Topic: Militia - LHS - 24/9
24th ALH
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse
1914
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
Brigadier General Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle, CB, DSO, psc, Commander 2nd Cavalry Brigade, Southern Command, British Army, 1 June 1914.
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
Lieutenant John Thomas Moran, Army and Instructional Staff, Boer War Veteran, 1 February 1911.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant John Clarence Scotcher, 9 December 1912.
Medical Officer
Captain Arthur Ross Clayton, 4 November 1912.
Veterinary Officer
Captain William Robert Bruce Wakeham, 16 January 1914.
Supernumerary Officers
Second Lieutenant Edwin Cooper Derrington, 24 September 1913.
Area Officers
Major James Edward Barrett, 1 April 1914.
Captain Thomas George Heming, Boer War Veteran, 1 November 1910.
Lieutenant Harold Edward Rowell, 16 February 1913.
Machine Gun Section
Crystal Brook
Lieutenant Thomas William Richardson Forgan, 16 February 1913.
"A" Squadron, Port Pirie - Crystal Brook - Laura - Wirrabara - Wanderah
Lieutenant David Baird Wilson, 14 February 1894.
Lieutenant Richard Harry Sampson, 1 July 1914.
Second Lieutenant James Alexander Sampson, 27 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant Peter Sinclair O'Shaughnessy, 9 December 1912.
Second Lieutenant Silas Stuart Searle, 28 February 1913.
Second Lieutenant Alexander Joseph Watt, 28 February 1913.
"B" Squadron, Jamestown - Petersburg - Broken Hill
Lieutenant Horatio Abner Toop, 18 December 1911.
Lieutenant Alexander David Mitchell, 1 April 1912.
Lieutenant John Robert Rosie, 7 June 1910.
Lieutenant George Nugent, Boer War Veteran, 16 February 1913.
Lieutenant Joseph Johnston Brooks, 16 May 1913.
Second Lieutenant Philip Ignatius Callary, 31 March 1913.
"C" Squadron, Clare - Balaklava - Kadina - Wallaroo - Maitland
Second Lieutenant Arthur John Thompson, 9 December 1912.
Second Lieutenant Archibald Harold Bray, 1 September 1913.
Second Lieutenant Archie Dick, 16 November 1913.
Second Lieutenant Ernest Middleton Kitto, 16 April 1914.
Second Lieutenant William Edgar Maxwell Blight, 1 June 1914.
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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, 1914
