Topic: Militia - LHN - 6/5/12
6th ALH
6th Australian (New England) Light Horse
June 1912
Australian Horse [1897 - 1903]
6th Australian (Australian Horse) Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
6th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
5th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1912 - 1918]
12th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1919 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Armoured Car Regiment [1942 - 1943]
12th/16th (Hunter River Lancers) Armoured Car Regiment [1948 - ]
Virtutis Fortuna Comes - Fortune is the Companion of Valour
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
New England and Liverpool Plains
Brigade
2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales
Headquarters
Honorary ColonelArmidale
The Right Honorable William Lygon Earl Beauchamp, KCMG.
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel William Frank Everett, 10 November 1910.
Adjutant
Lieutenant George Alfred Crossman, 1 July 1911.
Assistant Adjutant
Captain Charles George Gordon, 3 August 1908.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Robert Thomas Monro, Boer War Veteran, 26 September 1910.
Medical Officer
Vacant.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Area Officers
Captain Charles George Gordon, 3 August 1908.
Lieutenant George Alfred Crossman, 1 July 1911.
Machine Gun Section
Glen Innes
Captain Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, 2 August 1908.
Pom Pom Section
Armidale
Lieutenant Robert Furnifull Craigie, 21 November 1909.
1st Tenterfield - Glen Innes Squadron
Major Percy Phipps Abbott, 22 June 1908.
Captain James Moffatt Reid, 19 February 1907.
Lieutenant James Frederick White, 1 July 1909.
Lieutenant Frithiof Valdemar Wikner, 1 July 1910.
Second Lieutenant Michael Frederick Bruxner, 11 September 1911.
2nd Armidale - Guyra Squadron
Lieutenant John Lorimer Gibson Johnstone, 1 July 1906.
Lieutenant Harold Fletcher White, 21 January 1908.
Lieutenant Linden Howard Russell Higinbotham, 1 July 1910.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Henry Bigg Curtis, 18 January 1909.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Richmond Forster, 20 February 1911.
3rd Inverell - Little Plain Squadron
Captain Charles George Gordon, 3 August 1908.
Lieutenant Walter Spencer Lawry, 19 May 1908.
Lieutenant Heathcote Wyndham, 19 May 1908.
Lieutenant Harold Albert Duckett White, 1 July 1909.
Second Lieutenant Alec Frederick Avern, 18 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Gerald Grice, 20 February 1911.
4th Tamworth - Manilla Squadron
Captain Thomas Norman Johnstone, 3 August 1908.
Lieutenant Frank Page Cousens, 1 July 1906.
Second Lieutenant Harold Charles Veness, 29 November 1909.
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Further Reading:
6th/5th/12th Australian (New England) Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 6th Australian (New England) Light Horse Regiment, June 1912
