Citizen Military Force Light Horse Units

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Colonial and Australian Mounted Units

As noted elsewhere and obvious on this page , keeping track of the Mounted Infantry and Light Horse Units is difficult because they went through so many name and territory changes. I am indebted to Mr Robert Thomas for sharing his extensive research on the situation in Queensland.

H Company Queensland Regiment of Mounted Infantry Toowoomba on the Darling Downs 1897

Queensland

1860	1863	QUEENSLAND MOUNTED RIFLES (BRISBANE, PORT CURTIS, IPSWICH)
1863	1865	QUEENSLAND LIGHT HORSE (IPSWICH)
1884	1885	BRISBANE MOUNTED INFANTRY and
1885	1886	BRISBANE VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES (Disbanded)
1885	1892	MORETON MOUNTED INFANTRY
1890	1892	IPSWICH MOUNTED INFANTRY (Merged with Moreton Mounted Infantry)
1891	1892	GATTON MOUNTED INFANTRY (Merged with Moreton Mounted Infantry)
1891	1892	NORTH PINE MOUNTED INFANTRY (Merged with Moreton Mounted Infantry)
1891	1892	REDCLIFFE MOUNTED INFANTRY (Disbanded)
1892	1897	MORETON MOUNTED INFANTRY
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1885	1886	GYMPIE VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES
1886	1889	GYMPIE MOUNTED INFANTRY (merged into Wide Bay Mounted Infantry)
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1885	1886	BUNDABERG VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES
1886	1889	BUNDABERG MOUNTED INFANTRY (merged into Wide Bay Mounted Infantry)
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1889	1897	WIDE BAY MOUNTED INFANTRY
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1885	1886	MACKAY VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES
1886	1897	MACKAY MOUNTED INFANTRY (Kennedy Mounted Infantry.)
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1886	1897	ROCKHAMPTON MOUNTED INFANTRY
1887	1893	CHARTERS TOWERS MOUNTED INFANTRY (Kennedy MI) -(Disbanded)
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1892	1893	WARREGO MOUNTED INFANTRY (AUGATHELLA) (Disbanded)
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1889	1897	DARLING DOWNS MOUNTED INFANTRY (A Company WARWICK, B Company TOOWOOMBA)
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1885	1886	TOWNSVILLE VOLUNTEER MOUNTED RIFLES
1891	1893	AYR MOUNTED INFANTRY (Kennedy Mounted Infantry) (merged Townsville M/Infantry)
1888	1897	TOWNSVILLE MOUNTED INFANTRY (Kennedy Mounted Infantry)
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All the Mounted Units in Queensland were then re-organised into
1897	1900	QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY (with the following sub-units) A Company Brisbane B Company Hemmant C Company Ipswich D Company North Pine E Company Gatton F Company Gympie G Company Warwick H Company Toowoomba I Company Clifton K Company Rockhampton L Company Townsville M Company Mackay
Queensland's Mounted Contribution to the Boer War

QUEENSLAND MOUNTED INFANTRY (QMI)
- 1st & 2nd Companies,
  - Oct 1899-Jan 1901
- 3rd Company,
  - Dec 1899-Mar 1901
- 4th & 5th Companies,
  - Feb 1900-Jun 1901

QUEENSLAND IMPERIAL BUSHMEN (QIB) 1QIB, May 1900-Aug 1901(3 Companies) 2QIB, Mar 1901-May 1902(4 Companies) 3QIB, Mar 1901-Jun 1902(3 Companies)
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH HORSE (ACH) D Company, 1ACH, Jan 1902-Aug 1902 D Company 2ACH, Mar 1901-May 1902 7ACH May 1902-Aug 1902
Queensland Mounted Infantry was then reorganised into 4 Battalions. Each Battalion then underwent a series of name changes. See below . . .
1900	1903	1st BATTALION QMI
1903	1912	13th AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
1913	1927	2nd LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
1927	1930	2nd (MORETON) LIGHT HORSE (linked with 14th (West Moreton) Light Horse
1930	1941	2nd/14th LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
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1900	1903	2nd BATTALION QMI
1903	1912	14th AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
1913	1918	3rd LIGHT HORSE (Darling Downs Light Horse)
1918	1927	11th (DARLING DOWNS) LIGHT HORSE
1927	1941	11th (DARLING DOWNS) LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
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1900	1903	3rd BATTALION QMI
1903	1912	15th AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
1913	1918	1st LIGHT HORSE (CENTRAL QLD)
1918	1927	5th (CENTRAL QUEENSLAND) LIGHT HORSE
1927	1941	5th LIGHT HORSE (WIDE BAY & BURNETT)(QMI)
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1900	1903	4th BATTALION QMI
1901	1903	and BIGGENDEN COMPANY (ALH)
1912	1913	27th LIGHT HORSE
1913	1921	27th LIGHT HORSE (NORTH QLD LH)
1922	1927	14th (NORTH QUEENSLAND) LIGHT HORSE
1927	1930	14th (WEST MORETON) LIGHT HORSE (linked with 2nd (Moreton) Light Horse)
1930	1941	2nd/14th LIGHT HORSE (QMI)
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Queensland's Contribution to the AIF Mounted Contingent
1914	1919	2nd LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
1914	1919	5th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
1915	1919	11th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE (Less 1 Sqn raised in S.A.)
1916		14th LIGHT HORSE REGIMENT AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE 1 SQUADRON Raised in 1916 as part of 3rd Division. Disbanded in England

Melbourne, Vic, 1903-03-19. The 1903 pattern uniform for a Trooper in the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment (NSW Lancers) in review order, full dress.

The NSW Lancers added the following embellishments to the standard 1903 pattern uniform: a stable belt, scarlet plastron, white shoulder pads and white aiguillettes (Donor: Department of Defence Library, Canberra).

Citizen Military Force Light Horse Units	Unit number in 1903	Unit number post WW1
Formation as in 1913	Unit number in 1903	Unit number post WW1
1st (Central Queensland) Light Horse	13th
2nd Light Horse (Queensland Mounted Infantry)	13th
3rd (Darling Downs) Light Horse	14th
4th Light Horse (Northern River Lancers)	5th
5th Light Horse (New England Light Horse)	6th
6th Light Horse (Hunter River Lancers)	4th
7th Light Horse (New South Wales Lancers)	1st
[8th] not used in 1913
9th Light Horse (New South Wales Mounted Rifles)	2nd
[10th] not used in 1913
11th Light Horse (Australian Horse)	3rd
[12th] not used in 1913
13th (Gippsland) Light Horse	10th
[14th] not used in 1913
15th Light Horse (Victorian Mounted Rifles)	7th
16th Light Horse (Indi Light Horse)	8th
17th Light Horse (Campaspe Valley Light Horse)	19th
[18th] not used in 1913
19th (Yarrowee) Light Horse	9th
20th Light Horse (Corangamite Light Horse)	9th & 11th
[21st] not used in 1913
22nd Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles)	16th &17th
23rd (Barossa) Light Horse	16th & 17th
24th Light Horse (Flinders Light Horse)	17th
25th Light Horse (Western Australian Mounted Infantry)	18th
26th Light Horse (Tasmanian Mounted Infantry)	12th
27th (North Queensland) Light Horse	15th
28th (Illawarra) Light Horse	1st & 2nd
29th Light Horse (Port Phillip Horse)