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The 13th Light Horse Regiment was raised in Victoria in March 1915. Being the thirteenth regiment raised within the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) they were soon given the nickname the "Devil's Own" regiment, [1] and comprised twenty-five officers and 497 other ranks serving in three squadrons, each of six troops. [2]
By 1945, only two units remained. The first of these was the 20th Light Horse Regiment, which as the 20th Motor Regiment, served overseas, at Merauke, and was later converted into a pioneer regiment. The second unit was the 1st Light Horse Regiment, which became the 1st Tank Battalion, and as such fought in New Guinea and Borneo. [28]
The brigade was reformed in January 1917 – with the 4th Light Horse Regiment in place of the 13th – and joined the division on formation. [ 8 ] The 5th Mounted Brigade was formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908 as the 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade with three yeomanry regiments: the Warwickshire Yeomanry , the Royal ...
2nd Light Horse Brigade (5th (New England) and 6th (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiments) 3rd Light Horse Brigade (7th (New South Wales Lancers), 9th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles), 11th (Australian Horse) and 28th (Illawarra) Light Horse Regiments) 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (10th, 11th, and 13th Batteries)
After graduating from medical school, Browne was a captain with the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps during World War I, and he served in Gallipoli with the 13th Light Horse Regiment. He became ill with typhoid fever, necessitating his return to Australia. He later returned to service and was in charge of a field ambulance in France. [3]
On 26 Nivôse Year III (29 January 1793), the regiment was amalgamated with several other volunteer units: Dragoons of the Manche (English Channel), Dragoons of Seine-Inférieure, Dragoons of Calvados, and the cavalry companies of the Polish and Batavian Legion (Dutch) to form the new 13th Light Horse Regiment (French: 13ème Régiment de ...
13th Regiment or 13th Infantry Regiment may refer to: 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment , a unit of the French Special Forces Somerset Light Infantry (13th Regiment of Foot), a unit of the British Army
Royal Anglian Regiment: 13: 13th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1822 [37] 13th (1st Somersetshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1822–1842 [37] 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1842–1881 [37] [38] 1685 Raised 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Huntingdon's ...