Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16
16th ALH
16th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse
1920
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, AIF Veteran, 11 September 1911, Tenure of Command, 1 November 1910 to 31 October 1915.Adjutant
Major Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 18 September 1915, Temporary Commander from 15 September 1916.
Major Edward Windeyer, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Boer War Veteran, AIF Veteran, 1 September 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer, 12 November 1919.
Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, MC, Honorary Major, AIF Veteran, 5 August 1912.Quartermaster
Lieutenant Samuel Henry Haggarty, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 1 July 1915.Medical Officer
Captain James Joseph Hollywood, Honorary Major, AIF Veteran, 27 February 1911.Veterinary Officer
Vacant.Area Officers
Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.
Captain Cecil Horace Granville, DSO,Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, Boer War Veteran, AIF Veteran, 18 November 1912.
Machine Gun Section
West Maitland
Vacant.
"A" Squadron, West Maitland - Raymond Terrace - Dungog
Major Edward Windeyer, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Boer War Veteran, AIF Veteran, 1 September 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer, 12 November 1919.
Captain John Dalyell Richardson, DSO, Brevet Major, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, AIF Veteran, 31 March 1913.
Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, Honorary Captain, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Basil Belgrave Capper, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
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
Major McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 16 July 1919.
Captain Wallace John Secundus Gillies, AIF Veteran, 1 August 1915.
Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril Davies, MC, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Singleton - Cessnock - Gresford
Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, DSO, Honorary Major, AIF Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Robert Ernest Brown, AIF Veteran, 13 September 1915.
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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, 1920
