Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
16th ALH
16th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse
1919
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 River
Division
1st Division
Brigade
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, DSO, Honorary Brigadier General, 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, Absent on AIF Service.
Major Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 18 September 1915, Temporary Commander from 15 September 1916.
Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, MC, Honorary Major, 5 August 1912, Absent on AIF Service.Quartermaster
Lieutenant Samuel Henry Haggarty, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 1 July 1915.Medical Officer
Captain James Joseph Hollywood, Honorary Major, 27 February 1911, Absent on AIF Service.Veterinary Officer
Vacant.Area Officers
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.
Captain Cecil Horace Granville, DSO, Boer War Veteran, 18 November 1912, Absent on AIF Service.
Machine Gun Section
West Maitland
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, West Maitland - Raymond Terrace - Dungog
Major Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 1 September 1916, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain John Dalyell Richardson, DSO, Brevet Major, 31 March 1913, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, Honorary Captain, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Basil Belgrave Capper, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant David Australian Hipwell, 13 September 1915.
Lieutenant Herbert Henry Smith, 13 September 1915.
Lieutenant Roy Allison Jones, 13 September 1915.
"B" Squadron, Scone - Muswellbrook
Captain McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 16 August 1912.
Captain Wallace John Secundus Gillies, 1 August 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril Davies, MC, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Rodney Keith Robey, MC, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Richard Roy Huxley, 13 September 1915.
"C" Squadron, Singleton - Cessnock - Gresford
Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, DSO, Honorary Captain, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Alexander Glass Brady, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Frederick William Wells, 13 September 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Francis Joseph White, 13 September 1915.
Lieutenant Robert Ernest Brown, 13 September 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
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Further Reading:
4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 16th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1919
