Topic: Militia - LHN - 6/5/12
5th ALH
5th Australian (New England) Light Horse
1918
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, CMG, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 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 Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, 20 September 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer from 7 August 1917.
Adjutant
Lieutenant Richard Dudly Holman, Honorary Major, 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, 5 March 1912.
Machine Gun Section
Armidale
Lieutenant Basil Preston, 13 September 1915, Away on AIF service.
"A" Squadron, Tenterfleld - Glen Innes - Guyra.
Major Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, 20 September 1916.
Captain Harold Fletcher White, DSO, Brevet Major, 16 April 1914, Away on AIF service.
Captain James Frederick White, Honorary Major, 1 June 1915, Away on AIF service.
Captain Michael Frederick Bruxner, 1 July 1915, Away on AIF service.
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, 1918
