Topic: Militia - LHN - 1/7/1
1st ALH
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
June 1912
New South Wales Lancers [1895 - 1903]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1903-1912]
7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912-1918]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1919-1929]
1/21st Australian Light Horse [1929-1935]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment [1936-1942]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Armoured Regiment [1942-1948]
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers [1948-1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956- ]
[The elephant's head used on the badges is taken from the family crest of Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales from 1885 - 1890 and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Regiment from 1885 until 1928.]
Tenax in fide - Steadfast in Trust
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Sydney
Brigade
1st Southern and Western New South Wales Brigade
Headquarters
Parramatta
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Earl, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886
Commanding Officer
Major RC MacKenzie, 18 November 1907. Acting.
Staff Officer and Adjutant
Captain AG O'Donnell, Area Officer, 16 October 1911.
Lieutenant SMER de L de Bucy, South African Veteran, 1 July 1911. Assistant.
Quartermaster
Vacant.
Medical Officer
Captain P Fiaschi, 8 March 1909.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant
Pom Pom Gun Section
Albion Park
Second Lieutenant JA Raftery, 1 January 1910.
Machine Gun Section
Chatswood
Second Lieutenant TE Williams, 22 May 1911.
Number 1, Sydney Squadron
Captain J McMahon, 19 March 1907.
Lieutenant LD Phillips, 15 March 1906.
Lieutenant HV Vernon, South African Veteran, 15 March 1906.
Lieutenant J Milling, 14 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant ED Hordern, 1 May 1911.
Second Lieutenant FC Jordan, 1 May 1911.
Number 2, Parramatta Squadron
Captain FE Stowe, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant AJ Mills, 21 January 1908.
Lieutenant W Cox, 28 August 1911.
Second Lieutenant KL MacKenzie, 4 April 1909.
Second Lieutenant FB Jacob, 4 January 1911.
Number 3, Berry - Robertson Squadron
Major R McEvilly, VD.
Captain EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran, Area Officer, Supernumerary, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant JD Wood
Lieutenant JS Dooley, South African Veteran, Area Officer, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant JH Warby, South African Veteran.
Number 4, Richmond - Windsor Squadron
Captain WT Charley, 14 February 1910.
Captain D McDonald, Supernumerary, 13 March 1911.
Lieutenant RB Walker.
Second Lieutenant HFR Dunston, 12 February 1907.
Second Lieutenant CP Fulton, 10 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant AE Walker-Smith, 21 August 1911.
Number 5, Albion Park - Shellharbour - Ulladulla (Garrison) Squadron
(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)
Captain CD Fuller, 21 January 1908.
Second Lieutenant CR Dunster, 1 September 1909.
Second Lieutenant HG Fraser, 4 January 1911.
Number 6, Luddenham Squadron
(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)
Lieutenant P Connolly, 21 January 1908.
Second Lieutenant JC Allison, 29 November 1909.
Second Lieutenant CS Woodhouse, 22 May 1911.
Second Lieutenant WH Rooney, 11 December 1911.
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Further Reading:
1st/7th/1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
New South Wales Lancers, Boer War Contingent
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, June 1912
