Topic: Militia - LHT - 12/26
26th ALH
26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse
1920
Tasmanian Mounted Infantry [1900 - 1903]
12th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1921]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1921 - 1930]
3rd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1930 - 1933]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1933 - 1942]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
Pro Rege et Patria - for King and country
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Tasmania
Brigade
Tasmanian Brigade.Headquarters
LauncestonHonorary Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel, C St C Cameron, CB, South African War Veteran, 1 December 1915.Commanding Officer
Major JH Bisdee, VC, 16 August 1915, South African War Veteran, Tenure of Command from 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1918 - Absent on AIF duties.Adjutant
Lieutenant APO White, AIF service, Permanent Military Force, 14 October 1919.Quartermaster
Lieutenant APO White, AIF service, Permanent Military Force, 14 October 1919.
Medical Officer
Captain VR Ratten, 28 September 1908.
Veterinary Officer
Captain RCT Philp.
Area Officers
Lieutenant APO White, AIF service, Permanent Military Force, 14 October 1919.
Lieutenant JR Chatterton, 1 July 1915.
Signallers
Deloraine
Vacant.
Machine Gun Section
Evendale
Lieutenant AD MacKinnon, Honorary Captain, AIF service, 1 July 1915
"A" Squadron, Wynyard - Ulverstone - Sheffield.
Captain CM Chambers, 16 February 1916.
Lieutenant AL Wardlaw, AIF service, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant IJ Rockliff, AIF service, 1 July 1915.
"B" Squadron, Deloraine - Longford - Scottsdale - Ringarooma.
Captain HJ Dumaresq, MC, AIF service, 1 April 1915.
Captain C Mills, Honorary Major, AIF service, 1 April 1915.
Lieutenant DK Cameron, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant WJ Bennett, Honorary Major, AIF service, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant RT Alcock, AIF service, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant RR Viney, Temporary.
"C" Squadron, Hobart - Brighton - Oatlands - Ross.
Major DC Lewis, 1 October 1915.
Major E St L Lewis, Honorary Major, AIF service, 1 April 1915.
Captain GS Bisdee, AIF service, 1 April 1915.
Lieutenant GP Potter, 1 November 1915.
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Citation: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1920
