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Monday, 2 February 2004

26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1916
Topic: Militia - LHT - 12/26

26th ALH

26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse

1916

Tasmanian Mounted Infantry [1900 - 1903]
12th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1921]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1921 - 1930]
3rd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1930 - 1933]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse [1933 - 1942]
22nd (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]

Pro Rege et Patria - for King and country

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

District

Tasmania

Brigade

Tasmanian Brigade.

Headquarters

Launceston

Honorary Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel, C St C Cameron, CB, South African War Veteran, 1 December 1915.

Commanding Officer

Major JH Bisdee, VC, 16 August 1915, South African War Veteran, Tenure of Command from 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1918 - Absent on AIF duties.

Adjutant

Honorary Lieutenant HN Lacey, A & I Staff, temporary, 15 January 1916.

Quartermaster

Lieutenant HV Hargreaves, Acting.

Medical Officer

Captain VR Ratten, 28 September 1908.

Veterinary Officer

Captain RCT Philp.

Area Officers

Major WG Hope, Area Officer, 1 July 1911.

Captain CM Chambers, 16 February 1916.

Machine Gun Section

Evendale

Lieutenant AD MacKinnon, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

"A" Squadron, Wynyard - Ulverstone - Sheffield.

Captain JT Tyrrell, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant C Davey, 1 January 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JM Clerke, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AL Wardlaw, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant IJ Rockliff, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant FB Edwards, 1 August 1915.

"B" Squadron, Deloraine - Longford - Ringarooma- Scottsdale.

Captain HJ Dumaresq, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain C Mills, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant DK Cameron, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant WJ Bennett, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AO Woods, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AR Nevin, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RT Alcock, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant GHF Dennis, 1 August 1915.

Lieutenant JJ Gatenby, 1 August 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

"C" Squadron, Hobart - Brighton - Oatlands - Ross.

Major DC Lewis, 1 October 1915.

Captain E St L Lewis, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain GS Brisdee, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant TB MacLeod, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RC Ibbott, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant NA Nicolson, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JR Chatterton, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant CC Davis, 15 October 1915.

Lieutenant HA Warner, 15 October 1915.

Lieutenant GP Potter, 15 October 1915.

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Further Reading:

12th/26th Australian Light Horse

Tasmanian Militia

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1916

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Updated: Thursday, 1 July 2010 10:41 AM EADT

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Sunday, 1 February 2004

The Battle of Coetzee Drift, South Africa, 5 May 1900, 262 Private Dalgety Gordon Campbell, wounded
Topic: BatzB - Coetzees Drift

South African (Second Boer) War

The Battle of Coetzee Drift, South Africa, 5 May 1900

262 Private Dalgety Gordon Campbell, wounded

Coetzee's Drift, an action during the Second South African War, fought on 5 May 1900 along the Vet River in Orange Free State.

262 Private Dalgety Gordon Campbell

Dalgetty Gordon Campbell was born in 1877 in Sydney. His parents were Robert John (1837 - ?) and Nora (Zora) neé Dalgety (1845 - 1917) who married at Paddington in 1867. Campbell was the youngest of six children, the others being: Arthur P (1867), Isabella C (1869), Mabel Z (1871), Ethel Maud (1873), Ivy (1875). After leaving school, he became a journalist. In 1899 he enlisted for service with the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles. He was accepted for service with the Regimental number 262 as a Private with "C" Squadron. During the engagement at Coetzee's Drift on the Vet River, Campbell was reported as wounded. The injury healed rapidly and he was soon back with the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles. Campbell was wounded again during the action at Diamond Hill, 11-12 June 1900. He was invalided back to Australia and arrived in Sydney on 30 August 1900.

After a period of recovery, Campbell again offered his services to fight in South Africa. This time, on 28 February 1901, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant with the 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles. This time he completed his full tour of duty from arrival in South Africa, 17 April 1901 until he returned to Sydney, 4 June 1902.

For his service in South Africa, he was awarded the Queen's South African Medal with four bars, they being: Driefontein, Johannesberg, Cape Colony and Diamond Hill.

Further Reading:

The Battle of Coetzee Drift, South Africa, 5 May 1900

The Battle of Coetzee Drift, South Africa, 5 May 1900, Roll of Honour

South African (Second Boer) War

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: The Battle of Coetzee Drift, South Africa, 5 May 1900, 262 Private Dalgety Gordon Campbell, wounded

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26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1917
Topic: Militia - LHT - 12/26

26th ALH

26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse

1917

Pro Rege et Patria - for King and country

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

District

Tasmania

Brigade

Tasmanian Brigade.

Headquarters

Launceston

Honorary Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel, C St C Cameron, CB, South African War Veteran, 1 December 1915.

Commanding Officer

Major JH Bisdee, VC, 16 August 1915, South African War Veteran, Tenure of Command from 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1918 - Absent on AIF duties.

Adjutant

Honorary Lieutenant HN Lacey, South African War Veteran, A & I Staff, temporary, 15 January 1916.

Quartermaster

Lieutenant HV Hargreaves, Acting.

Medical Officer

Captain VR Ratten, 28 September 1908.

Veterinary Officer

Captain RCT Philp.

Area Officers

Major WG Hope, VD, Area Officer, 1 July 1911.

Captain CM Chambers, 16 February 1916.

Machine Gun Section

Evendale

Lieutenant AD MacKinnon, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

"A" Squadron, Wynyard - Ulverstone - Sheffield.

Lieutenant C Davey, 1 January 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JM Clerke, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AL Wardlaw, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant IJ Rockliff, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JJ Gatenby, 1 August 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant FB Edwards, 1 August 1915.

"B" Squadron, Deloraine - Longford - Ringarooma- Scottsdale.

Captain HJ Dumaresq, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain C Mills, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant DK Cameron, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant WJ Bennett, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RT Alcock, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant GHF Dennis, 1 August 1915.

"C" Squadron, Hobart - Brighton - Oatlands - Ross.

Major DC Lewis, 1 October 1915.

Captain E St L Lewis, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain GS Bisdee, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant TB MacLeod, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RC Ibbott, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant NA Nicolson, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JR Chatterton, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant CC Davis, 15 October 1915.

Lieutenant HA Warner, 15 October 1915.

Lieutenant GP Potter, 15 October 1915.

Previous: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1916

Next: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1918

Further Reading:

12th/26th Australian Light Horse

Tasmanian Militia

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1917

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Updated: Thursday, 1 July 2010 11:14 AM EADT

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Saturday, 31 January 2004

Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, Contents
Topic: Militia - LH - Regts

ALHR's

Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force

Contents

The following is a listing of all the known Light Horse formations that were brought into being subsequent to the re-organisation of 1903. It details the unfolding of the service as part of the Militia in Australia until 1920. Included in this time period are the re-organisations of 1912 and 1918. All these changes altered the original disparate mounted formations in the states to something that was uniform and systematic, the aim of Federation in 1901. The transformations were massive in terms of that which existed prior to Federation. It is from this structure that the legends of the Light Horse during the Great War were wrought and have become an enduring part of Australian folk history. Without the Militia the Australian government could not raise and train the significant forces it did from 1914 to 1916 and then maintain this force in the field with a high level of efficiency. The Militia was the backbone of the AIF and yet remains the unsung area of Australian history.

To give its proper place, each Regiment which formed the Australian mounted Militia is dissected on an annual basis to highlight the following information:

The name of the Regiment;

An outline of unit lineage from foundation to current day;

Regimental Hat Badge picture;

Motto of the Regiment;

March tune of the Regiment, if applicable;

Battle honours from South Africa if applicable;

Details of affiliation with King Edward's Horse, if applicable;

The Regimental catchment area within a state;

The Division, if applicable, in which the Regiment was placed;

The Brigade, if applicable, to which the Regiment belonged as part of a larger formation;

Headquarters location;

The name of the appointed Honorary Colonel;

The Commanding Officer details;

The Adjutant;

The Quartermaster;

The Medical Officer;

The Veterinary Officer;

The location and staffing of the Machine Gun Section;

Squadron details including:

Squadron Number;

Location of troops in the Squadron; and,
Names of officers attached to the Squadron.
Service details of each officer which includes:
Full name of the officer;

Rank of the officer;

Date of gazetting of that rank;

Any distinctions and titles;

Honorary ranks; and,

Previous or current war service.

At the bottom of each page are various navigation aids:
Previous indicates the Regiment as it existed a year prior to that being examined; and,

Next indicates the Regiment following in the series.

Following this is a menu of items which invites the reader to examine further aspects of this particular Regiment in a specific sense or in more general terms.

The aim is to present a comprehensive snap shot of the particular Regiment at a point in time. The accuracy of the information is dependent ultimately upon the information recorded in the various Government Gazettes and the Military Orders of the states and the Commonwealth.

Items

Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, December 1903
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1904
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1905
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1906
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1907
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1908
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1909
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1910
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1911
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, June 1912
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, December 1912
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1913
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1914
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1915
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1916
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1917
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1918
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1919
Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, 1920

Further Reading:

Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force

Australian Militia - Light Horse

Australian Militia, 1899 - 1920

Citation: Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force, Contents

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Updated: Sunday, 11 July 2010 5:36 PM EADT

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Friday, 30 January 2004

26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1918
Topic: Militia - LHT - 12/26

26th ALH

26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse

1918

Pro Rege et Patria - for King and country

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

District

Tasmania

Brigade

Tasmanian Brigade.

Headquarters

Launceston

Honorary Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel, C St C Cameron, CB, South African War Veteran, 1 December 1915.

Commanding Officer

Major JH Bisdee, VC, 16 August 1915, South African War Veteran, Tenure of Command from 1 August 1913 to 31 July 1918 - Absent on AIF duties.

Adjutant

Honorary Lieutenant HN Lacey, South African War Veteran, A & I Staff, temporary, 15 January 1916.

Quartermaster

Vacant.

Medical Officer

Vacant.

Veterinary Officer

Captain RCT Philp.

Area Officers

Major WG Hope, VD, 1 July 1911.

Captain CM Chambers, 16 February 1916.

Machine Gun Section

Evendale

Lieutenant AD MacKinnon, Honorary Captain,1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

"A" Squadron, Wynyard - Ulverstone - Sheffield.

Lieutenant C Davey, 1 January 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JM Clerke, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AL Wardlaw, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant IJ Rockliff, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JJ Gatenby, 1 August 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant FB Edwards, 1 August 1915.

"B" Squadron, Deloraine - Longford - Scottsdale - Ringarooma.

Captain HJ Dumaresq, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain C Mills, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant DK Cameron, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant WJ Bennett, Honorary Major, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant AO Woods, MC, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RT Alcock, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant GHF Dennis, 1 August 1915.

"C" Squadron, Hobart - Brighton - Oatlands - Ross.

Major DC Lewis, 1 October 1915.

Captain E St L Lewis, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Captain GS Bisdee, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant TB MacLeod, 1 April 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant RC Ibbott, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant NA Nicolson, 1 July 1915 - Absent on AIF duties.

Lieutenant JR Chatterton, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant HA Warner, 15 October 1915.

Lieutenant GP Potter, 1 November 1915.

Previous: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1917

Next: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1919

Further Reading:

12th/26th Australian Light Horse

Tasmanian Militia

Australian Militia Light Horse

Citation: 26th (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) Australian Light Horse, 1918

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Updated: Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:01 PM EADT

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