mounted troops of Western Auatralia became styled 18th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Western Australian Mounted Infantry), continuing as such until 1912 when their numerical designaiton became 25th Light Horse (WAMI) followed by the title 10th Light Horse (WAMI) in 1918, and again in 1921.

25th (Western Australian Mounted infantry) Australian Light Horse Regiment

Head-Quarters - Perth

Lieutenant Colonel Noel Murray Brazier, 11 May 1913, Tenure of command from 16 May 1912 to 15 May 1917.
Adjutant - Honorary Lieutenant GH Manley, 1 April 1913, AIS
Quartermaster - Honorary Lieutenant WV Needham, 4 September 1912
Medical Officer - Captain EH Rigby
Second Lieutenant BRP Burch, Area Officer

Machine Gun Section - Perth

Lieutenant Clive Lanyon Nicholas, 25 November 1912

"A" Squadron -

Northam (A Troop and B Troop),

Toodyay (C Troop),

York and Beverley (D Troop)

Lieutenant William Hudson Rockliff, 1 July 1913
Second Lieutenant Vernon Frederick Piesse
Second Lieutenant FL Faulkner
Second Lieutenant WP Yates, 1 July 1913
Second Lieutenant Thomas James Heller, 1 July 1913

"B" Squadron -

Pingelly (A Troop and B Troop),

Narrogin (C Troop and D Troop)

Lieutenant Henry Spicer Brockman, 14 October 1912
Second Lieutenant James Rodsted
Second Lieutenant Clarence Raymond Doust
Second Lieutenant Henry Phillip Fry, 13 September 1912 (KIA Hill 60)
Second Lieutenant Anthony Purdon Hagarty Corley, 9 December 1912 (KIA 17 September 1915)
Second Lieutenant Arthur Charles Niquet Olden, 16 January 1913
Second Lieutenant Harold White Harper, 16 January 1913
Second Lieutenant K Gibsone, 1 March 1913
Second Lieutenant Herbert Bowen Hamlin, 16 Novemberr 1911 (DOI, 30 May 1919)

"C" Squadron -

Katanning (A Troop and B Troop),

Wagin (C Troop and D Troop)

Lieutenant HV Piesse, 28 February 1913
Second Lieutenant John William Norrish
Second Lieutenant JE Jones
Second Lieutenant Ernest Charles Gordon ('Joe') Scott

"D" Squadron - (Attached to 25th Light Horse.)

Bunbury (A Troop),

Brookhampton (B Troop),

Bridgetown (C Troop), and

Harvey (D Troop)

Second Lieutenant IR Oldham
Second Lieutenant JAJ Sinclair

The number of men who went onto serve with the AIF after the declaration of war is highlighted by the links to the individual service files of each man who enlisted or was commissioned. Click on the link and the service file held by the National Archives will open for that particular individual.

Further Reading:

For the Western Australian Light Horse Militia establishment, see:

Light Horse structure 1903

1903 Reorganisation, Western Australia

Light Horse structure 1914

Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 5th Military District, Part 1

Individual Light Horse Regiments, see:

25th (Western Australian Mounted infantry) Australian Light Horse Regiment

25th Light Horse

25th Light Horse - Officers and Men, 1914

Peacetime and Wartime Regimental Establishments, see:

Peace establishment of Australian Light Horse, 1903-14

5th Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, see:

5th Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 1

5th Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 2

For 1914 Infantry, Artillery and other service arms distribution, see:

Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 5th Military District, Part 1

Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 5th Military District, Part 2

Additional reference:

RK Peacock, Evolution of Australian Light Horse Regiments 1841-1935, Unpublished MSS, c.1936.

Grant, JR, From Captains to Colonels, Perth, 1991.

Citation: 25th Light Horse

Posted by Project Leader at 4:09 PM EADT

Updated: Wednesday, 10 September 2008 6:52 PM EADT

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