Topic: Militia - LHV - 19/17
17th ALH
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse
1915
Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment [1862 - 1863]
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1910]
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1911 - 1912]
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse [1912 - 1927]
17th Australian (Bendigo) Light Horse [1927 - 1931]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1931 - 1933]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales) Light Horse [1933 - 1934]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1934 - 1936]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment [1936 - 1941]
17th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1941 - 1941]
17th Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1942]
4/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]
Loyalty
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Northern Victoria
Division
2nd Division
Brigade
7th Brigade
Headquarters
Bendigo
Honorary Colonel
Vacant.
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Long, 9 February 1913, Tenure of Command from 1 April 1911 to 31 March 1916, Absent on AIF Service.
Major A Caddy, Calcutta Light Horse, 12 December 1914, Temporary Commander from 15 August 1914.
Adjutant
Lieutenant Stephen Bruggy, Boer War Veteran, Army and Instructional Staff, 1 March 1912, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Frank Levy, 25 August 1914.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Robert Hampton, 16 May 1912.
Medical Officer
Captain Richard Henry Ebsworth, 15 September 1913.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Area Officers
Captain Donald McLennan, 26 April 1910.
Machine Gun Section
Bendigo
Lieutenant Clifford Henry Kentish, 1 July 1915.
"A" Squadron, Inglewood - Castlemaine - Kyneton - Boort
Lieutenant Thomas Williams, 12 October 1910.
Lieutenant Francis Edgar Jones, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Frederick James Reddrop, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Frank McCulloch Hunter, 16 August 1915.
Lieutenant Harold Edwards Leggo, 16 August 1915.
"B" Squadron, Echuca - Rochester - Elmore - Deniliquin
Captain George James Rankin, 28 April 1914, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant John Cahill, 8 August 1910.
Lieutenant Thomas William Herbert Chilton, 24 August 1914.
Lieutenant Malcolm John Cochrane, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Robert Henry, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Norman Gordon Rae, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
"C" Squadron, Kerang - Barham - Pyramid - Swan Hill
Captain John William Chanter, 21 May 1907.
Lieutenant Thomas Edwin Aicken, Boer War Veteran, 15 January 1912.
Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton Milvane, 28 April 1914.
Lieutenant William Francis McIver, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Robert John Roddan Eagle, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Charles John Neumann, 1 July 1915.
"D" Squadron, Mitiamo - Raywood - Dingee - Gunbower - Cohuna
Lieutenant Gordon Wilfred Carey, 1 July 1915.
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Further Reading:
19th/17th Australian Light HorseVictoria Militia - Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1915
