Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20
7th ALH
7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
December 1903
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
1903 Reorganisation, Victoria
The Broadford, Avenel, Yea, Cathkin, Mansfield, Murchison, Rushworth, and Shepparton Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
District
Goulburn River and (or Central) Victoria
Brigade
3rd Northern Victoria Brigade
Headquarters
Yea
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, GCMG.
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel D McLeish, CMG.
Adjutant
Lieutenant OR Scale.
Quartermaster
Vacant.
Medical Officer
Captain JC Morton.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
1st Seymour - Broadford - Avenel Squadron
Lieutenant RN Corney
2nd Yea - Mansfield Squadron
Lieutenant FG Purcell
Lieutenant AW Crockett
Lieutenant AN Aitken
3rd Murchison - Rushworth Squadron
Lieutenant HJE Brisbane
Lieutenant EAE Gregory
4th Shepparton Squadron
Captain GF Thorn
Lieutenant J Nugent
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Further Reading:
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, December 1903
