Topic: Militia - LHN - 5/4/15
5th ALH
5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
December 1903
New South Wales Mounted Rifles [1888 - 1903]
5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1918 - 1941]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1944]
"A" Squadron (Northern Rivers Lancers) Amphibious Assault Regiment [1948 - 1949]
"A" Squadron 15th Northern Rivers Lancers Regiment [1949 - 1952]
15th Northern Rivers Lancers [1952 - 1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956 - ]
Toujours pret - Always Ready
1903 Reorganisation, New South Wales
No. 5 Squadron, New South Wales Lancers, and "K" Company, 4th Infantry Regiment, together with No. 4 Squadron. New South Wales Mounted Rifles. to be formed into the 5th Australian Light Horse Regiment (New South Wales Mounted Rifles). G" Company, 4th Infantry Regiment, together with "D" and "E" Squadrons, 1st Australian Horse, to be formed into the 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Australian Horse).
District
Northern New South Wales
Brigade
2nd Northern New South Wales Brigade.
Headquarters
Lismore
Honorary Colonel
Major General Sir Edward Hutton, KCMG, CB.
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel CE Taylor.
Adjutant
Vacant.
Quartermaster
Vacant.
Medical Officer
Captain FG Wrigley.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Number 1, Casino Squadron.
Major FG Fanning.
Captain CJ McRae.
Second Lieutenant TWL Spencer.
Number 2, Lismore Squadron.
Lieutenant TB Osborne.
Second Lieutenant J Cameron.
Second Lieutenant AC FitzNead.
Second Lieutenant JE Sampey.
Number 3, Tenterfield - Glen Innes Squadron.
Captain CR Cunningham.
Lieutenant PB Abbott.
Second Lieutenant M Reid.
Second Lieutenant FN Lowther-Crofton.
Second Lieutenant R Vowell.
Number 4, Inverell - Moree Squadron.
Major AA McLean, DSO, South African War Veteran, 15 October 1901.
Captain CGS Lydiard (Honorary Major).
Second Lieutenant AJ Mather.
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Further Reading:
New South Wales Mounted Rifles
5th/4th/15th Australian Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, December 1903
