Topic: Militia - LHQ - 27/14
27th ALH
27th (North Queensland) Australian Light Horse
1915
Queensland Mounted Infantry [1885 - 1900]
4th Battalion, Queensland Mounted Infantry [1900 - 1903]
15th (Queensland Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
27th (North Queensland) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
14th (North Queensland) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1927]
14th (Queensland Mounted Infantry) 14th West Moreton Light Horse [1927 - 1930]
2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment [1930 - 1941]
2nd (Queensland Mounted Infantry)Recce Battalion Morten Light Horse [1942 - 1942]
2nd (AIF) Cavalry Regiment [1942 - 1943]
"A" Squadron, 2nd/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry [1948 - 1952]
2nd/14th Queensland Mounted Infantry [1952 - ]
Forward
March: Soldiers of the Queen
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment).
District
North Queensland
Brigade
1st Light Horse Brigade
Headquarters
Ayr
Honorary Colonel
Vacant.
Commanding Officer
Captain A Pott, Temporary Command from 28 August 1914.Staff
Captain PM Swanson, Area Officer, 16 August 1915.Adjutant
Lieutenant AB Steele, 1 October 1914, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant LS Alexander, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant J Leahy, 17 December 1914.Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant BLM Black, 1 April 1914.Medical Officer
Captain S Kay
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, Ayr - Bowen
Lieutenant R St C Cheesman, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant HH Betzel, 1 December 1913.
Lieutenant AR Heron, 1 December 1913.
Lieutenant JRH Walker, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant CJ Baldey, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant FW MacGibbon, 1 July 1915.
"B" Squadron, Mackay - Townsville
Lieutenant G Birkbeck, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant CR Cameron, 16 October 1913.
Lieutenant G Milne, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant WFJ Koch, 1 June 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant V Keane, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant WF Moyle, 1 June 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
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Sources
Further Reading:
Militia Light Horse - Queensland
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 27th (North Queensland) Australian Light Horse, 1915