Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20
20th ALH
20th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse
1920
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 BrigadeHeadquarters
SheppartonHonorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Baron Hallam Tennyson, PC, GCMG.Commanding Officer
Captain MWJ Bourchier, Brevet Major, CMG, DSO, Temporary Commanding Officer, 1 November 1918, AIF Service.Adjutant
Lieutenant E Heywood, 1 November 1915.Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant ET Begley, 29 March 1909.Medical Officer
Major JC Morton, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.Veterinary Officer
Captain J Kendall, Brevet Major, OBE, AIF Service.Area Officers
Captain H McDonald, 15 February 1909, South African War Veteran.
Machine Gun Section
Shepparton
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, Nagambie - Rushworth - Tatura- Kyabram
Captain WJ Day, Honorary Major, AIF Service.
Lieutenant A Crawford, 1 July 1915, AIF Service.
Lieutenant W Ewing, 1 July 1915, AIF Service.
"B" Squadron, Mooroopna - Numurkah - Nathalia - Cobram
Lieutenant T Reardon, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran,
Second Lieutenant RS McAlpin, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran, AIF Service.
Lieutenant W Ross, MC, 1 July 1915, South African War Veteran, AIF Service.
Lieutenant DW Drysdale, 15 December 1918.
"C" Squadron, Shepparton - Mooroopna - Cobram - Numurkah
Captain HJE Brisbane, 1 April 1915.
Captain MWJ Bourchier, Honorary Major, CMG, DSO, AIF Service.
Lieutenant TJ Leavey, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant B Fish, 11 July 1915.
Lieutenant WC Harvie, 12 July 1915.
Lieutenant JN Muntz, 13 September 1915.
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Further Reading:
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 20th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1920
