The New South Wales Mounted Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Colony of New South Wales.
History The brigade was formed on 1 August 1893, consisting of the New South Wales Cavalry (Lancers) and the New South Wales Mounted Rifles. The brigade expanded in 1897 with the addition of the 1st Australian Horse.
Structure At formation in 1893, the brigade had the following structure: New South Wales Cavalry (Lancers) Commanding Officer: (vacant), Adjutant: Captain George Leonard Lee 1st Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain Alexander James Dodds Sydney Parramatta 2nd Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain John J. Walters Illawarra West Camden 3rd Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain W. Cracknell Hunter River 4th Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain C.E. Taylor Lismore Richmond River
New South Wales Mounted Rifles Commanding Officer: Major Harry Lassetter – Adjutant: Captain Henry Glendower Bodysham Sparrow 1st Company – Commanding Officer: Captain A.F. Lloyd Liverpool Campbelltown 2nd Company – Commanding Officer: Captain John Macquarie Antill Picton Camden 3rd Company – Commanding Officer: Captain Frederick Bland Bega Queanbeyan 4th Company – Commanding Officer: Captain Charles Henry Edward Chauvel Tenterfield Inverell
The structure of the 1st Australian Horse added to the brigade in 1897, was as follows:
1st Australian Horse Commanding Officer: Captain Kenneth Mackay – Adjutant: Lieutenant R. R. Thompson A squadron Murrumburrah Cootamundra Gundagai B squadron Goulburn Braidwood-Araluen Michelago-Bredbo Bungendore C squadron Mudgee Rylstone Lue D squadron Scone Belltrees Muswellbrook E squadron Armidale Tamworth Gunnedah Boggabri
Commanding officer Macdonald, Malcolm Melville
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