Topic: Militia - LHN - 28
28th ALH
28th Australian (Illawarra) Light Horse
1915
New South Wales Lancers and New South Wales Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
1st Australian Light Horse and 2nd Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
28th (Illawarra) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1921]
21st (Illawarra) Australian Light Horse [1921 - 1929]
1/21st Australian Light Horse [1929 - 1936]
1st Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1936 - 1939]
1st Machine Gun Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1939 - 1941]
1st Motor Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1941 - 1942]
1st Australian Armoured Regiment, AIF, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1942 - 1942]
Australian Armoured Corps, AIF, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1942 - 1948]
1st Armoured Regiment, Royal New South Wales Lancers [1948 - 1949]
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers [1949 - 1952]
1/15 Royal New South Wales Lancers [1952 - ]
Royal New South Wales Lancers Badge
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
South Coast New South Wales
Brigade
3rd Brigade (Attached 1914 - 1915)
Headquarters
Albion Park
Honorary Colonel
Vacant
Commanding Officer
Captain Colin Dunmore Fuller, 21 January 1908, Tenure of Command from 1 July 1912 to 30 June 1917, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain Patrick Connolly, 16 January 1913, Temporary Commanding Officer from 2 March 1915.
Adjutant
Captain Percy Cureton, 12 December 1914.
Quartermaster
Captain William Melanchthon Bennetts, 12 July 1915.
Medical Officer
Captain Karl Randolph Wilhelm Georgs, 31 January 1911.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, Moss Vale - Robertson
Lieutenant John Augustine Raftery, 9 September 1912.
Lieutenant Harold Ireland Johnson, 16 December 1914.
Lieutenant Leslie James Brooker, 1 July 1915.
"B" Squadron, Canterbury - Unanderra
Major Sydney James Shillington, 1 December 1914, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain Phillip Arthur Chambers, 16 January 1913, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain Stephen Norman McLean, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.?448
Lieutenant Harald William Baker, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Montague Ambrose Brown, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Henry William Mylchreest, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Milton - Berry
Captain Patrick Connolly, 16 January 1913, Temporary Commanding Officer from 2 March 1915.
Lieutenant Rupert Frederick Cork, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Charles Ziems, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Theodore James Grey, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Frederick Brownlee, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Edward Spencer Hordern, 1 July 1915.
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Further Reading:
28th Australian (Illawarra) Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 28th Australian (Illawarra) Light Horse, 1915
