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Armd & Tank Motor Armd Car & Carrier Div Cav/Cdo Cav
THE AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES - ARMOURED CORPS CAVALRY
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1st CAVALRY BRIGADE
White		Raised at Toowoomba, Qld in 1921 At formation: 2, 5, 11, 14 LH Regts
HQ 1st Cavalry Bde (1921-42); HQ 1st Motor Bde (1942-43) See later version
White & Green	Red & Light Blue	Dark Blue & Green	Red & Light Blue
2nd Light Horse Regt (1921-30, 1940-41); 2/14th LH Regt (1930-40); Nth Cmd Recce Regt (1941-42); 2nd Recce Bn (1942); 2nd Cav Regt (1942-43)	5th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 5th Motor Regt (1941-43) See later version	11th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 11th Motor Regt (1941-43) See later version	14th Light Horse Regt (1921-30); 2nd/14th LH Regt (1930-40); 14th LH (MG) Regt (1940-41); 14th MG Regt (1941-42); 14th Motor Regt (1942)

2nd CAVALRY BRIGADE
Red	Raised at West Maitland, NSW in 1921 HQ disbanded April 1943 At formation: 12, 15, 16 LH Regts
HQ 2nd Cavalry Bde (1921-42); HQ 2nd Motor Bde (1942-43)
Dark Blue & Black	Red & Green	Red & Purple
12th Light Horse Regt (1921-36, 39-41); 12th/24th LH Regt (1936-39); 12th Motor Regt (1941-42); 12th Armd Car Regt (1942-43)	15th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 15th Motor Regt (1941-42) See later version	16th Light Horse Regt (1921-36); 16th LH (MG) Regt (1929-33); 16th MG Regt (1941-42); 16th Motor Regt (1942-43) See later version

3rd CAVALRY BRIGADE
Gold	Raised at Melbourne, Victoria, in 1921 At formation: 8, 13, 20 LH Regts
HQ 3rd Cavalry Bde (1921-42); HQ 3rd Motor Bde (1942) See later versions
Gold & Light Blue	Red & White	Gold & Purple
8th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 8th Recce Bn (1941-42); 8th Cav Regt (1942-44)	13th Light Horse Regt (1921-40); 13th/19th LH Regt (1940-41); 13th Motor Regt (1942); 13th Armd Regt (1942) See later version	20th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 20th Motor Regt (1941-42) See later version

4th CAVALRY BRIGADE
Dark Blue		Raised at Paddington, NSW in 1921 At formation: 1, 6, 7, 21 LH Regts
HQ 4th Cavalry Bde (1921-42); HQ 4th Motor Bde (1942) Reorganised as HQ 3rd Aust Army Tank Bde in 05/42
White & Light Blue	Red & Green	Red & Black	Dark Blue & White
1st Light Horse Regt (1921-29); 1/21st LH Regt (1929-36); 1st LH (MG) Regt (1936-41); 1st MG Regt (1941-42); 1st Motor Regt (1942)	6th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); 6th Motor Regt (1941-43)	7th Light Horse Regt (1921-42); 7th/21st LH Regt (1937); 7th Motor Regt (1942)	21st Light Horse Regt (1921-29, 37-41); 21st Recce Bn (1941-42); 21st Div Cav Regt (1942); 21st Cav Regt (1942-43)

5th CAVALRY BRIGADE
Red	Raised at Melbourne, Victoria, in 1921 HQ disbanded 10/36. At formation: 4, 17, 19 LH Regts
HQ 5th Cavalry Bde (1921-36)
Dark Blue & Light Blue	Red & Black	Purple & Red
4th Light Horse Regt (1921-36, 40-41); 4/19th LH Regt (1936-40); 4th Motor Regt (1941-42) See later versions	17th Light Horse Regt (1921-29, 33-34); 17th/19th LH Regt (1929-33, 34-36); 17th LH (MG) Regt (1936-41); 17th MG Regt (1941-42); 17th Motor Regt (1942) See later version	19th Light Horse Regt (1921-29); 19th MG Bn

6th CAVALRY BRIGADE
Black		Raised in Adelaide, SA in 1921 At formation: 3, 9, 18, 23 LH Regts
HQ 6th Cavalry Bde (1921-42); HQ 6th Motor Bde (1942) Reorganised as HQ 6th Aust Armoured Bde in 06/42
White & Black	Gold & Green	Dark Blue & White	Black & Light Blue
3rd Light Horse Regt (1921-42); 3rd Motor Regt (1942); 3rd Recce Sqn (1942)	9th Light Horse Regt (1921-36); 9th/23rd LH Regt (1936-42); 9th Motor Regt (1942) See later version	18th Light Horse Regt (1921-30); 18th/23rd LH Regt (1930-36); 18th LH (MG) Regt (1936-41); 18th MG Regt (1941-42); 18th Motor Regt (1942); 12th Armd Regt (1942) See later version	23rd Light Horse Regt (1921-30); 18th/23rd LH Regt (1930-36); 23rd Recce Coy (1941-42)


Gold & Black	Dark Blue & Gold	White & Black
10th Light Horse Regt (1921-41); Western Cmd Recce Bn (1941-42); 10th Recce Bn (1942); 10th LH Regt (1942-44) See 13 Inf Bde	22nd Light Horse Regt (1921-30, 1933-42); 3rd (Tas Mtd Inf) LH Regt (1930-31); 22nd Motor Regt (1942-43) See 12 Inf Bde	3rd (Tas Mtd Inf) LH Regt (1931-33); 22nd LH Regt (1933)
White & Red	White & Purple	Light Blue & Purple
24th Light Horse Regt (1939-42); 24th Motor Regt (1942)	25th LH (MG) Regt (1939-41); 25th MG Regt (1941-42); 25th Motor Regt (1942); 25th Recce Bn (1942); 25th Div Cav Regt (1942); 25th Cav Regt (1942-43)	26th LH (MG) Regt (1939-41); 26th MG Regt (1941-42); 26th Motor Regt (1942) See later version
White & Green
1st Independent LH Sqn
Armd & Tank Motor Armd Car & Carrier Div Cav/Cdo Cav

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