Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
6th ALH
6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse
1915
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, 11 September 1911, Tenure of Command, 1 November 1910 to 31 October 1915, Absent on AIF Service.Adjutant
Major Francis Henry Thrift, 3 August 1914, Temporary Commander from 28 August 1914.
Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 5 August 1912, Absent on AIF Service.Quartermaster
Captain Wallace John Secundus Gillies, 1 August 1915.
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, Absent on AIF Service.
Machine Gun Section
West Maitland
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, West Maitland - Raymond Terrace - Dungog
Captain Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 10 December 1910, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant John Dalyell Richardson, 31 March 1913, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Osman Edward Carter, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Basil Belgrave Capper, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
"B" Squadron, Scone - Muswellbrook
Captain McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 16 August 1912.
Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril Davies, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Rodney Keith Robey, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Eric Charles Battye, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Singleton - Cessnock - Gresford
Captain Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 28 February 1913.
Captain Audrey Harold Wilkinson, 28 February 1913.
Lieutenant Garnet Edmund Iles Tinson, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Alexander Glass Brady, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Samuel Henry Haggarty, 1 July 1915.
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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, 1915
