Topic: Militia - LHN - 6/5/12
12th ALH
12th Australian (New England) Light Horse
1920
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, KG, KCMG.
Commanding Officer
Major Percy Phipps Abbott, CMG, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, CMG, VD, AIF Veteran, 22 June 1908.Second in Command
Major Thomas Norman Johnstone, 1 June 1916.
Adjutant
Lieutenant George Thomas Sims, 1 July 1915.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Herbert James Godfrey, 1 February 1912.
Medical Officer
Vacant.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Machine Gun Section
Armidale
Lieutenant Basil Preston, AIF Veteran, 13 September 1915.
"A" Squadron, Tenterfleld - Glen Innes - Guyra.
Major Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 20 September 1916.
Captain James Frederick White, Honorary Major, AIF Veteran, 1 June 1915.
Lieutenant Michael Frederick Bruxner, DSO, Brevet Major, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
"B" Squadron, Tamworth - Armidale - Manilla.
Captain John Lorimer Gibson Johnstone, AIF Veteran, 28 June 1912.
Captain Robert Furnifull Craigie, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Frank Augustus Chaffey, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Inverell - Warialda - Moree - Narrabri.
Lieutenant Walter Blomfield Brown, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Paul Meziere de Lepervanche, AIF Veteran, 7 July 1915.
Lieutenant Kenneth Powell Stutchbury, AIF Veteran, 7 July 1915.
Lieutenant Norman Scott MacMillan, Honorary Captain, AIF Veteran, 7 July 1915.
Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Jardine, AIF Veteran, 13 September 1915.
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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: 12th Australian (New England) Light Horse Regiment, 1920
