Topic: Militia - LHV - 7/15/20
7th/15th/20th ALH
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
Members who served in the AIF
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).
Below is a list of men who were known former members of the 29th (Port Phillip) 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.
607 Private Patrick Joseph AMOR, 8th Light Horse Regiment
608 Private William Stanwell ANDERSON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
218 Private James William ARBUTHNOT, 4th Light Horse Regiment
3777 Acting Corporal Thomas James BALMER, 4th Light Horse Regiment
226 Private Charles BIRD, 4th Light Horse Regiment
532 Farrier Sergeant David Keir BORRIE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant Murray William James BOURCHIER, 4th Light Horse Regiment
528 Private Roland Francis BRERETON, 13th Light Horse Regiment
10325 Gunner George BROWN-SHEPHERD, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
2297 Private Douglas Blewitt BRUMLEY, 29th Battalion
Second Lieutenant Thomas Gilbert BRYANT, 8th Light Horse Regiment
220 Private Bennie Howarth BURGE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
221 Private Robert William BURGE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2822 Private Thomas Edward BUSST, 4th Light Horse Regiment
300 Sergeant Colin Henry CAMERON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
2932 Acting Sergeant Hugh James CAMERON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
231 Bugler David Lee CHAMBERS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2645 Private Frederick CHEESWRIGHT, 60th Battalion
230 Private Christopher Charles John CHRISTOFFERSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
241 Private Harry (Izod) COLDICOTT, 4th Light Horse Regiment
232 Private Richard James COLES, 4th Light Horse Regiment
242 Private John Robert COSGROVE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
5015 Private Reginald Atchinson CRAIG, 21st Battalion
Second Lieutenant Andrew CRAWFORD, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1894 Private Arthur Martindale CROOK, 24th Battalion
2008 Private William Neil McCormick CUMMING, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Captain William John DAY, 8th Light Horse Regiment
4623 Private Fawcett James DINSDALE, Light Horse Reinforcements
Second Lieutenant Edgar Gordon DOWN, 8th Light Horse Regiment
248 Sergeant Donald William DRYSDALE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2013 Private Norman Douglas DRYSDALE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
247 Squadron Sergeant Major Andrew DUNN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant William EWING, 13th Light Horse Regiment
1678 Private Matthew Paul FLYNN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2016 Private Robert Bartholomew FONTANA, 4th Light Horse Regiment
3109 Private Alexander Gibson FORSYTH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
50 Corporal George William FUZZARD, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Major Ernest Albert Edward GREGORY, 8th Light Horse Regiment
3508 Acting Sergeant James Alexander HENDERSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
266 Private Edward Francis Patrick HILLIEAR, 4th Light Horse Regiment
499 Private William Irvine HUTCHINSON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
285 Private Frank Melbourne IRVING, 4th Light Horse Regiment
283 Private Henry Gibson JEBB, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2644 Private William John Henry JOHNSON, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Captain John KENDALL, 1st Division Ammunition Column
2889 Private John Joseph KENNEDY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
287 Lance Corporal John Michael KENNEDY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
288 Private Sylvester Daniel KENNEDY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
286 Private William Brown KERR, 4th Light Horse Regiment
336 Private William Henry KICHLER, 2nd Machine Gun Company
290 Private Robert KIDD, 4th Light Horse Regiment
3831 Private Leslie Gordon KITTLE, 8th Battalion
289 Private Walter KNIGHTS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1091 Private Percival Vincent LADE, 13th Light Horse Regiment
Second Lieutenant Stephen LADE, 13th Light Horse Regiment
307 Private James Stanley MACKRELL, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2717 Private Herbert John Maxwell MANSON, 60th Battalion
Second Lieutenant Robert Stephen McALPIN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
423 Shoeing Smith Alexander McDONALD, 8th Light Horse Regiment
3228 Acting Corporal Archibald Stewart Duncan McINTYRE, 8th Light Horse Regiment
315 Private Duncan McKAY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
209 Private Vivian Claude McKENZIE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1400 Private Jack Phillip McKINNEY, 13th Light Horse Regiment
629 Private Harold Alexander McLEAN, 8th Light Horse Regiment
2874 Private Lachlan Edwin Nichols McLEAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
556 Private Harry William Crambe McLEISH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
314 Private Ronald McLEISH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
313 Private William Carlyle McLEISH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2775 Private Manvers George Bernard MEADOWS, 8th Light Horse Regiment
861 Private John Alexander MEIKLEJOHN, 13th Light Horse Regiment
1560 Private Charles John MILLS, 3rd Battalion
Lieutenant Archibald Stuart MURRAY, 1st Light Horse Brigade Headquarters
430 Private William Joseph NEWNHAM, 8th Light Horse Regiment
318 Private John Edward NEWTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
142 Private Walter Edwards NEWTON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
910 Private Raymond Walter PATTERSON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
64501 Private William Eric PETERS, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
Honorary Second Lieutenant Jack Hambleton PIKE, 8th Battalion
3585 Private Ernest Charles PLAISTED, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant Eric Clive Pegus PLANT, 1st Division Headquarters
2778 Private Keith George PORTER, 8th Light Horse Regiment
47 Corporal Albert Henry George PRATT, 13th Light Horse Regiment
324 Private Edwin Gerald Tremayne PRIMROSE, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1444 Private William Cornelius PROVIS, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1337 Private William George PURVIS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
1115 Private Frank Patrick QUIRK, 4th Light Horse Regiment
2374 Private Ivo READ, 4th Light Horse Regiment
16 Driver William Horace REARDON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
328 Corporal Rupert REYNOLDS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant William ROSS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
446 Private Richard SHELDON, 8th Light Horse Regiment
336 Private William SHIRLEY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
67464 Private Roy Alfred SIMONS, 24th General Service Reinforcements, New South Wales
10381 Gunner Harry Armstrong SIMSON, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
64574 Private Wilfred Raymond SLEE, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
334 Private William Archibald Purcell SNODGRASS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
346 Squadron Sergeant Major John STEWART, 4th Light Horse Regiment
335 Private Gordon STORY, 4th Light Horse Regiment
533 Private George Scorgie STRACHAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment
661 Private Claude Wilfred Douglas STRONG, 8th Light Horse Regiment
340 Corporal Arno Edgar SYMONS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant John McKenzie TAYLOR, 8th Light Horse Regiment
Lieutenant Thomas Harvey TEMPLETON, 14th Battalion
351 Private William John THOMPSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment
357 Private Percy John VINING, 4th Light Horse Regiment
358 Private Curthell WADDELL, 4th Light Horse Regiment
470 Private Young Hargreaves WALKER, 8th Light Horse Regiment
2790 Private Frank Harry WALLIS, 8th Light Horse Regiment
976 Private John Robert WALSH, 4th Light Horse Regiment
7099 Private Alfred WASHINGTON, 14th Battalion
4 Saddler Sergeant Henry Parks WILLIAMS, 4th Light Horse Regiment
68675 Private Thomas Dynon YELVERTON, 14th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria
365 Private Alexander Donaldson YOUNG, 4th Light Horse Regiment
153 Private Robert Edwin YOUNG, 14th Battalion
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
Further Reading:
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse
7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 7th/15th/20th Australian Light Horse, Members who served in the AIF
Posted by Project Leader
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Updated: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:29 AM EADT
