12th Light Horse Regiment - Reinforcements

The 12th Light Horse Regiment received many reinforcements throughout the course of the war. The regiment initially departed Brisbane on the SS Suevic 13 June 1915.

Relieved of assignment to 4th Light Horse Brigade 26 August 1915 and broken up. A Squadron and Machine Gun Section attached to 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron attached to 7th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron attached to 6th Light Horse Regiment. Reconstituted at Maadi, Egypt 20 February 1916 and assigned to 5th Division. Relieved of assignment to 5th Division 4 March 1916 and attached to 3rd Light Horse Brigade. Redesignated 2nd Camel Regiment September 1916. Resumed its original identity and assigned to reformed 4th Light Horse Brigade February 1917.
 

  • 1st Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Ceramic 25 June 1915,

  • 2nd Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Chilka 7 June 1915,

  • 3rd Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Runic 9 August 1915,

  • 4th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Argyleshire 30 September 1915,

  • 5th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Themistocles 5 October 1915,

  •  6th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Hawkes Bay 23 October 1915 and SS Moldavia 2 October 1915,

  •  7th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Hawkes Bay 23 October 1915 and SS Uganda 20 November 1915,

  • 8th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Karroo 5 May 1916,

  • 9th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Hororata 2 May 1916,

  • 10th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Mongolia 8 July 1916,

  • 11th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Anglo-Egyptian 19 September 1916,

  •  12th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Kabinga 12 September 1916,

  •  13th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Clan MacCorquodale 19 September 1916,

  • 18th departed Sydney SS Port Sydney 9 May 1917,

  • 19th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Port Lincoln 11 June 1917,

  •  20th Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Kyarra 3 September 1917,

  •  21st Reinforcements departed Melbourne SS Kyarra 7 September 1917,

  • 22nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne SS Commonwealth 2 November 1917,

  • 23rd Reinforcements departed Sydney SS Canberra 16 November 1917.


(http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/Light_Horse.html)

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