Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
6th ALH
6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse
1913
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
Headquarters
West Maitland
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable Charles Robert Marquis of Lincolnshire, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel John Baldwin Meredith, Boer War Veteran, Boer War Veteran, 11 September 1911, Tenure of Command, 1 November 1911 to 31 October 1915.Adjutant
Second Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 3 July 1911.Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Charles Thornton Stewart, 13 February 1911.Medical Officer
Captain James Joseph Hollywood, 27 February 1911.Veterinary Officer
Vacant.Area Officers
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.
Captain Cecil Horace Granville, Boer War Veteran, 18 November 1912.
Machine Gun Section
West Maitland
Lieutenant Wallace John Secundus Gillies, 1 April 1910.
"A" Squadron, West Maitland - Wickham - Raymond Terrace - Dungog
Captain Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 10 December 1910.
Second Lieutenant John Robert Hugh McDonald, 3 October 1910.
Second Lieutenant JD Richardson, John Dalyell.
Second Lieutenant Osman Edward Carter, 31 January 1911.
Second Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, 20 February 1911.
Second Lieutenant James William Oliver Davis, 21 August 1911.
Second Lieutenant William Augustus Logan, 2 December 1912.
"B" Squadron, Scone - Muswellbrook
Captain Francis Henry Thrift, 1 July 1912.
Lieutenant McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 1 March 1906.
Second Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 26 September 1910.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 3 July 1911.
Second Lieutenant Robert Edward Ellerton, 2 December 1912.
"C" Squadron, Singleton - Cessnock - Gresford
Lieutenant Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 4 January 1907.
Lieutenant Audrey Harold Wilkinson, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant Garath Milner Wilkinson, 20 October 1909.
Second Lieutenant Garnet Edmund Iles Tinson, 29 January 1912.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, 14 October 1912.
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Further Reading:
4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1913
