Unknown shoulder titles to be id

[actionoke]

Hi
got this lot of Australian Boer war titles together which need to be id.Can you help with them?What do they stand for and are they Boer War?
Thanks

[High Wood]

ALH - Australian Light Horse.

[badgecollector]

hi
the australia title is obviously australian as is the ALH (australian light horse). i dont recognise the other titles as being australian.
the australia title has that boer war look to it however im not sure if the ALH is boer war or later? when did the state mounted rifles turn into light horse units?
bc

[Lancer 17]

Originally Posted by badgecollector

hi
the australia title is obviously australian as is the ALH (australian light horse). i dont recognise the other titles as being australian.
the australia title has that boer war look to it however im not sure if the ALH is boer war or later? when did the state mounted rifles turn into light horse units?
bc

G'day BC

The states units, Victorias was Victorian Mounted Rifles, amalgamated post Federation (1901) and post Boer War, so that has to make it 1902 or later for the title of "Light Horse".

I hope that helps.

Regards

Phil.

[fairlie63]

Australian Light Horse was a designation allotted to mounted units in Australia from July 1903 onwards. A/CPDV was Calcutta Port Defence Volunteers up until about 1917 - that blackened brass title might have been worn by the battery that served in East Africa because I think their normal titles were in whitemetal.

The WB is not Australian that I am aware of, and I would question whether the ALH is Australian.

Keith