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Monday, 4 October 2004

15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1914
Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20

15th ALH

15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1914

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

South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

District

Central Victoria

Brigade

5th Light Horse Brigade

Headquarters

Seymour

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, PC, GCMG.

Commanding Officer

Major OR Scale, Tenure of Command from 4 June 1915 to 5 June 1918.

Adjutant

Lieutenant ECP Plant, Army and Instructional Staff, 1 July 1913, Absent on AIF duty.

Captain TH Templeton, 15 August 1914.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant ET Begley, 29 March 1909.

Medical Officer

Major JC Morton.

Veterinary Officer

Captain J Kendall, Absent on AIF duty.

Area Officers

Captain H McDonaldr, 15 February 1909, South African War Veteran.

Captain J Storey, 1 July 1915.

Machine Gun Section

Seymour

Lieutenant E Heywood, 1 July 1915.

"A" Squadron, Broadford - Avenel - Nathalia - Tatura - Kyabram - Rushworth

Lieutenant WJ Day
Second Lieutenant G Gregory
Second Lieutenant EH Russell
Second Lieutenant W Ewing
Second Lieutenant S Lade, 1 November 1913

"B" Squadron, Mansfield - Cathkin - Yea - Kilmore

Captain JG MacDonald, South African War Veteran.

Lieutenant JM Neill, 1 July 1906.

Lieutenant TH Templeton, 6 March 1911.
Second Lieutenant T Reardon, 1 August 1910, South African War Veteran.

Second Lieutenant RS McAlpine, 13 February 1911, South African War Veteran.

Second Lieutenant W Ross, 19 June 1911, South African War Veteran.

"C" Squadron, Shepparton - Mooroopna - Dookie - Tallygaroopna - Cobram - Numurkah

Captain EAE Gregory, 27 June 1910.

Lieutenant MWJ Bourchier, 20 September 1909.
Lieutenant ED Arnold, 16 October 1911.

Lieutenant EG Down, 9 July 1912.

Second Lieutenant A Crawford, 13 February 1911.

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Further Reading:

7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1914

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Updated: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:23 AM EADT

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