5th ALH

5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse

1910

New South Wales Mounted Rifles [1888 - 1903]
5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1918 - 1941]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1944]
"A" Squadron (Northern Rivers Lancers) Amphibious Assault Regiment [1948 - 1949]
"A" Squadron 15th Northern Rivers Lancers Regiment [1949 - 1952]
15th Northern Rivers Lancers [1952 - 1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956 - ]

Tenax et Fidelis - Steadfast and True

[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.]  

March: El Abanico

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

District

 Northern New South Wales

Brigade

2nd Northern New South Wales Brigade.

Headquarters

Lismore

Honorary Colonel  

Major General Sir Edward Hutton, KCMG, CB, South African War Veteran.

Commanding Officer  

Major FG Fanning, 1 April 1905.

Adjutant

Captain CT Griffiths, South African War Veteran, 1 March 1906.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant TB Osborne, 18 January 1907.

Medical Officer

Captain GAI Mackay, 1 October 1905.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

Pom Pom Section.

Lismore

Lieutenant R McKinnon, 1 July 1909.

Machine Gun Section.

Lismore

Lieutenant GP Donovon, 1 January 1910.

Number 1, Casino Squadron.

Lieutenant TA Ferguson, 18 September 1906.

Lieutenant HH Johnston, South African War Veteran, 5 April 1909.

Second Lieutenant ET Sheridan, 25 October 1909.

Number 2, Lismore Squadron.

Captain FJ Board, 19 May 1908.
 
Lieutenant RN Frankin, 19 May 1908.  

Lieutenant AA Ross, 16 January 1909. 

Lieutenant RM Warby, 1 January 1910.

Second Lieutenant WL Johnston, 3 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant EHA Von Schultze, 13 September 1909.

Number 3, Grafton Squadron.

Lieutenant CW Sabine, 1 January 1910.

Lieutenant WG Penrose, 1 January 1910.

Second Lieutenant FH McKittrick, 3 August 1908.

Second Lieutenant CH Tindal, 20 December 1909.

Previous: 5th (Northern River Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1909

Next: 5th (Northern River Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1911

Further Reading:

5th/4th/15th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 8:24 PM EADT

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4th ALH

4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse

1910

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

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

Hunter River

2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales

Headquarters

West Maitland

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Charles Robert Earl of Carrington, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.

Major Charles Edward Nicholson, Boer War Veteran, 3 March 1908.

Lieutenant George Cattell Somerville, 21 January 1908.

Honorary Lieutenant Albert Edward Whittet, 10 September 1904.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert George Alcorn, 20 September 1909.

Vacant.

West Maitland

Vacant.

West Maitland

Lieutenant John Thomas Smith, 28 May 1907.

Captain Reginald Saint Patrick Croudace, 21 January 1908.

Lieutenant Stanley William Smith, 1 July 1909.

Lieutenant Audrey Harold Wilkinson, 1 January 1910.

Second Lieutenant William Augustus Flynn, 20 October 1909.

Second Lieutenant Garath Milner Wilkinson, 20 October 1909.

Major John Baldwin Meredith, Boer War Veteran, 28 May 1908. 

Lieutenant Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1906.

Lieutenant Robert William Alison, 19 May 1908.

Captain Harold Henry Waddell, Boer War Veteran, 21 January 1908.

Lieutenant Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 4 January 1907.

Second Lieutenant George Logan Speirs, 20 July 1908.

4th Muswellbrook - Scone Squadron

Captain Edward Reginald White, 1 November 1907.

Lieutenant Francis Henry Thrift, 16 January 1906.

Lieutenant McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 1 March 1906.

Lieutenant Cecil Horace Granville, Boer War Veteran, 1 March 1906.

Previous: 4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1909

Next: 4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1911

Further Reading:

4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Saturday, 19 June 2010 8:18 PM EADT

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1st ALH

1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse

1910

New South Wales Lancers [1895 - 1903]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1903-1912]
7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912-1918]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1919-1929]
1/21st Australian Light Horse [1929-1935]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment [1936-1942]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Armoured Regiment [1942-1948]
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers [1948-1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956- ]

[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

 South Africa 1899 - 1900

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

District

Sydney

Brigade

1st Southern and Western New South Wales

Headquarters

Parramatta

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Earl, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886

Commanding Officer

Captain FH Cox, 11 November 1897, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 5 June 1901, Brevet Major, 5 December 1902 - South African Veteran, Commanding Officer, 2 April 1908.

Staff Officer and Adjutant

Major RC MacKenzie, 18 November 1907.

Quartermaster

Honorary Major JM  Purves, VD.

Medical Officer

Captain P Fiaschi, 8 March 1909.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

Albion Park

Second Lieutenant JA Raftery, 1 January 1910.

Machine Gun Section

Chatswood

Vacant.

Number 1, Sydney Squadron

Captain J McMahon, 19 March 1907.

Captain EAK Hudson, 14 February 1910.

Lieutenant LD Phillips, 15 March 1906.

Lieutenant HV Vernon, 15 March 1906.

Lieutenant J Milling, 14 January 1910.

Captain FE Stowe, 14 February 1910.

Lieutenant AJ Mills, 21 January 1908.

Second Lieutenant KL MacKenzie, 4 April 1909.

Second Lieutenant W Cox, 20 December 1909.

Number 3, Berry - Robertson Squadron

Major R McEvilly

Captain EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran, 14 February 1910.

Lieutenant JD Wood

Lieutenant JS Dooley, 1 January 1910.

Second Lieutenant JH Warby

Number 4, Richmond - Windsor Squadron

Captain B Hall

Captain WT Charley, 14 February 1910.

Lieutenant RB Walker.

Second Lieutenant HFR Dunston, 12 February 1907.

Number 5, Albion Park - Shellharbour (Garrison) Squadron

(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)

Captain CD Fuller, 21 January 1908.

Lieutenant FP Dowdell, 16 August 1907.

Second Lieutenant CR Dunster, 1 September 1909.

Number 6, Ulladulla (Garrison) Squadron

(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)

Lieutenant P Connolly, 21 January 1908.

Second Lieutenant JC Allison, 29 November 1909.

Previous: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1909

Next: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1911

Further Reading:

1st/7th/1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse

New South Wales Lancers, Boer War Contingent

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Thursday, 1 July 2010 4:11 PM EADT

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1st LHFA, AIF

1st Light Horse Field Ambulance

Embarkation Roll, 27th Reinforcement

1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF, 27th Reinforcement, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney 9 May 1917.

The HMAT A15 Star of England, later renamed Port Sydney, weighed 9,136 tons with an average cruise speed of 13.5 knots or 25.00 kmph. It was owned by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 22 September 1917.

The ensuing individual soldier's embarkation information contains the following details:

Rank on embarkation;

Full name of the soldier

Declared age of the soldier;

The last occupation held;

The last address as a civilian;

Enlistment Date; and,

Fate.

Finding more about a service person.

See: Navigating the National Archives Service File 

Embarkation Roll

 

17267 Private Charles Levison BERRY, a 20 year old Rail porter from Picton Lakes, New South Wales. He enlisted on 29 February 1916; and subsequently Returned to Australia, 30 August 1918.

17266 Private Alexander BOLEWSKI, a 24 year old Labourer from Forest Lodge, New South Wales. He enlisted on 24 January 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 7 April 1919.

 

17268 Private Duncan Alexander CAMERON, a 31 year old Window dresser from Paddington, New South Wales. He enlisted on 5 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 1 January 1919.

 

17269 Private Eugene Gustave CIZZIO, a 19 year old Clerk from Stanmore, New South Wales. He enlisted on 19 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.

 

17270 Private Arthur Dalroy DEVLIN, a 22 year old Station hand from Murrurundi, New South Wales. He enlisted on 10 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 13 March 1919.

 

17271 Private James Stephen MOLLOY, a 28 year old Stenotyper from Darlinghurst, New South Wales. He enlisted on 18 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 17 July 1919.

17272 Private Henry James MOORE, a 27 year old Gardener from Camden, New South Wales. He enlisted on 4 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 28 January 1919.

 

17273 Private William Lonsdale SANDELS, a 19 year old Clerk from Enmore, New South Wales. He enlisted on 10 April 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 8 April 1919.

 

17274 Private Henry Albert SMALL, a 25 year old Polisher from Hurstville, New South Wales. He enlisted on 9 February 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 2 August 1919.

 

17275 Private John WHITTLE, a 26 year old Farmer from Neutral Bay, New South Wales. He enlisted on 10 April 1916; and subsequently Returned to Australia, 12 November 1917.

 

Previous:  26th Reinforcement

Next: 28th Reinforcement

Sources Used:

National Archives Service File.

Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.

Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.

Collected Records of Steve Becker.

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.

Further Reading:

1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF

1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, Roll of Honour

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Updated: Saturday, 27 March 2010 9:05 AM EADT

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6th ALH

6th Australian (New England) Light Horse

1910

Australian Horse [1897 - 1903]
6th Australian (Australian Horse) Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
6th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
5th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1912 - 1918]
12th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1919 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Armoured Car Regiment [1942 - 1943]
12th/16th (Hunter River Lancers) Armoured Car Regiment [1948 - ]

Virtutis Fortuna Comes - Fortune is the Companion of Valour

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).

District

New England and Liverpool Plains

Brigade

2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales

Headquarters

Armidale

The Right Honorable William Lygon Earl Beauchamp, KCMG.

Commanding Officer 

Major William Frank Everett, 4 September 1906.

Adjutant

Second Lieutenant Linden Howard Russell Higinbotham, 2 June 1908.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant Sydney Plessos Crummer, 1 March 1904.

Medical Officer

Vacant.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

 
Machine Gun Section

Glen Innes

Captain Frederick Norris Lowther-Crofton, 2 August 1908.

 

Pom Pom Section

Armidale

Lieutenant Robert Furnifull Craigie, 21 November 1909. 

1st Tenterfield - Glen Innes Squadron

Major Percy Phipps Abbott, 22 June 1908.

Lieutenant James Frederick White, 1 July 1909.

Second Lieutenant Frithiof Valdemar Wikner, 10 August 1908. 

Second Lieutenant Arthur Henry Coles Purkis, 18 January 1909. 

Second Lieutenant Robert Thomas Vyner, 16 August 1909.

2nd Armidale - Guyra  Squadron

Captain James Moffatt Reid, 19 February 1907.

Lieutenant John Lorimer Gibson Johnstone, 1 July 1906.

Lieutenant Harold Fletcher White, 21 January 1908.

Lieutenant Alexander Mitchell, 19 May 1908.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Henry Bigg Curtis, 18 January 1909.

3rd Inverell - Little Plain Squadron

Captain Charles George Gordon, 3 August 1908.

Lieutenant Walter Spencer Lawry, 19 May 1908.

Lieutenant Heathcote Wyndham, 19 May 1908.

Lieutenant Harold Albert Duckett White, 1 July 1909.

Second Lieutenant Alec Frederick Avern, 18 January 1910.

4th Tamworth - Manilla  Squadron

Captain Thomas Norman Johnstone, 3 August 1908.

Lieutenant Frank Page Cousens, 1 July 1906.

Second Lieutenant Ayshford Alfred Reginald Cardale, 11 October 1907.

Second Lieutenant Rupert Noel Richardson, 2 June 1908.

Second Lieutenant Harold Charles Veness, 29 November 1909.

Previous: 6th Australian (New England) Light Horse Regiment, 1909

Next: 6th Australian (New England) Light Horse Regiment, 1911

Further Reading:

6th/5th/12th Australian (New England) Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 2:21 PM EADT

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