Topic: Militia - LH
4th Australian Light Horse 1903-12, then renamed 6th Light Horse
Hunter River Lancers
Tenax et Fidelis - Steadfast and True
Allied with King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
See: Twinning Regiments, MO 209, 1910
History:
Below is a brief historical outline from RK Peacock, Evolution of Australian Light Horse Regiments 1841-1935, Unpublished MSS, c.1936, p. 16.
This Regiment may claim its origin to the 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment(Hunter River Lancers) in the Federal re-organisation of 1903. In 1907 the 4th became the 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Hunter River Lancers) and remained as such until 1912 when it became the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Hunter River Lancers) . This designation was carried until 1918 when it became the 16th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Hunter River Lancers).
6th (Hunter River Lancers) Australian Light Horse Regiment.
Honorary Colonel - The Right Honorable CR Marquis of Lincolnshire, PC, KG, GCMG.
Head-Quarters - West Maitland
Commanding Officer - Lieutenant Colonel John Baldwin Meredith, Tenure of command from 1 November 1910 to 31 October 1915
Adjutant - Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 16 October 1913, Area Officer
Quartermaster - Honorary Lieutenant CT Stewart
Medical Officer - Captain JJ Hollywood
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Area Officer
Captain Cecil Horace Granville, 18 November 1912, Area Officer
Machine Gun Section - West Maitland
Lieutenant WJS Gillies
"A" Squadron -
West Maitland (A Troop),
Raymond Terrace (B Troop and C Troop), and
Dungog (D Troop)
Captain Edward Windeyer
Lieutenant John Dalyell Richardson, 31 March 1913
Second Lieutenant OE Carter
Second Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse
Second Lieutenant WA Logan, 2 December 1912
Second Lieutenant Basil Belgrave Capper, 16 February 1913
"B" Squadron -
Scone (A Troop and B Troop), and
Muswellbrook (C Troop and D Troop)
Captain FH Thrift
Captain McK S Kennedy, 16 August 1913
Second Lieutenant JG Asser
Second Lieutenant JRC Davies, 6 July 1912
Second Lieutenant RE Ellerton, 2 December 1912
"C" Squadron -
Singleton (A Troop and B Troop),
Cessnock (C Troop), and
Gresford (D Troop)
Captain Percy Faulkner, 28 February 1913
Captain AH Wilkinson, 28 February 1913
Second Lieutenant Garnet Edmund Iles Tinson
Second Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, 14 October 1912
Second Lieutenant AG Brady, 7 August 1913
Second Lieutenant SH Haggarty, 7 August 1913
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 New South Wales Light Horse Militia establishment, see:
Light Horse structure 1903
1903 Reorganisation, New South Wales
Light Horse structure 1914
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 1
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 2
Individual Light Horse Regiments, see:
4th (New South Wales Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse Regiment
4th Light Horse
5th (New England Light Horse) Australian Light Horse Regiment
5th Light Horse
6th (Hunter River Lancers) Australian Light Horse Regiment
7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse Regiment
9th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment
9th Light Horse
11th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse Regiment
11th Light Horse
28th (Illawarra) Australian Light Horse Regiment
28th Light Horse
Peacetime and Wartime Regimental Establishments, see:
Peace establishment of Australian Light Horse, 1903-14
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, see:
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 1
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 2
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 3
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 4
2nd Military District Staff Roster and Allocations, 1914, Part 5
For 1914 Infantry, Artillery and other service arms distribution, see:
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 3
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 4
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 5
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 6
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 7
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 8
Militia Distribution in Australia, 1914, 2nd Military District, Part 9
Additional reference:
RK Peacock, Evolution of Australian Light Horse Regiments 1841-1935, Unpublished MSS, c.1936.
Citation: 6th Light Horse
