Topic: Militia - LHS - 24/9
24th ALH
24th Australian (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse
1912
Adelaide Cavalry Squadron [1841 - 1844]
Adelaide Mounted Rifles [1844 - 1899]
South Australian Mounted Rifles [1899 - 1903]
17th (South Australian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1912 - 1919]
9th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1919 - 1936]
9/23 Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1936 - 1942]
9th Motor Regiment, Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1942 - 1943]
3/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles [1952 - ]
Pro Gloria et Honore
9th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse Badge
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Northern South Australia
Brigade
8th Brigade
Headquarters
Port Pirie
Honorary Colonel
Vacant
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Albert Miell, 27 December 1912, Boer War Veteran, Tenure of Command from 1 July 1912 to 30 June 1917
Second in Command
Captain Peter Joseph Walsh, 9 September 1912.
Adjutant
Second Lieutenant Richard Harry Sampson, 23 January 1911.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant John Clarence Scotcher, 9 December 1912.
Medical Officer
Captain Arthur Ross Clayton, 4 November 1912.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant
Supernumerary Officers
Second Lieutenant Joseph Johnston Brooks, 14 August 1911.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Allan Forbes, 28 August 1911.
Area Officers
Captain James Edward Barrett, 1 November 1910.
Captain Thomas George Heming, Boer War Veteran, 1 November 1910.
Second Lieutenant Harold Edward Rowell, 14 August 1908.
Machine Gun Section
Crystal Brook
Second Lieutenant Thomas William Richardson Forgan, 17 September 1908.
"A" Squadron, Port Pirie - Crystal Brook - Laura - Wirrabara - Wanderah
Lieutenant David Baird Wilson, 14 February 1894.
Second Lieutenant Richard Harry Sampson, 23 January 1911.
Second Lieutenant Peter Sinclair O'Shaughnessy, 9 December 1912.
"B" Squadron, Jamestown - Petersburg - Yongola - Orroroo - Broken Hill
Lieutenant Frederick Phillips Keats, 22 August 1910.
Lieutenant Horatio Abner Toop, 18 December 1911.
Lieutenant Alexander David Mitchell, 1 April 1912.
Second Lieutenant Ernest Leslie Johnston, 15 August 1910.
Second Lieutenant James Alexander Sampson, 27 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant David Gardyne Stuart Lindsay, 6 March 1911.
Second Lieutenant Harold James Copley, 13 March 1911.
"C" Squadron, Kadina - Moonta - Wallaroo - Clare - Balaklava
Lieutenant Howard Trafalgar Whittle, 25 April 1900.
Second Lieutenant George Mills Shepherd, 28 October 1912.
Second Lieutenant Arthur John Thompson, 9 December 1912.
Second Lieutenant Tom Mitchell Young, 23 December 1912.
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Further Reading:
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, South Australia
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse, 1912
