Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
4th ALH
4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse
December 1903
New South Wales Lancers [1885 - 1903]
4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse Regiment [1903 - 1906]
4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment [1907 - 1912]
6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment [1912 - 1918]
16th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment [1919 - 1936]
16th (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment [1936 - 1942]
16th (Hunter River Lancers) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
[The elephant's head used on the badges is taken from the family crest of Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales from 1885 - 1890 and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Regiment from 1885 until 1928.]
Tenax in fide - Steadfast in Trust
District
Lower HunterBrigade
2nd Brigade, Northern New South WalesHonorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Charles Robert Earl of Carrington, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.
Commanding Officer
Major William Charles Markwell, 1 July 1903.Adjutant
Second Lieutenant Arthur James Prentice, 1 January 1903.Quartermaster
Vacant.Medical Officer
Major Robert George Alcorn, 1 July 1903.Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
1st Newcastle Squadron
Lieutenant Joseph Arthur Wood, 1 January 1903.
Lieutenant George Ireland, 1 July 1903.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Gaites, 1 July 1903.
Second Lieutenant Francis Joseph Berry, 1 July 1903.
2nd Maitland Squadron
Captain Charles Edward Nicholson, 1 July 1903.
Lieutenant William George Welch, 1 July 1903.
Second Lieutenant Arthur James Prentice, 1 January 1903.
3rd Singleton Squadron
Major Alister Stuart Bowman, 1 July 1903.
Lieutenant Richard Halifax Dangar, 5 December 1901.
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Further Reading:
4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse, December 1903
