11th ALH

11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1907

Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
20th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
4th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1936]
4th/19th Australian Light Horse [1936 - 1938]
4th (Corangamite) Australian Light Horse [1938 - 1942]
4th (Corangamite Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1944]
4th/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4th/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]

Pro Gloria - For Glory

District

Western Victoria

Brigade

4th Southern Victoria and Tasmania Brigade

Headquarters

Warrnambool

Major General, The Honorable Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, KCB, Boer War Veteran.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Godfrey Hughes, VD, 20 October 1900.

Adjutant  

Captain Reginald Hastings Clarke, 1 March 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant Edward Thomas Apps, 1 September 1901.

Medical Officer

Captain Charles Crawford MacKnight, 4 June 1897.

Captain Andrew Edward Callow, 14 April 1899.

1st Warrnambool - Allansford - Nirranda Squadron

Lieutenant Cyril Wilberforce St John Clarke, 13 October 1904.

Lieutenant William Horne, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant Stuart Brown Robinson, Boer War Veteran, 9 July 1906.

Second Lieutenant Bertram Kenelm Burnie, 9 July 1906.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Harold Redford, 9 July 1906. 

2nd Camperdown - Terang Squadron

Lieutenant Stanley George Allen Hindhaugh, 6 June 1906.  

Lieutenant Walter James Curle, 1 September 1895. 

3rd Colac - Beeac Squadron

Major William Waugh Hope, 13 October 1906.
 
Lieutenant Urquhart Ramsay, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant George Alfred McLeod, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant William Bannister, Boer War Veteran, 24 July 1906.

4th Hamilton - Dunkeld Squadron 

Lieutenant William Henry Scott, 3 April 1903.

Second Lieutenant Robert Woodburn, 24 July 1906.

Second Lieutenant Martin Henry Stapylton-Bree, 24 July 1906.

Previous: 11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Next: 11th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1908

Further Reading:

11th/20th/4th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Saturday, 26 June 2010 7:28 AM EADT

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8th ALH

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1907

Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1941
8th Indi Light Horse Recce Battalion [1942 - 1943]
8th Australian Cavalry Regiment [1943 - 1944]
8th/13th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles [1960 - ]

Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising

North Eastern Victoria

3rd Northern Victoria Brigade

Euroa

Vacant.

Lieutenant Colonel WB Pleasents, VD.

Captain LC Maygar, VC, 9 May 1905.

Honorary Lieutenant J O'Grady, 2 April 1906.

Captain JH Patterson, 1 October 1905.

Lieutenant AC Wilson.

Captain RD Crocker, 1 April 1905.

Lieutenant GE Lydiard, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant OW Pleasents, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant FT Crocker, 1 September 1905.

Major JL Martin, 14 February 1906.

Lieutenant J Standish.

Lieutenant FT Moore, 13 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant JE Sergeant, Honorary Lieutenant, 16 March 1906.

Second Lieutenant CE Clements, 10 September 1906.

3rd Wangaratta - Rutherglen Squadron

Captain CJ Ahern

Lieutenant R Manley

Lieutenant JJ Teague, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant TG Clarke, 1 September 1905.

4th Beechworth - Myrtleford Squadron

Lieutenant HJ Shannon, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant A McG McLaurin, 1 July 1905.

Second Lieutenant JE Regan, 9 November 1906.

Previous: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Next: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1908

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 3:09 PM EADT

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10th ALH

10th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

1907

Pro Gloria - For Glory

District

Eastern Victoria

Brigade

4th Southern Victoria and Tasmania Brigade

Headquarters

Sale

Honorary Colonel

The Honorable William Pearson, MLC.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel William Borthwick, VD, 24 December 1904.

Adjutant

Captain Charles Seafield Ogilvy, 1 January 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant John Henry Sundermann, 17 December 1906.

Medical Officer

Major Navroji Bamanji Gandevia, 30 May 1903.

 Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant David Thomas Jones, Boer War Veteran, 5 March 1904.

1st Sale - Dutson - Stratford - Briagolong Squadron

Captain Archibald Lloyd, 30 September 1898.

Lieutenant Malwyn Hayley A'Beckett, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant James Forsyth, 21 May 1906.

Second Lieutenant Charles Stanley Bowen, 1 July 1905.

Second Lieutenant John Malcolm Borthwick, 15 March 1906.

Second Lieutenant George Kenneth McKenzie, 28 May 1907.

2nd Morwell - Moe - Thorpdale - Traralgon Squadron

Captain John Hall, 1 January 1903.

Lieutenant Hampton Alexander Gooch, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant Norman McLean, Boer War Veteran, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant Hugh George Essington Anstey, 1 September 1905.

Second Lieutenant Benjamin Ronald, 6 June 1906.

 
3rd Warragul - Drouin - Yarragon Squadron

Captain George Vernon Stephen, 21 May 1904.

Lieutenant Joshua Dyson Farrar, 1 March 1899.

Lieutenant Walter Henry Manners McFarlane, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant David James Wemyes McHaffie, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant Arthur Haywood A'Beckett, 1 September 1905.

4th Geelong - Werribee Squadron

 
 
5th Melbourne - Narra Warren - Box Hill - Ringwood (Garrison) Squadron

Captain George Steward, 14 August 1905.

Second Lieutenant Ernest John Ellingwood, 8 February 1907.

Second Lieutenant Charles Dugmore Timms, 8 February 1907.

Second Lieutenant Ronald John Livingstone Hildyard, 8 February 1907.

Second Lieutenant Alan Charles Henry, 8 February 1907.

Captain Alexander Rushall, 1 January 1905.

Lieutenant William John Whitley Strong, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 8 October 1897.

Second Lieutenant Steven John Wright Armstrong, 9 November 1906.

Previous: 10th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1906

Next: 10th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1908

Further Reading:

10th/13th Australian Light Horse

Victorian Mounted Rifles

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Friday, 25 June 2010 11:45 AM EADT

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9th ALH

9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1907

 Pro Gloria - For Glory

District

North Western Victoria

Brigade

3rd Brigade

Headquarters

Ballarat

Honorary Colonel

Vacant.

Commanding Officer

Vacant.

Adjutant

Captain JA Brazenor, 20 November 1905.

Quartermaster

Lieutenant FW Buley, 17 December 1906.

Medical Officer

Captain The Honorable CC Salmon, MP.

Veterinary Officer

 Captain EW Mitchell.

1st Ballarat - Learmonth Squadron

Captain T Anderson

Lieutenant CA Courtney, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant AH White, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant J Halliday, 1 September 1905.

Lieutenant D Baird, 1 September 1905.

2nd Clunes - Talbot - Maryborough - Creswick Squadron

Captain PW Salmon, 1 August 1905.

Lieutenant JA Troup.

Lieutenant J Parkin, 6 June 1906. 

Second Lieutenant A Ross, 11 April 1905.

3rd Bendigo Squadron

Captain L Long, 9 January 1907.

Lieutenant D McLennan.

Second Lieutenant JP Small, 11 April 1905. 

Second Lieutenant T Williams, 26 March 1907. 

Second Lieutenant FE Jones, 26 March 1907.

4th Elmore - Echuca - Kerang - Pyramid Hill Squadron

Second Lieutenant TE Aicken, 26 March 1907. 

Second Lieutenant J Cahill, 26 March 1907. 

Second Lieutenant A Charleson, 26 March 1907.

Previous: 9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Next: 9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1908

Further Reading:

9th/19th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

Australian Light Horse Regimental Militia Field Force

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Updated: Sunday, 27 June 2010 10:12 AM EADT

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3rd LHFA, AIF

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance

Embarkation Roll, 24th Reinforcement

HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF, 24th Reinforcement, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A6 Clan MacCorquodale 5 February 1917.

The HMAT A6 Clan Maccorquodale weighed 5121 tons with an average cruise speed of 15 knots or 27.78 kmph. It was owned by the Cayser, Irvin and Co., Glasgow, and leased by the Commonwealth until 14 April 1915. The Clan Maccorquodale was torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean, 17 November 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

 

16704 Private Neville Arthur Gull JOHNSON, a 19 year old Agricultural Student from Camberwell, Victoria. He enlisted on 8 March 1916; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 27 January 1919.

 

16705 Private James Clemens SALTER, a 22 year old Baptist missionary from Kerang, Victoria. He enlisted on 1 November 1915; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 16 March 1919.

 

16706 Private James TATTERSON, a 19 year old Clerk from Essendon, Victoria. He enlisted on 6 April 1916; and subsequently Returned to Australia, 2 August 1918.

 

Previous:  23rd Reinforcement

Next: 25th 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:

3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, Roll of Honour 

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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Updated: Wednesday, 31 March 2010 7:14 AM EADT

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