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28th Australian (Illawarra) Light Horse

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

District

South Coast New South Wales

Brigade

Vacant

Headquarters

West Kogarah

Honorary Colonel

Vacant

Commanding Officer

Captain Colin Dunmore Fuller, 21 January 1908, Tenure of Command from 1 July 1912 to 30 June 1917, Absent on AIF Service.
Major Patrick Connolly, 1 August 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer from 2 March 1915.

Adjutant

Captain Percy Cureton, 12 December 1914.

Quartermaster

Captain William Melanchthon Bennetts, 12 July 1915.

Medical Officer

Captain Karl Randolph Wilhelm Georgs, 31 January 1911.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

"A" Squadron, Albion Park - Jamberoo - Unanderra

Lieutenant John Augustine Raftery, 9 September 1912.
Lieutenant Leslie James Brooker, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Henry Ardagh Tomkins, 14 February 1916.
Lieutenant Harold Ireland Johnson, 16 December 1914.

"B" Squadron, Canterbury - Kogarah

Major Sydney James Shillington, 1 December 1914, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain Phillip Arthur Chambers, 16 January 1913, Absent on AIF Service.
Captain Stephen Norman McLean, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Harald William Baker, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Montague Ambrose Brown, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Hubert Leslie Primrose, 15 October 1915.
Lieutenant Clarence James Lyle West, 1 January 1916.
Lieutenant Albert Edward Jackson, 1 June 1916.
Lieutenant William Victor Russell, 1 June 1916.
Lieutenant William John Adams, 1 June 1916.

"C" Squadron, Milton - Berry

Major Patrick Connolly, 1 August 1916, Temporary Commanding Officer from 2 March 1915.
Lieutenant Rupert Frederick Cork, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.
Lieutenant Charles Ziems, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Theodore James Grey, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant John Maloney, 1 August 1915.
Lieutenant Frederick Brownlee, Boer War Veteran, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Edward Spencer Hordern, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant Robert Ernest McClelland, 14 February 1916.
Lieutenant William Darcy Dunster, 10 November 1915.

"D" Squadron, Moss Vale - Robertson

Lieutenant Arthur John Scott Lindsay, 28 August 1916.

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Citation: 28th Australian (Illawarra) Light Horse, 1916

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11th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse, 1916
Topic: Militia - LHN - 3/11/7

11th ALH

11th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse

1916

1st (Volunteer) Australian Horse [1897 - 1903]
1st Australian Horse (Boer War) [1899 - 1901]
3rd (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
11th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1935]
7th/21st (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1936-1937]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1937 - 1942]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
7th/21st (Australian Horse) Recce Regiment [1948 - 1949]
7th/21st Australian Horse [1949 - 1957]

Hearth and Home

3rd/11th/7th Australian Light Horse

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

District

Southern New South Wales

Division

1st Division.

Brigade

3rd Brigade, Southern and Western New South Wales

Headquarters

Goulburn

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable W Earl Beauchamp, KCMG

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel JM Arnott, (1 December 1912) tenure from 1 December 1912 to 30 November 1918 - On AIF duties.

Captain WU Alley (4 January 1907), temporary Commanding Officer commencing from 18 October 1914.

Adjutant

Lieutenant GC Somerville, (1 July 1913), A& I Staff - On AIF duties.

Captain FR Wedd (16 April 1915) - acting.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant A Taunton (22 July 1912)

Medical Officer

Captain WAH Burkitt

Veterinary Officer

Vacant

Area Officers

Captain FR Wedd (12 February 1906)

Lieutenant W Beck (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant T Smith (1 July 1915)

Lieutenant NB Taylor (13 June 1910)

Lieutenant E Twynnam (29 November 1909) - On AIF duties.

Machine Gun Section:

Yass

Second Lieutenant SC Sleeman (1 May 1914)

"A" Squadron, Goulburn - Crookwell - Murrumburrah - Wallendbeen.

Captain FDW Oatley (16 February 1914) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant FK Chisholm (1 March 1915)

Lieutenant WM Chisholm (1 March 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant JH Huxley (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant HOC Maddrell (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant AA Powell (12 July 1915)

Lieutenant TLF Rutledge (1 April 1914)- On AIF duties.

"B" Squadron, Bega - Cooma - Bungendore - Queanbeyan.

Captain TEWW Irwin (31 March 1913) - On AIF duties.

Captain SA Margoschis (1 April 1914)

Lieutenant CH Bate (1 July 1915)

Lieutenant HJ Howard (1 July 1915)

Lieutenant JL McNamara (13 September 1915)

Lieutenant HBR Ritchie (1 July 1915)

"C" Squadron, Cootamundra - Grenfell - Adelong - Tumut.

Major TP Allsopp (1 August 1916)

Captain RK Richards (16 August 1905)

Lieutenant DG Cross (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant GHL Harris (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant AD Reid (1 July 1915) - On AIF duties.

Lieutenant RCM Reynolds (12 July 1915)

Lieutenant MD Russell (1 July 1915)

"D" Squadron, Narrandera - Coolamon - Ganmain.

Lieutenant WPC Greene (1 July 1915)

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4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1916
Topic: Militia - LHN - 5/4/15

4th ALH

4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse

1916

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

March: El Abanico

5th/4th/15th Australian Light Horse

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

District

Northern New South Wales

Division

1st Division

Brigade

2nd Light Horse Brigade.

Headquarters

Lismore

Honorary Colonel

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

Commanding Officer

Major FJ Board, 1 July 1914, Tenure of Command from 1 July 1912 to 30 June 1917.

Adjutant

Captain TB Osborne, 1 October 1915.

Quartermaster

Captain TB Osborne, 1 October 1915.

Medical Officer

Captain ECG Page.

Veterinary Officer

Captain AJ McKenzie

Area Officer

Lieutenant GP Donovon, 1 January 1910, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant WG Penrose, 1 January 1910.

Machine Gun Section.

Lismore

Lieutenant P Potts, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

"A" Squadron, Casino - Grafton - Maclean.

Captain CW Sabine, 28 August 1911.

Lieutenant CAR Munro, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant JD Mackay, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant AE Oswin, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant GH Kunkler, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant LB Guiren, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant R McKinnon, 1 November 1914.

"B" Squadron, Lismore - Coraki - Kyogle - Alstonville.

Captain ET Sheridan, 24 August 1914, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant AJ Ogilvy, South African War Veteran, 16 June 1914, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant GS Mackrell, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

"C" Squadron, Murwillumbah - Bangalow - Mullumbimby.

Lieutenant SH Worthington, 24 August 1914, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant CO Graham, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant NSP Moriarty, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant JGD McNeill, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Duties.

Lieutenant HW Morey, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant JG Hibbard, 1 July 1915.

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6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1916
Topic: Militia - LHN - 4/6/16

6th ALH

6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse

1916

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

4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse

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

District

Hunter River

Division

1st Division

Brigade

2nd Brigade

Headquarters

West Maitland

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable Charles Robert Marquis of Lincolnshire, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel John Baldwin Meredith, Boer War Veteran, 11 September 1911, Tenure of Command, 1 November 1910 to 31 October 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Major Francis Henry Thrift, 3 August 1914, Temporary Commander from 28 August 1914.

Adjutant

Lieutenant Arthur Andrew White, 5 August 1912, Absent on AIF Service.

Captain Wallace John Secundus Gillies, 1 August 1915.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant Charles Thornton Stewart, 13 February 1911.

Medical Officer

Captain James Joseph Hollywood, 27 February 1911.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

Area Officers

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

Captain Cecil Horace Granville, Boer War Veteran, 18 November 1912, Absent on AIF Service.

Machine Gun Section

West Maitland

Lieutenant Magnus Campbell, 13 September 1915.

"A" Squadron, West Maitland - Raymond Terrace - Dungog

Captain Edward Windeyer, Boer War Veteran, 10 December 1910, Absent on AIF Service.

Capatin John Thomas Smith, 10 November 1915.

Lieutenant John Dalyell Richardson, 31 March 1913, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant Osman Edward Carter, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant Alan Thomas Pearse, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant Basil Belgrave Capper, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant David Australian Hipwell, 13 September 1915.

Lieutenant Herbert Henry Smith, 13 September 1915.

Lieutenant James Carlton Foote, 13 September 1915.

Lieutenant Roy Allison Jones, 13 September 1915.

"B" Squadron, Scone - Muswellbrook

Captain McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 16 August 1912.

Lieutenant James Gilbert Asser, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant Jack Rupert Cyril Davies, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant Rodney Keith Robey, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant Richard Roy Huxley, 13 September 1915.

"C" Squadron, Singleton - Cessnock - Gresford

Captain Percy Faulkner, Boer War Veteran, 28 February 1913.

Captain Audrey Harold Wilkinson, 28 February 1913.

Lieutenant Thomas Harold Bird, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF Service.

Lieutenant Alexander Glass Brady, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant Samuel Henry Haggarty, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant Frederick William Wells, 13 September 1915.

Lieutenant Francis Joseph White, 13 September 1915.

Lieutenant Robert Ernest Brown, 13 September 1915.

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Citation: 6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse, 1916

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7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1916
Topic: Militia - LHN - 1/7/1

7th ALH

7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse

1916

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- ]

Tenax in fide - Steadfast in Trust

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

District

Cumberland

Division

1st Division.

Brigade

3rd Light Horse Brigade, New South Wales

Headquarters

Parramatta

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Marquis of Lincolnshire, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886

Commanding Officer

Major J McMahon, 30 September 1912, Tenure of Command from 1 September 1914 to 31 August 1919.

Staff Officer and Adjutant

Captain AJ Mills, 28 October 1912, Absent on AIF duty.

Major RC MacKenzie, 1 April 1915, acting.

On secondment with Intelligence Section, General Staff.

Captain GA Taylor, 1 October 1914.

Captain HC de Low, 1 October 1914, Absent on AIF duty.

Quartermaster

Captain LD Phillips, Supernumerary.

Medical Officer

Captain AT Dunlop, temporary.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant

Machine Gun Section

Sydney

Second Lieutenant TR Howard, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Second Lieutenant HI Wikner, 1 July 1915.

"A" Squadron, Sydney

Major HV Vernon, South African Veteran, 24 August 1914, Absent on AIF duty.

Captain J Milling, 16 May 1915.

Captain FC Jordan, 1 August 1915.

Lieutenant AR Hordern, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant ES Sutton, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant HH McKeown, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant SL Molesworth, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant AC Cooke, 13 September 1915.

"B" Squadron, Parramatta

Major FE Stowe, 1 October 1912.

Captain FB Jacob, 1 August 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant KL MacKenzie, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant N Anderson, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant CC Milling, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant SRJ Davison, 1 July 1915.

"C" Squadron, Windsor - Penrith - Luddenham

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

Captain EAK Hudson, 1 March 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Captain ED Hordern, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.

Lieutenant MC Bowley, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant RO Holland, 1 July 1915.

Lieutenant RV Moore, 1 July 1915.

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New South Wales Lancers, Boer War Contingent

Citation: 7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1916

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