8th/16th/8th ALH

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Contents

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 - ]

8th (VMR) ALH [left] - 16th (Indi) ALH [right]

Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising, 1903-1912

More Majorum - After the Manner of Our Ancestors, 1912-1944

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

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

History:

This regiment sprung from the Victorian Mounted Rifles a volunteer unit raised i 1885. Detachments existed at Euroa, Longwood, Violet Town, Benalla, Thoona, Wangaratta, Rutherglen and Beechworth and formed part of the 1st Battalion Victorian Mounted Rifles until 1901. During the Federal organisation of 1903, these detachments were formed into a separate unit style 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Victorian Mounted Rifles). The regiment continued under this title until 1912 when four squadrons of the 8th were designated the 16th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles). In the following year, 1913, it became the 16th (Indi) Light Horse, reverting to the 8th (Indi) Light Horse in 1918, this was later altered to 8th Light Horse Regiment (Indi Light Horse).

Items

History

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Members who served in the AIF

 

Regimental Structure 1903 -1920

This section explores the evolution of the Regiment from its first origins as a Commonwealth formation. Each year maps the movement of men and often locations of the various Squadrons and Troops. To get the flavour of the Regiment, it is best to begin the journey at 1903 and follow though each year till 1920.

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, December 1903

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1904 

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1905

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

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1907

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

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1909

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1910 

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1911

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, June 1912

 

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse 

16th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, December 1912 

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1913

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1914

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1915 

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1916

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1917

16th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1918

 

8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse 

8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1919

8th (Indi) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1920

Roll of Honour

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour

Lest we forget. 

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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8th/16th/8th ALH

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Members who served in the AIF

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 - ]

8th (VMR) ALH [left] - 16th (Indi) ALH [right]

Timeo nec sperno - Neither Fearing nor Despising, 1903-1912

More Majorum - After the Manner of Our Ancestors, 1912-1944

 South Africa 1899 - 1902

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

Below is a list of men who were known former members of the 8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse who later served with the AIF during the Great War. The details listed are those at the time of AIF enlistment containing the rank, full name and unit in which he enlisted. 

7347 Private James Andrew David BEATTIE, 8th Battalion

223 Private William Fleming BELCHER, 4th Light Horse Regiment

865 Private Francis James BYRNE, 2nd Cyclist Battalion

937 Private James Percival CAMERON, 10th Light Horse Regiment

239 Lance Corporal Bertram CANNING, 4th Light Horse Regiment

Second Lieutenant Charles CARTHEW, 8th Light Horse Regiment

233 Private Eric CHAPMAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment

3799 Private Charles Clifton CHAPPELL, 22nd Battalion

Major Charles Edward CLEMENTS, 31st Battalion

2845 Private Arthur CLERY, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

243 Private Alfred William CRAMERI, 4th Light Horse Regiment

20124 Driver Louis Leo CRAMERI, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1359 Driver Edward H CROCKFORD, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

2594 Private Ernest Charles CROSS, 22nd Battalion

814 Private Harold CROUCHER, 8th Light Horse Regiment

68 Sergeant George Clifton DAWES, 13th Light Horse Regiment

251 Driver Ernest William DICK, 4th Light Horse Regiment

3991 Private Edward Frederick DOIG, 4th Light Horse Regiment

258 Private Haydon EWART, 4th Light Horse Regiment

Second Lieutenant George FAY, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1568 Private Colin Innes FLETCHER, 4th Light Horse Regiment

1582 Private Alfred Ernest FORD, 31st Battalion

41 Driver John FRAWLEY, 4th Light Horse Regiment

2765 Private Gilbert Alexander GILMOUR, 8th Light Horse Regiment

256 Private Eric HAIN, 13th Light Horse Regiment

Second Lieutenant Frank Rogerson HALL, 4th Light Horse Regiment

267 Private George HALL, 4th Light Horse Regiment

81 Farrier Corporal Bernard HAMILL, 13th Light Horse Regiment

273 Private Arthur Leslie HANNA, 4th Light Horse Regiment

268 Private Keith HARRINGTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

272 Private Otto HELMS, 4th Light Horse Regiment

1402 Private Clyde Neil HILL, 4th Light Horse Regiment

269 Private Bert HOARE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

27762 Driver Edward George HODGSON, 15th Field Artillery Brigade

15073 Driver Hector George HOLDEN, 24th Field Artillery Brigade

516 Sergeant Bugler Victor HOWE, 11th Light Horse Regiment

2133 Private William Walter JACK, 13th Light Horse Regiment

6072 Private Alfred Edmund JACKSON, 2nd Australian General Hospital

64822 Private Stanley Orlando Marke JARMAN, 7th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria

7506 Sergeant Alan Edwin JARVIS, 6th Battalion

27763 Driver Perrin Hector Norman JONES, 15th Field Artillery Brigade

571 Private Preston Salisbury JONES, 13th Light Horse Regiment

5401 Private Roy Curtis KENNEDY, 8th Battalion

64540 Private Alexander Sackville KIDMAN, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria

292 Private John KISSICK, 4th Light Horse Regiment

21 Driver Herbert KONG MENG, 7th Battalion

3700 Private William Stanton LADSON, 57th Battalion

626 Lance Corporal Leslie Reed LANGTRY, 4th Light Horse Regiment

64482 Private Andrew Cyril LeBROCQ, 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria

Lieutenant Harold Harcanute Herbert LOCKE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

318 Private Alan Brownell MacKAY, 13th Light Horse Regiment

Lieutenant David Thomas William MANWELL, 1st Squadron Air Flying Corps

3837 Private Herbert Stanley MARTIN, 7th Battalion

Major Joseph Irvine MARTIN, Sea Transport Service

Captain Leslie Cecil MAYGAR, VC, 4th Light Horse Regiment

534 Private Allen Stuart McARTHUR, 1st Light Horse Regiment

632 Private Frederick Alexander McDONALD, 4th Light Horse Regiment

139 Private Joseph Henry McINNESS, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1610 Private Thomas Francis McKEOGH, 4th Light Horse Regiment

Captain Archibald McGibbon McLAURIN, 8th Light Horse Regiment

Colonel Duncan McLEISH, 1st Remounts

Captain Roy Stanley McLEISH, 4th Light Horse Regiment

601 Sergeant Walter Wilbert McLEOD, 4th Light Horse Regiment

1634 Private Richard Andrew McNAMARA, 10th Light Horse Regiment

Captain Alexander MITCHELL, 13th Light Horse Regiment

310 Private Nicholas Walter MITTY, 4th Light Horse Regiment

301 Private Archibald Lawrance MORRISON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

649 Private William Summers MURRAY, 37th Battalion

Captain James Alexander NICHOLL, 13th Light Horse Regiment

1867 Private Kervin Vincent Eric O'KEEFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment

3010 Private Patrick O'KEEFFE, 8th Light Horse Regiment

7786 Driver Ely Arthur OLIVER, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train

320 Private David Lewis OWEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment

74 Lance Corporal John Daniel PATCHING, 8th Light Horse Regiment

325 Corporal Joseph PEARCE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

170 Private Kenneth Murdock PETERSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

326 Corporal Robert Francis PILKINGTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

2074 Private George Arthur RACKHAM, 6th Battalion

102 Private Albert RAISON, 37th Battalion

5076 Private Reginald Wills RAMAGE, 24th Battalion

638 Private Valentine William RYAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment

1269 Private Frederick Rotheram SAMMONS, 4th Light Horse Regiment

Captain John Edwin SERGEANT, 8th Battalion

Captain Herbert James SHANNON, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1300 Private William Culph SHERWILL, 8th Light Horse Regiment

443 Private Robert John SHOEBRIDGE, 8th Light Horse Regiment

6721 Bombardier Ernest Ralph SMITH, 4th Field Artillery Brigade

15248 Gunner Walter George SMITH, 13th Field Artillery Brigade

341 Private James STEVENSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

2260 Private John Francis STEVENSON, 21st Battalion

2258 Private Joseph Henry STEVENSON, 21st Battalion

342 Private William STEVENSON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

337 Private John Powell McKenzie STEWART, 4th Light Horse Regiment

348 Private John William STUBBS, 4th Light Horse Regiment

641 Private James Henry SULLIVAN, 4th Light Horse Regiment

352 Private Albert Exton TAYLOR, 4th Light Horse Regiment

353 Private Hermann Victor TYCHSEN, 4th Light Horse Regiment

356 Private John Henry UNDERWOOD, 4th Light Horse Regiment

2450 Private Arch Douglas John WADDELL, 14th Battalion

2078 Acting Sergeant Herbert WALKER, 4th Light Horse Regiment

648 Private Alexander George WALLACE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

39 Lance Corporal Harold Howard WALLACE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

364 Private Ernest Walter WESTON, 4th Light Horse Regiment

310 Private Horace Richard Lloyd WILLIAMS, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1957 Private William Almond WILLIAMS, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

Captain Albert Charles WILSON, Australian Veterinary

2855 Acting Sergeant Thomas Albert WISE, 8th Light Horse Regiment

1055 Private Robert Stanley YULE, 4th Light Horse Regiment

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

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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8th/16th/8th ALH

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Great War

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the 8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the Australian Imperial Force or another unit during the Great War.

Roll of Honour

James Percival CAMERON, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

Charles CARTHEW, Killed in Action, 7 August 1915

Charles Clifton CHAPPELL, Killed in Action, 5 August 1916

Arthur CLERY, Killed in Action, 11 October 1917

Ernest Charles CROSS, Killed in Action, 26 December 1917

Harold CROUCHER, Died of Wounds, 20 June 1915, buried at sea

 

George FAY, Killed in Action, 1 December 1917

 

Keith HARRINGTON, Died of Wounds, 6 August 1915

 

Alan Edwin JARVIS, Died of Wounds, 5 June 1918

 

Roy Curtis KENNEDY, Killed in Action, 4 October 1917

John KISSICK, Died of Wounds, 25 June 1915, buried at sea

 

William Stanton LADSON, Died of Wounds, 16 October 1917

Leslie Reed LANGTRY, Killed in Action, 4 December 1917

 

Alan Brownell MacKAY, Killed in Action, 5 October 1918

 

Herbert Stanley MARTIN, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917

Leslie Cecil MAYGAR, VC, Died of Wounds, 1 November 1917

Allen Stuart McARTHUR, Killed in Action, 18 May 1915

Frederick Alexander McDONALD, Died of Wounds, 17 October 1915, buried at sea

Archibald McGibbon McLAURIN, Died of Disease, 23 November 1918

Richard Andrew McNAMARA, Killed in Action, 19 April 1917

 

Albert RAISON, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917

Reginald Wills RAMAGE, Killed in Action, 2 May 1917

 

John Edwin SERGEANT, Killed in Action, 25 April 1915

Ernest Ralph SMITH, Killed in Action, 26 August 1916

Walter George SMITH, Killed in Action, 21 March 1918

Joseph Henry STEVENSON, Killed in Action, 20 March 1917

 

Arch Douglas John WADDELL, Killed in Action, 8 August 1918

Ernest Walter WESTON, Died of Wounds, 5 December 1917

Lest we forget. 

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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8th ALH

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

December 1903

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

1903 Reorganisation, Victoria

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).

North Eastern Victoria

3rd Northern Victoria Brigade

Euroa

Vacant.

Lieutenant Colonel WB Pleasents.

Lieutenant LC Maygar, VC.

Vacant.

Lieutenant CW Günst

Vacant.

Lieutenant RD Crocker

Captain JL Martin

Lieutenant D Martin

Lieutenant J Standish

Captain CJ Ahern

Lieutenant E Slee

Lieutenant RB Barnes

Lieutenant A Prentice

Lieutenant HED Kelly

Previous: 8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Next: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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8th ALH

8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1904

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.

Lieutenant LC Maygar, VC.

Honorary Lieutenant JE Sergeant, 1 March 1904.

Lieutenant JH Patterson, Honorary Captain.

Lieutenant AC Wilson.

Lieutenant RD Crocker.

Second Lieutenant RCF Chomley, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant GE Lydiard, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant OW Pleasents, 1 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant FT Crocker, 16 April 1904.

Captain JL Martin.

Lieutenant D Martin.

Lieutenant J Standish.

Lieutenant FT Moore, 13 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant DF Tait, 1 March 1904.

3rd Wangaratta Squadron

Captain CJ Ahern

Lieutenant R Manley

Second Lieutenant JJ Teague, 1 March 1904.

4th Rutherglen - Beechworth Squadron

Lieutenant RB Barnes

Lieutenant A Prentice

Lieutenant HED Kelly

Second Lieutenant HJ Shannon, 1 March 1904. 

Previous: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, December 1903

Next: 8th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1905

Further Reading:

8th/16th/8th Australian Light Horse

Victoria Militia - Light Horse 

Australian Militia Light Horse

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