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Monday, 14 June 2004

17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1904
Topic: Militia - LHS - 17/23/18

17th A(SAMR)LH

17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

1904

Adelaide Cavalry Squadron [1841 - 1844]
Adelaide Mounted Rifles [1844 - 1899]

South Australian Mounted Rifles, 1899-1903

17th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse Regiment, 1903-1912

23rd (Barossa) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1912-1919

18th Adelaide Lancers, 1919-1935

18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment (Adelaide Lancers), 1935-1942

18th Motor Regiment (Adelaide Lancers), 1942-1943

Pro Gloria et Honore - For Glory and Honour

District

Northern, South Australia

Brigade

6th South Australia - Western Australian Brigade

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Algernon Hawkins Thogond Keith-Falconer Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG.

Commanding Officer

Captain Joseph Francis Humphris, DSO (Brevet Major), 1 July 1900.

Adjutant

Lieutenant Frank Milton Rowell, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 11 March 1899.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant Francis Charles Siekmann, Boer War Veteran, 5 March 1904.

Medical Officer

Captain Cecil Lucius Stangman, 1 April 1904.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

1st Jamestown - Spalding Squadron.

Captain Dashwood Charles Connor, 18 June 1904.

Lieutenant Donald Alexander Campbell, 14 January 1897.

Lieutenant George Thomas Herbert, 31 October 1900.

Lieutenant Stanley Reginald Jones, 6 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant Sydney Mackenzie Valentine, 9 July 1904.

2nd Orroroo - Blackrock Squadron

Captain Thomas Hancock, 1 January 1904.

Lieutenant Benjamin Brookman Ragless, 1 July 1902.

Lieutenant William Coleman Addison, 25 July 1903.

Lieutenant Sydney Herbert Clode, 14 December 1903.

Lieutenant Arthur Clement Moody, 6 February 1904.

3rd Port Pirie - Port Germein Squadron.

Captain Albert Miell, Boer War Veteran, 18 June 1904.

Lieutenant William Charles Mulligan, 20 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant Frank Howourth Steadman Simpson, 16 April 1904.

Second Lieutenant James Edward Barrett, 16 April 1904.

Second Lieutenant Austral Percy Cobb, 23 July 1904.

4th Angaston - Gawler - Williamstown Squadron.

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Further Reading:

17th/23rd/18th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, South Australia

Australian Militia Light Horse

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