Topic: Militia - LHV - 8/16/8
16th ALH
16th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
December 1912
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1941
8th Indi Light Horse Recce Battalion [1942 - 1943]
8th Australian Cavalry Regiment [1943 - 1944]
8th/13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles [1960 - ]
More Majorum - After the Manner of Our Ancestors
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
North Eastern Victoria
Brigade
5th Light Horse Brigade
Headquarters
Benalla
Honorary Colonel
Colonel D McLeish, CMG, VD, South African War Veteran.
Commanding Officer
Major JI Martin, VD, Tenure of Command from 1 March 1909 to 28 February 1915.
Adjutant
Second Lieutenant WW McLeod.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant SE Simpson, 11 October 1907.
Medical Officer
Captain JH Patterson, 1 October 1905, South African War Veteran.
Captain TS Hutchings.
Captain JA O'Brien.
Veterinary Officer
Lieutenant AC Wilson.Area Officer
Captain JE Sergeant, 3 March 1908, South African War Veteran.
Lieutenant CE Clements, South African War Veteran.
Machine Gun Section
Benalla
Second Lieutenant DTW Maxwell.
"A" Squadron, Euroa - Violet Town - Longwood - Benalla - Thoona
Captain LC Maygar, VC, 9 May 1905, South African War Veteran.
Lieutenant A Mitchell.
Second Lieutenant G Fay, 17 March 1908.
Second Lieutenant WW McLeod, 3 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant RB Sergeant, 25 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant HHH Locke, 19 August 1912, South African War Veteran.
"B" Squadron, Rutherglen - Corowa- Yarrawonga - Tungamah
Captain A McG McLaurin, 27 November 1911.
Second Lieutenant FR Hall, 6 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant J Pearce, 18 November 1912.
"C" Squadron, Wangaratta - Beechworth - Myrtleford - Bright
Captain HJ Shannon, 27 November 1911.
Lieutenant AE Deverell, 22 July 1910.
Second Lieutenant CL Brown, 3 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant C Carthew, 20 November 1911.
Second Lieutenant O Stewart.
Second Lieutenant HEC McDonald.
Second Lieutenant AH Freeman, 19 August 1912.
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Further Reading:
8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 16th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, December 1912