"At a mile distant their thousand hooves were stuttering thunder, coming at a rate that frightened a man - they were an awe inspiring sight, galloping through the red haze - knee to knee and horse to horse - the dying sun glinting on bayonet points..." Trooper Ion Idriess
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Victorian (Volunteer) Mounted Rifles was gazetted as a Volunteer formation by General Order 559 of 2 December 1885 with the express aim of consolidating all the disparate cavalry units dotted around Victoria into on co-ordinated and single administrative and military unit.
Headquarters
Melbourne
Commanding Officer
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Price, 1 May 1885.
Adjutant
Lieutenant John Charles Hoad, 4 June 1886.
Quartermaster
Captain Thomas Mann, 2 July 1886.
Surgeons
Archibald McDonald, 16 April 1886.
Henry St. John Mitchell, 16 April 1886.
William Francis Sweetman, 16 April 1886.
Henry Ogle Moore, 16 April 1886.
William Cleland Wilkinson, 16 April 1886.
Augustus McManus, 16 April 1886.
Veterinary Surgeon
Graham Mitchell, 16 April 1886.
"A" Company
Headquarters
Preston
Detachments
Dromana
Ferntree Gully
Flinders
Geelong
Preston
"B" Company
Headquarters
Kyneton
Detachments
Daylesford
Gisborne
Kyneton
Woodend
"C" Company
Headquarters
Heyfield
Detachments
Glengarry
Heyfield
Maffra
Rosedale
Sale
"D" Company
Headquarters
Drouin
Detachments
Drouin
Moe
Morwell
Trafalgar
Yarragon
"E" Company
Headquarters
Euroa
Detachments
Euroa
Strathbogie
Violet Town
Yea
"F" Company
Headquarters
Broadford
Detachments
Broadford
Katandra
Nagambie
Numurkah
Wunghnu
"G" Company
Headquarters
Camperdown
Detachments
Camperdown
Caramut
Dunkeld
Hexham
Mortlake
Penshurst
"H" Company
Headquarters
Hamilton
Detachments
Branxholme
Casterton
Coleraine
Digby
Hamilton
Heywood
Merino
"I" Company
Headquarters
Kerang
Detachments
Elmore
Kerang
Pyramid Hill
Lieutenants
Lieutenant Edgar Slee, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant William Hallett Thomas, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant William Braithwaite, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Walter George Farroll, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Martin Joseph Ryan, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant William Hart Fawcett, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Richard Barker, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant George Francis Nethercote, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant William Thomas Reay, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant John Parsons Learmonth, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Richard James Howell, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Charles Blanchard, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Alfred William Crowe, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant David Alexander Skene, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant Christopher Richard Smithwick, 16 April 1886.
Lieutenant William Benjamin Pleasants, 16 April 1886.
1903 Reorganisation, Victoria Topic: Militia - LHV - Vic
Victoria Militia - Light Horse
1903 Reorganisation
(Five Regiments of Australian Light Horse.)
The Broadford, Avenel, Yea, Cathkin, Mansfield, Murchison, Rushworth, and Shepparton Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
The Euroa, Longwood, Violet Town, Benalla, Thoona, Wangaratta, Rutherglen, and Beechworth Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
The Rochester, Echuca, Kerang, and Macorna Detachments of Victorian Rangers, together with the Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Clunes, Talbot, Maryborough, Elmore, Wharparilla, Kerang, Durham Ox, and Pyramid Hill Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles, to be formed into the 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
The Sale, Stratford. Rosedale, Cowwarr, Dandenong, Morwell, Warragul, and Drouin Detachments of Victorian Rangers, together with the Sale, Moe, Thorpdale, and Warragul Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles, to be formed into the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
The Melbourne, Pakenham, and Lilydale Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into one squadron of Australian Light Horse, and attached to the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
The Warrnambool, Woodford, Nirranda, Panmure, Terang, Colac, Camperdown, Branxholme, Hamilton, Dunkeld, Byaduk, Casterton, and Narrawong Detachments of Victorian Mounted Rifles to be formed into the 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles).
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