Topic: Militia - LHV - 8/16/8
8th/16th/8th ALH
8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse
Members who served in the AIF
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 - ]
8th (VMR) ALH [left] - 16th (Indi) ALH [right]
Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising, 1903-1912
More Majorum - After the Manner of Our Ancestors, 1912-1944
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
Below is a list of men who were known former members of the 8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse who later served with the AIF during the Great War. The details listed are those at the time of AIF enlistment containing the rank, full name and unit in which he enlisted.
7347 Private James Andrew David BEATTIE, 8th Battalion
223 Private William Fleming BELCHER, 4th Light Horse Regiment
865 Private Francis James BYRNE, 2nd Cyclist Battalion
937 Private James Percival CAMERON, 10th Light Horse Regiment
239 Lance Corporal Bertram CANNING, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Second Lieutenant Charles CARTHEW, 8th Light Horse Regiment
233 Private Eric CHAPMAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
3799 Private Charles Clifton CHAPPELL, 22nd Battalion
Major Charles Edward CLEMENTS, 31st Battalion
2845 Private Arthur CLERY, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
243 Private Alfred William CRAMERI, 4th Light Horse Regiment
20124 Driver Louis Leo CRAMERI, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1359 Driver Edward H CROCKFORD, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
2594 Private Ernest Charles CROSS, 22nd Battalion
814 Private Harold CROUCHER, 8th Light Horse Regiment
68 Sergeant George Clifton DAWES, 13th Light Horse Regiment
251 Driver Ernest William DICK, 4th Light Horse Regiment
3991 Private Edward Frederick DOIG, 4th Light Horse Regiment
258 Private Haydon EWART, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Second Lieutenant George FAY, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1568 Private Colin Innes FLETCHER, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1582 Private Alfred Ernest FORD, 31st Battalion
41 Driver John FRAWLEY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2765 Private Gilbert Alexander GILMOUR, 8th Light Horse Regiment
256 Private Eric HAIN, 13th Light Horse Regiment
Second Lieutenant Frank Rogerson HALL, 4th Light Horse Regiment
267 Private George HALL, 4th Light Horse Regiment
81 Farrier Corporal Bernard HAMILL, 13th Light Horse Regiment
273 Private Arthur Leslie HANNA, 4th Light Horse Regiment
268 Private Keith HARRINGTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
272 Private Otto HELMS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1402 Private Clyde Neil HILL, 4th Light Horse Regiment
269 Private Bert HOARE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
27762 Driver Edward George HODGSON, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
15073 Driver Hector George HOLDEN, 24th Field Artillery Brigade
516 Sergeant Bugler Victor HOWE, 11th Light Horse Regiment
2133 Private William Walter JACK, 13th Light Horse Regiment
6072 Private Alfred Edmund JACKSON, 2nd Australian General Hospital
64822 Private Stanley Orlando Marke JARMAN, 7th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
7506 Sergeant Alan Edwin JARVIS, 6th Battalion
27763 Driver Perrin Hector Norman JONES, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
571 Private Preston Salisbury JONES, 13th Light Horse Regiment
5401 Private Roy Curtis KENNEDY, 8th Battalion
64540 Private Alexander Sackville KIDMAN, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
292 Private John KISSICK, 4th Light Horse Regiment
21 Driver Herbert KONG MENG, 7th Battalion
3700 Private William Stanton LADSON, 57th Battalion
626 Lance Corporal Leslie Reed LANGTRY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
64482 Private Andrew Cyril LeBROCQ, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
Lieutenant Harold Harcanute Herbert LOCKE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
318 Private Alan Brownell MacKAY, 13th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant David Thomas William MANWELL, 1st Squadron Air Flying Corps
3837 Private Herbert Stanley MARTIN, 7th Battalion
Major Joseph Irvine MARTIN, Sea Transport Service
Captain Leslie Cecil MAYGAR, VC, 4th Light Horse Regiment
534 Private Allen Stuart McARTHUR, 1st Light Horse Regiment
632 Private Frederick Alexander McDONALD, 4th Light Horse Regiment
139 Private Joseph Henry McINNESS, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1610 Private Thomas Francis McKEOGH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Captain Archibald McGibbon McLAURIN, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Colonel Duncan McLEISH, 1st Remounts
Captain Roy Stanley McLEISH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
601 Sergeant Walter Wilbert McLEOD, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1634 Private Richard Andrew McNAMARA, 10th Light Horse Regiment
Captain Alexander MITCHELL, 13th Light Horse Regiment
310 Private Nicholas Walter MITTY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
301 Private Archibald Lawrance MORRISON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
649 Private William Summers MURRAY, 37th Battalion
Captain James Alexander NICHOLL, 13th Light Horse Regiment
1867 Private Kervin Vincent Eric O'KEEFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment
3010 Private Patrick O'KEEFFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment
7786 Driver Ely Arthur OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train
320 Private David Lewis OWEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
74 Lance Corporal John Daniel PATCHING, 8th Light Horse Regiment
325 Corporal Joseph PEARCE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
170 Private Kenneth Murdock PETERSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
326 Corporal Robert Francis PILKINGTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2074 Private George Arthur RACKHAM, 6th Battalion
102 Private Albert RAISON, 37th Battalion
5076 Private Reginald Wills RAMAGE, 24th Battalion
638 Private Valentine William RYAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1269 Private Frederick Rotheram SAMMONS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Captain John Edwin SERGEANT, 8th Battalion
Captain Herbert James SHANNON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1300 Private William Culph SHERWILL, 8th Light Horse Regiment
443 Private Robert John SHOEBRIDGE, 8th Light Horse Regiment
6721 Bombardier Ernest Ralph SMITH, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
15248 Gunner Walter George SMITH, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
341 Private James STEVENSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2260 Private John Francis STEVENSON, 21st Battalion
2258 Private Joseph Henry STEVENSON, 21st Battalion
342 Private William STEVENSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
337 Private John Powell McKenzie STEWART, 4th Light Horse Regiment
348 Private John William STUBBS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
641 Private James Henry SULLIVAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
352 Private Albert Exton TAYLOR, 4th Light Horse Regiment
353 Private Hermann Victor TYCHSEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
356 Private John Henry UNDERWOOD, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2450 Private Arch Douglas John WADDELL, 14th Battalion
2078 Acting Sergeant Herbert WALKER, 4th Light Horse Regiment
648 Private Alexander George WALLACE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
39 Lance Corporal Harold Howard WALLACE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
364 Private Ernest Walter WESTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
310 Private Horace Richard Lloyd WILLIAMS, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1957 Private William Almond WILLIAMS, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
Captain Albert Charles WILSON, Australian Veterinary
2855 Acting Sergeant Thomas Albert WISE, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1055 Private Robert Stanley YULE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
Further Reading:
8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse
8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Members who served in the AIF
Posted by Project Leader
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Updated: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 1:49 PM EADT
