Topic: Militia - LHN - 5/4/15
5th ALH
5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse
1910
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
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
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, South African War Veteran, 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
Lieutenant R McKinnon, 1 July 1909.
Machine Gun Section.
Lismore
Lieutenant GP Donovon, 1 January 1910.
Number 1, Casino Squadron.
Lieutenant TA Ferguson, 18 September 1906.
Lieutenant HH Johnston, South African War Veteran, 5 April 1909.
Second Lieutenant ET Sheridan, 25 October 1909.
Number 2, Lismore Squadron.
Captain FJ Board, 19 May 1908.
Lieutenant RN Frankin, 19 May 1908.
Lieutenant AA Ross, 16 January 1909.
Lieutenant RM Warby, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant WL Johnston, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant EHA Von Schultze, 13 September 1909.
Number 3, Grafton Squadron.
Lieutenant CW Sabine, 1 January 1910.
Lieutenant WG Penrose, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant FH McKittrick, 3 August 1908.
Second Lieutenant CH Tindal, 20 December 1909.
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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, 1910
