Topic: Militia - LHV - 10/13
13th ALH
13th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse
December 1912
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
10th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
13th Australian (Gippsland) Light Horse [1912 - 1939]
13th/19th (Gippsland) Australian Light Horse Regiment [1939 - 1940]
13th (Gippsland) Australian Light Horse Regiment [1941 - 1941]
13th Motor Regiment (Gippsland) Light Horse [1941 - 1943]
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 - ]
Loyal Till Death
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
South Eastern Victoria
Brigade
5th Brigade
Headquarters
Drouin
Honorary Colonel
The Honorable William Pearson, MLC.
Commanding Officer
Major George Vernon Stephen, VD, 15 March 1909, Tenure of Command 1 April 1911 to 31 March 1916.Second in Command
Major Charles Seafield Ogilvy, VD, 24 July 1911.
Adjutant
Captain Malwyn Hayley A'Beckett, 1 July 1911.Assitant Adjutants
Captain Walter Henry Manners McFarlane, 1 July 1911.
Quartermaster
Honorary Lieutenant Frederick James Higgs, 5 February 1912.
Medical Officer
Captain Horace Francis Hayes, 11 December 1901.
Veterinary Officer
Lieutenant David Thomas Jones, Boer War Veteran, 5 March 1904.
Area Officers
Captain Walter Henry Manners McFarlane, 6 February 1911.
Captain Malwyn Hayley A'Beckett, 1 July 1911.
Machine Gun Section
Bunyip
Second Lieutenant Harris Vivian Skelton Sleep, 15 January 1912.
"A" Squadron, Drouin - Warragul - Trafalga - Narra Warren.
Lieutenant Arthur Haywood A'Beckett, 1 September 1905.
Lieutenant Frank Bennett, 28 June 1912.
Second Lieutenant Alan Charles Henry, 8 February 1907.
Second Lieutenant Albert Julius Arndt, 13 March 1911.
Second Lieutenant George William Strachan Anderson, 5 March 1912.
Second Lieutenant Edward James Hamilton, 1 July 1912.
"B" Squadron, Sale - Dutson - Briagolong - Stratford - Traralgon - Morwell - Thorpdale.
Captain Hampton Alexander Gooch, 22 November 1909.
Lieutenant Bruce Effingham Lawrence, 1 November 1911.
Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ronald, 6 June 1906.
Second Lieutenant James Thomas McNaughton, 6 April 1908.
Second Lieutenant James Swanson Tait, 5 December 1910.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Lockwood Murray, 17 July 1911.
"C" Squadron, Bairnsdale - Lindenow.
Second Lieutenant Tom Napper, 20 December 1909.
Second Lieutenant James Duncan Alexander, 10 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant James Mosley Stuart, 10 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant William Sherwood Houghton, 10 April 1911.
Second Lieutenant Frederick John Keyte, 26 February 1912.
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Further Reading:
10th/13th Australian Light Horse
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, December 1912
