Topic: Militia - LHV - 10/13
10th ALH
10th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse
December 1903
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
10th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
13th Australian (Gippsland) Light Horse [1912 - 1939]
13th/19th (Gippsland) Australian Light Horse Regiment [1939 - 1940]
13th (Gippsland) Australian Light Horse Regiment [1941 - 1941]
13th Motor Regiment (Gippsland) Light Horse [1941 - 1943]
4/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]
1903 Reorganisation, Victoria
The Sale, Stratford. Rosedale, Cowwarr, Dandenong, Morwell, Warragul, and Drouin Detachments of Victorian Rangers, together with the Sale, Moe, Thorpdale, and Warragul Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles, to be formed into the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles). The Melbourne, Pakenham, and Lilydale Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into one squadron of Australian Light Horse, and attached to the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
District
Eastern Victoria
Brigade
4th Southern Victoria and Tasmania Brigade
Headquarters
Sale
Honorary Colonel
Vacant.
Commanding Officer
Major William Borthwick, 30 May 1903.
Adjutant
Vacant.
Quartermaster
Vacant.
Medical Officer
Major Navroji Bamanji Gandevia, 30 May 1903.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
1st Sale Squadron
Captain Archibald Lloyd, 30 September 1898.
Lieutenant William Allison Blair, 5 July 1900.
2nd Warragul - Drouin Squadron
Captain John Hall, 1 January 1903.
Lieutenant GJ Bell DSO, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 18 April 1903.
3rd Morwell - Moe Squadron
Major Robert Sillett, 26 October 1900.
Lieutenant Joshua Dyson Farrar, 1 March 1899.
4th Geelong - Werribee Squadron
Lieutenant George Vernon Stephen, 25 September 1891.
Lieutenant Charles Stewart, 20 July 1894.
5th Melbourne - Pakenham - Lilydale (Garrison) Squadron
Captain Charles Edward Merrett, 8 April 1892.
Lieutenant Henry Windle Cleverden Smith, 20 July 1894.
Lieutenant William John Whitley Strong, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 8 October 1897.
6th Melbourne Squadron
Captain TF Umphelly, Honorary Major, Boer War Veteran, 25 October 1900.
Lieutenant Charles Seafield Ogilvy, 25 September 1891.
Lieutenant Alexander Rushall, 24 November 1901.
Lieutenant David Blair, 1 July 1903.
Lieutenant John Sheaton Gordon, 1 July 1903.
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Further Reading:
10th/13th Australian Light Horse
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Citation: 10th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, December 1903
