Topic: Militia - LHN - 6/5/12
5th ALH
5th Australian (New England) Light Horse
1917
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
District
New England
Division
1st Division
Brigade
2nd Brigade
Headquarters
Armidale.
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable William Lygon Earl Beauchamp, KCMG.
Commanding Officer
Major Percy Phipps Abbott, 22 June 1908, Tenure of command from 8 July 1913 to 7 July 1918, Away on AIF service.
Major Thomas Norman Johnstone, 1 June 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer from 17 March 1915.Major Percy Phipps Abbott, 22 June 1908, Tenure of command from 8 July 1913 to 7 July 1918.
Adjutant
Lieutenant Richard Dudly Holman, Army and Instructional Staff, 30 October 1914, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant George Thomas Sims, 1 July 1915.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Herbert James Godfrey, 1 February 1912.
Medical Officer
Captain Arthur Joseph Mackenzie, Temporary Major, 5 March 1912.
Machine Gun Section
Armidale
Lieutenant Basil Preston, 13 September 1915.
"A" Squadron, Tenterfleld - Glen Innes - Guyra.
Major Frithiof Valdemar Wikner, 1 August 1916.
Major Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, 20 September 1916.
Captain Harold Fletcher White, 16 April 1914, Away on AIF service.
Captain James Frederick White, Honorary Major, 1 June 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Michael Frederick Bruxner, 1 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Percy John Reid, 7 July 1915.
Lieutenant Martin Heagney, 1 October 1915.
"B" Squadron, Tamworth - Armidale - Manilla.
Captain John Lorimer Gibson Johnstone, 28 June 1912, Away on AIF service.
Captain Robert Furnifull Craigie, 1 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Captain Linden Howard Russell Higinbotham, 1 June 1916, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Frank Augustus Chaffey, 1 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Harold Charles Veness, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Inverell - Moree - Narrabri.
Lieutenant Walter Blomfield Brown, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Paul Meziere de Lepervanche, 7 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Kenneth Powell Stutchbury, 7 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Norman Scott MacMillan, 7 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Jardine, 13 September 1915, Away on AIF service.
Lieutenant Alfred William Woollett, 1 January 1916.
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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: 5th Australian (New England) Light Horse Regiment, 1917
