Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20
15th ALH
15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
1915
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
Central Victoria
Division
2nd Division
Brigade
5th Light Horse Brigade
Headquarters
AvenelHonorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, PC, GCMG.Commanding Officer
Major OR Scale, Tenure of Command from 4 June 1915 to 5 June 1918.Adjutant
Lieutenant ECP Plant, Army and Instructional Staff, 1 July 1913, Absent on AIF duty.Quartermaster
Captain TH Templeton, 15 August 1914.
Honorary Lieutenant ET Begley, 29 March 1909.Medical Officer
Major JC Morton.Veterinary Officer
Captain J Kendall, Absent on AIF duty.Area Officers
Captain H McDonald, 15 February 1909, South African War Veteran.
Captain J Storey, 1 July 1915.
Machine Gun Section
Seymour
Lieutenant E Heywood, 1 July 1915.
"A" Squadron, Broadford - Nathalia - Tatura - Kyabram - Rushworth
Lieutenant EH Russell, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant A Crawford, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant W Ewing, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant S Lade, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
"B" Squadron, Mansfield - Bonniedoon - Cathkin - Yea
Captain W Parsons, 16 January 1913.
Lieutenant WA Bon, 5 March 1915.
Lieutenant T Reardon, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran.
Second Lieutenant RS McAlpine, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant W Ross, 19 June 1911, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran, Absent on AIF duty.
"C" Squadron, Shepparton - Mooroopna - Cobram - Numurkah
Captain HJE Brisbane, 1 April 1915.
Lieutenant MWJ Bourchier, 20 September 1909, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant WJ Day, 20 September 1909, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant WC Harvie, 12 July 1915.
"D" Squadron, Kilmore - Heathcote - Lancefield - Whittlesea
Captain JM Neill, 1 October 1914.
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Further Reading:
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 15th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1915
