Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
4th ALH
4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse
June 1912
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
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Hunter RiverBrigade
2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales
Headquarters
West Maitland
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Charles Robert Earl of Carrington, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel John Baldwin Meredith, Boer War Veteran, Boer War Veteran, 11 September 1911.Adjutant
Captain Charles Edward Nicholson, Boer War Veteran, 11 July 1911.Assistant Adjutant
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Charles Thornton Stewart, 13 February 1911.Medical Officer
Captain James Joseph Hollywood, 27 February 1911.Veterinary Officer
Vacant.Area Officers
Captain Charles Edward Nicholson, Boer War Veteran, 11 July 1911.
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.
Captain Reginald Saint Patrick Croudace, 21 January 1908.
Machine Gun Section
West Maitland
Lieutenant Wallace John Secundus Gillies, 1 April 1910.
Pom Pom Section
West Maitland
Lieutenant John Thomas Smith, 28 May 1907.
1st Newcastle - Maitland - Cessnock Squadron
Captain Reginald Saint Patrick Croudace, 21 January 1908.
Lieutenant Audrey Harold Wilkinson, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant Garath Milner Wilkinson, 20 October 1909.
Second Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, 20 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant James William Oliver Davis, 21 August 1911.
2nd Raymond Terrace - Dungog Squadron
Captain Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 10 December 1910.
Second Lieutenant Herbert Leslie Holmes, 10 September 1910.
Second Lieutenant John Robert Hugh McDonald, 3 October 1910.
Second Lieutenant Osman Edward Carter, 31 January 1911.
3rd Singleton - Gresford Squadron
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.
Lieutenant Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 4 January 1907.
Second Lieutenant George Logan Speirs, 20 July 1908.
4th Muswellbrook - Scone Squadron
Captain Edward Reginald White, 1 November 1907.
Lieutenant Francis Henry Thrift, 16 January 1906.
Lieutenant McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 1 March 1906.
Lieutenant Cecil Horace Granville, Boer War Veteran, 1 March 1906.
Second Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 26 September 1910.
Second Lieutenant Walter Richard Nowland, Boer War Veteran, 16 January 1911.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 3 July 1911.
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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 (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, June 1912
