Topic: Militia - LHS - 24/9
24th ALH
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse
Service in the Great War
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]
9th/23rd Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1936 - 1942]
9th Motor Regiment, Australian (Flinders) Light Horse [1942 - 1943]
3rd/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles [1952 - ]
9th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse Badge
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse, Service in the Great War
The following Nominal Roll contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the 24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse who undertook service for Australia during the Great War. Each entry details the full name of the man, his service number and rank upon enlistment, and finally the unit in which the man was allotted prior to embarkation.
Finding more about a service person.
Nominal Roll of Service in the Great War
77 Private William Thomas ACOTT, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
30678 Driver Edward James BALDWIN, 6th Field Artillery Brigade.
Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Robert BALDWIN, Sea Transport Service.
Honorary Major James Edward BARRETT, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
3406 Sergeant William Edgar Maxwell BLIGHT, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Archibald Harold BRAY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Lieutenant Joseph Johnson BROOKS, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
580 Private Charles James BROWN, 13th Light Horse Regiment.
3042 Private Anthony Ray Edward BURFORD, 27th Infantry Battalion.
728 Company Sergeant Majory William Claude BURFORD, 12th Infantry Battalion.
Lieutenant Philip Ignatius CALLARY, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
1057 Private Charles Leonard CARTER, Imperial Camel Corps.
Dr Captain Arthur Ross CLAYTON, 1st Australian General Hospital.
3788 Private Clarence Alfred CLIFT, 27th Infantry Battalion.
Lieutenant Harold James COPLEY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
3683 Private Andrew James DARMODY, 7th Field Artillery Brigade.
497 Private Lindsay DAVIDSON, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
Dr Captain Dean DAWSON, Australian Army Medical Corps officers.
Second Lieutenant Edwin Cooper DERRINGTON, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Archibald DICK, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
6743 Private Sydney William ESTICK, 10th Infantry Battalion.
63 Private Francis Walter FRY, 10th Infantry Battalion.
1129 Private Clarence Leslie GOODFELLOW, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
5584 Private Frank William HARDING, 27th Infantry Battalion.
6948 Private Albert Fred HASS, 10th Infantry Battalion.
2426 Private Antonio HAUBER, 48th Infantry Battalion.
Second Lieutenant Arden Seymour HAWKER, Draft Officers.
Major Thomas George HEMING, 43rd Infantry Battalion.
15245 Sapper William HEPBURN, 32nd Infantry Battalion.
134 Private John Leslie HOPPING, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
1867 Private James Terence JENNER, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
2531 Private Herbert JENNISON, 50th Infantry Battalion.
3328 Private Leo Vincent KELLY, 43rd Infantry Battalion.
2226 Private David Lewis KEY, 5th Pioneer Battalion.
15 Private Martin Edward Oscar KIRBY, 12th Light Horse Regiment.
1933 Private Norman Arthur LAMMING, 44th Infantry Battalion.
604 Private William Nelson LAWRENCE, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
62285 Acting Corporal Edwin LONGMIRE, 5th General Service Reinforcements, South Australia.
538 Private Charles LOWN, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
3125 Private Claude Ephraim MAJOR, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
513 Armourer Sergeant John Edmund MARTIN, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
1100 2nd Aircraft Mechanic William Edward MARTIN, 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.
895 Private Edgar Ernest MATTHEWS, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
218 Sergeant John Carroll McCARTHY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
328 Private William Bell McDONALD, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
227 Corporal Brian McGLINCHEY, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
804 Private Brian McKENNA, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
12 Signaller Francis Louis McKENZIE, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
442 Driver Roderick McKINNON, 10th Infantry Battalion.
526 Private Alexander Bruce McVICAR, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Duncan MENZIES, 48th Infantry Battalion.
Lieutenant Colonel Albert MIELL, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
2134 Acting Corporal Robert Harold MILLS, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Captain John Thomas MORAN, Sea Transport Service.
1055 Private Peter MORGAN, Imperial Camel Corps.
326 Private Frederick Pengelly MORTIMORE, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Algernon MOSSOP, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
873 Private Gilbert Cecil MUNDAY, 27th Infantry Battalion.
2586 Private George Henry Joseph NEWMAN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
316 Corporal Harry Gregory NOBLETT, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Lieutenant George NUGENT, 13th Infantry Battalion.
Lieutenant William Edward Hill PASCOE, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
1137 Private William Herbert PENNA, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
1594 Private Leslie Roy QUINTRELL, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
50506 Acting Corporal Louis Clifton ROBERTS, 1st General Service Reinforcements, South Australia.
17063 Sapper Archibald Dugald ROBERTSON, 5th Divisional Signalling Company.
Captain Harold Edward ROWELL, 43rd Infantry Battalion.
213 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Frederick SAMPSON, 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
2261 Private Harry Peace SAMPSON, 43rd Infantry Battalion.
4366 Private Frederick William SANDFORD, 27th Infantry Battalion.
194 Driver John Joseph SHERRIDAN, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Lieutenant Frederick William STANTON, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
898 Corporal Richard Duncan STIMSON, 11th Light Horse Regiment.
2594 Acting Sergeant Richard Charles Vandyke TEMPLE, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Lieutenant Arthur John THOMPSON, 48th Infantry Battalion.
6904 Private Richard David VENABLES, 27th Infantry Battalion.
734 Private Eric Boswell VINE, 1st Remounts.
Vet Captain William Robert Bruce WAKEHAM, 1st Remounts.
Lieutenant Alexander Joseph WATT, 9th Light Horse Regiment.
62373 Private Edward William Richard WILSON, 5th General Service Reinforcements, South Australia.
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
Further Reading:
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse
24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse, Roll of Honour
Militia Light Horse, South Australia
Australian Militia Light Horse
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 24th Australian (Flinders) Light Horse, Service in the Great War
