Topic: Militia - LHN - 5/4/15
5th ALH
5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse
1909
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 - ]
Tenax et Fidelis - Steadfast and True
[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.]
March: El Abanico
District
Northern New South Wales
Brigade
2nd Northern New South Wales Brigade.
Headquarters
Lismore
Honorary Colonel
Major General Sir Edward Hutton, KCMG, CB, South African War Veteran.
Commanding Officer
Major FG Fanning, 1 April 1905.
Adjutant
Captain CT Griffiths, 1 March 1906.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant TB Osborne, 18 January 1907.
Medical Officer
Captain GAI Mackay, 1 October 1905.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Pom Pom Section.
Lismore
Second Lieutenant R McKinnon, 21 October 1907.
Machine Gun Section.
Lismore
Second Lieutenant GP Donovon, 23 November 1908.
Number 1, Casino Squadron.
Captain CJ McRae.
Lieutenant TA Ferguson, 18 September 1906.
Second Lieutenant HH Johnston, 10 September 1907.
Second Lieutenant J Kennedy, 21 October 1907.
Number 2, Lismore Squadron.
Captain FJ Board, 19 May 1908.
Lieutenant RN Frankin, 19 May 1908.
Second Lieutenant RM Warby, 27 July 1908.
Second Lieutenant WL Johnston, 3 August 1908.
Number 3, Grafton Squadron.
Second Lieutenant JA McLachlan, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant FH McKittrick, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant HFW Fletcher, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant CW Sabine, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant WG Penrose, 3 August 1908.
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Further Reading:
5th/4th/15th Australian Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 5th (Northern River Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1909
