Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20
7th ALH
7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
June 1912
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
20th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1941]
20th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
20th Australian Pioneer Battalion [1943 - 1945]
8th/13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles [1960 - ]
Pro Rege et Patria - For King and Country
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Goulburn River and (or Central) Victoria
Brigade
3rd Northern Victoria Brigade
Headquarters
Seymour
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, GCMG.
Commanding Officer
Major AW Crockett, 20 March 1908.
Adjutant
Lieutenant J Story, Area Officer, 1 July 1911.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant ET Begley, 29 March 1909.
Medical Officer
Major JC Morton.
Veterinary Officer
Lieutenant J Kendall, 15 March 1909.
Machine Gun Section
Seymour
Lieutenant J Storey, 1 July 1906.
Second Lieutenant E Heywood, 20 February 1911.
1st Seymour - Broadford - Avenel Squadron
Lieutenant JG MacDonald, 15 March 1906, South African War Veteran.
Lieutenant JM Neill, 1 July 1906.
Lieutenant H McDonald, 16 August 1909, South African War Veteran.
Lieutenant TH Templeton, 6 March 1911.
Second Lieutenant N Campbell, 4 July 1910.
Second Lieutenant EH Russell, 13 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant W Ross, 19 June 1911, South African War Veteran.
Second Lieutenant W Ewing, 13 November 1911.
2nd Mansfield - Cathkin - Yea Squadron
Major OR Scale, 11 September 1911.
Lieutenant W Parsons, 1 July 1906.
Second Lieutenant T Reardon, 1 August 1910, South African War Veteran.
Second Lieutenant RS McAlpine, 13 February 1911, South African War Veteran.
3rd Murchison - Rushworth - Nagambie - Tatura Squadron
Captain HJE Brisbane, 1 July 1905.
Lieutenant SR Lobb, 29 April 1905.
Lieutenant WJ Day, 20 September 1909.
Second Lieutenant G Gregory, 15 August 1910.
Second Lieutenant A Crawford, 13 February 1911.
4th Shepparton - Dookie - Numurkah - Tallygaroopna Squadron
Captain J Nugent, Area Officer, 9 June 1908.
Captain EAE Gregory, 27 June 1910.
Lieutenant MWJ Bourchier, 20 September 1909.
Lieutenant ED Arnold, 16 October 1911.
Second Lieutenant EG Down, 8 November 1909.
Second Lieutenant JH Davies, 6 March 1911.
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Further Reading:
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 7th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, June 1912