Australian Light Horse Studies Centre

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

History:

Extracted from RK Peacock, Evolution of Australian Light Horse Regiments 1841-1935, p. 17.

17th Light Horse Regiment (Prince of Wales Light Horse)

The 17th Light Horse may be traced from the Kyneton Castlemaine and Sandhurst (Bendigo) troops of the Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment raised in 1862. Through the years 1863 to 1874 these troops formed part of the Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars). These troops were later disbanded and in 1884 a troop was raised at Sandhurst styled the Sandhurst Cavalry Troop which lingered on for a few years till 1891.

In the Federal re-organisation of 1903 no mounted unit existed at Bendigo, Castlemaine and Kyneton. It was not until the year 1911 (3 January 1911) that a unit styled the 19th Light Horse Regiment was formed with headquarters at Bendigo and squadrons at Bendigo, Elmore, Rochester, Echuca, Kerang, Pyramid Hill, Mintaro, Castlemaine and Kyneton.

At the re-organisation of 1912 the 19th became the 17th Light Horse, in the following year (1913) the 17th (Campaspe Valley) Light Horse. It continued under this title until 1927 when it was styled the 17th (Bendigo) Light Horse, and in 1931 the 17th (Prince of Wales's) Light Horse.

Items

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 the end.

9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, December 1903
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1904
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1905
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1906
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1907
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1908
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1909
9th (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1910

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse
17th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, December 1912
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1913
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1914
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1915
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1916
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1917
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1918
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1919
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1920

Movies
17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment, Training Camp Film

Roll of Honour

19th/17th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour
Lest We Forget

Further Reading:

19th/17th Australian Light Horse, Roll of Honour

Citation: 19th/17th Australian Light Horse, Contents

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Monday, 25 October 2004

19th/17th ALH, 19th/17th Australian Light Horse, 17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment, Training Camp Film
Topic: Militia - LHV - 19/17

19th/17th ALH

19th/17th Australian Light Horse

17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment, Training Camp Film

Machine Gun Training

Cross country riding

Feeding the horses

Inspecting the horse lines

The photographs on this page are extracted from the colour footage taken of a troop from the 17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment in Australia during Easter Camp, sometime in the late 1930's. While filmed in the late 30's, the activities are timeless.

The clip details the day to day routine that was part of the life of a serving Light Horseman. Daily duties included "Stables" where the horse lines were mucked out, the horses groomed, fed and watered. This was a twice a day ritual. Part of this is captured in the latter part of the film footage. Other items include machine gun firing practice, cross country route marching, having lunch after feeding the horses, horseback wrestling and lines inspection.

To view the movie clip, click on the pictures or the link below:

17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment, Training Camp Film

https://alh-research.tripod.com/AV/alh_colour/lh_1aa.mpg

Or view the clip on Youtube.

Further Reading:

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: 19th/17th ALH, 19th/17th Australian Light Horse, 17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment, Training Camp Film

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Friday, 8 October 2004

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911
Topic: Militia - LHV - 19/17

19th ALH

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

1911

Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment [1862 - 1863]
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1910]
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1911 - 1912]
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse [1912 - 1927]
17th Australian (Bendigo) Light Horse [1927 - 1931]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1931 - 1933]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales) Light Horse [1933 - 1934]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1934 - 1936]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment [1936 - 1941]
17th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1941 - 1941]
17th Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1942]
4/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]

Loyalty

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

District

Northern Victoria

Brigade

7th Brigade

Headquarters

Bendigo

Honorary Colonel

His Excellency, Sir John JMF Fuller, KCMG.

Commanding Officer

Major Leonard Long, 12 September 1910.

Adjutant

Vacant.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant Robert Hampton, 16 May 1912.

Medical Officer

Captain Frederick Ernest Hutchinson, 23 October 1911.

Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant JB Leitch, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 15 March 1900.

Machine Gun Section

Bendigo

Vacant

1st Bendigo Squadron

Lieutenant John Cahill, 8 August 1910.

Lieutenant Archibald Charleson, 20 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant Francis Edgar Jones, 26 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant James Boyd Langdon, 10 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Mare Cohn, 10 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frank Levy, 10 July 1911.

2nd Elmore - Rochester - Echuca Squadron

Second Lieutenant George James Rankin, 23 December 1909.

Second Lieutenant John Mackintosh, 6 July 1908.

Second Lieutenant Thomas William Herbert Chilton, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Malcolm John Cochrane, 7 August 1911.

3rd Kerang - Pyramid Hill - Mitiamo Squadron

Second Lieutenant Thomas Edwin Aicken, Boer War Veteran, 12 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant John Thomas McLaren, 24 July 1911.

4th Castlemaine - Kyneton Squadron

Second Lieutenant Alexander Francis Connell, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant James Taylor, 3 April 1911.

Previous: 9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1910

Next: 19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

Further Reading:

Citation: 19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911

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Thursday, 7 October 2004

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912
Topic: Militia - LHV - 19/17

19th ALH

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

June 1912

Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment [1862 - 1863]
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1910]
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1911 - 1912]
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse [1912 - 1927]
17th Australian (Bendigo) Light Horse [1927 - 1931]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1931 - 1933]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales) Light Horse [1933 - 1934]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1934 - 1936]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment [1936 - 1941]
17th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1941 - 1941]
17th Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1942]
4/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]

Loyalty

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

District

Northern Victoria

Brigade

7th Brigade

Headquarters

Bendigo

Honorary Colonel

His Excellency, Sir John JMF Fuller, KCMG.

Commanding Officer

Major Leonard Long, 12 September 1910.

Adjutant

Vacant.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant Robert Hampton, 16 May 1912.

Medical Officer

Captain Frederick Ernest Hutchinson, 23 October 1911.

Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant JB Leitch, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 15 March 1900.

Machine Gun Section

Bendigo

Vacant

1st Bendigo Squadron

Lieutenant John Cahill, 8 August 1910.

Lieutenant Archibald Charleson, 20 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant Francis Edgar Jones, 26 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant James Boyd Langdon, 10 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Mare Cohn, 10 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frank Levy, 10 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frederick James Reddrop, 15 March 1912.

2nd Elmore - Rochester - Echuca Squadron

Lieutenant George James Rankin, 4 March 1912.

Lieutenant John Mackintosh, 24 June 1912.

Second Lieutenant Thomas William Herbert Chilton, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Malcolm John Cochrane, 7 August 1911.

3rd Kerang - Pyramid Hill - Mitiamo Squadron

Lieutenant Thomas Edwin Aicken, Boer War Veteran, 15 January 1912.

Second Lieutenant John Thomas McLaren, 24 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Alexander Herbert McMaster, 15 March 1912.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton Milvane, 15 March 1912.

Second Lieutenant Charles Bramley Mann, 27 May 1912.

4th Castlemaine - Kyneton Squadron

Second Lieutenant Alexander Francis Connell, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant James Taylor, 3 April 1911.

Previous: 19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, 1911

Next: 17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, December 1912

Further Reading:

Citation: 19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

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Wednesday, 6 October 2004

19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, December 1912
Topic: Militia - LHV - 19/17

17th ALH

17th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse

December 1912

Royal Volunteer Cavalry Regiment [1862 - 1863]
Prince of Wales Regiment of Light Horse (Hussars) [1863-1874]
Sandhurst Cavalry Troop [1884 - 1891]
Victorian Mounted Rifles [1885 - 1903]
9th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1903 - 1910]
19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse [1911 - 1912]
17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse [1912 - 1927]
17th Australian (Bendigo) Light Horse [1927 - 1931]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1931 - 1933]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales) Light Horse [1933 - 1934]
17th/19th Light Horse Regiment [1934 - 1936]
17th Australian (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Machine Gun Regiment [1936 - 1941]
17th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1941 - 1941]
17th Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1942]
4/19th (Prince of Wales Light Horse) Armoured Regiment [1948 - 1960]
"A" Squadron, 4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse ARA [1960 - 1965]
4/19th Prince of Wales Light Horse [1965 - ]

Loyalty

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

District

Northern Victoria

Brigade

7th Brigade

Headquarters

Echuca

Honorary Colonel

His Excellency John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet of Neston Park

Commanding Officer

Major Leonard Long, 12 September 1910, Tenure of Command from 1 April 1911 to 31 March 1916.

Adjutant

Captain Donald McLennan, 26 April 1910.

Assistant Adjutant

Lieutenant Thomas Williams, 12 October 1910.

Quartermaster

Honorary Lieutenant Robert Hampton, 16 May 1912.

Medical Officer

Captain Frederick Ernest Hutchinson, 23 October 1911.

Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant JB Leitch, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 15 March 1900.

Area Officers

Captain Donald McLennan, 26 April 1910.

Lieutenant Thomas Williams, 12 October 1910.

Secondment

Major A Caddy, Calcutta Light Horse, 1 September 1912.

Machine Gun Section

Bendigo

Vacant

"A" Squadron, Bendigo - Castlemaine - Kyneton - Dingee

Second Lieutenant Francis Edgar Jones, 26 March 1907.

Second Lieutenant Alexander Francis Connell, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant James Taylor, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant James Boyd Langdon, 10 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Mare Cohn, 10 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frank Levy, 10 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Frederick James Reddrop, 15 March 1912.

"B" Squadron, Echuca - Rochester - Elmore - Deniliquin

Lieutenant John Cahill, 8 August 1910.

Lieutenant George James Rankin, 4 March 1912.

Lieutenant John Mackintosh, 24 June 1912.

Second Lieutenant Thomas William Herbert Chilton, 3 April 1911.

Second Lieutenant Malcolm John Cochrane, 7 August 1911.

"C" Squadron, Kerang - Koondrook - Pyramid Hill - Mitiamo

Lieutenant Thomas Edwin Aicken, Boer War Veteran, 15 January 1912.

Second Lieutenant John Thomas McLaren, 24 July 1911.

Second Lieutenant Alexander Herbert McMaster, 15 March 1912.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Hamilton Milvane, 15 March 1912.

Second Lieutenant Charles Bramley Mann, 27 May 1912.

Previous: 19th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, June 1912

Next: 17th Australian (Campaspie Valley) Light Horse, 1913

Further Reading:

Citation: 17th Australian (Victorian Mounted Rifles) Light Horse, December 1912

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