Inside the 12/16 Hunter River Lancers 99 years after Light Horse charged Beersheba

Simon McCarthy
Updated November 1 2019 - 12:24pm, first published October 31 2016 - 11:30am
JOINING RANKS: Corporal Steven Green has been posted to Beersheba Barracks in Tamworth for three years. Trooper Sara Spokes is one of the first three women to join the Light Cavalry Scouts in a combat role.
JOINING RANKS: Corporal Steven Green has been posted to Beersheba Barracks in Tamworth for three years. Trooper Sara Spokes is one of the first three women to join the Light Cavalry Scouts in a combat role.

Lancers lead the charge

The 12th and 16th Light Horse (LH) formed up around 1885. In those days, it was the country man's unit. Most who joined came from the New England region, used to riding horses and accustomed to rifles.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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