Australian Remounts
. It was not until 1910 that the factors of cost and quality won
the argument for reconstituting a remount service and AASC was tasked to
establish it. Remount depots, controlled by a Director of Remounts initially under
the Director of Supply and Transport Army Head-Quarters,
Depots were established at Enoggera, Holsworthy, Maribyrnong and Anglesea Barracks by 1911.
Two Australian remount units of over 1,600 men were recruited at home, the officers overage or unfit for the AIF, the men some overage but partly a collection of rough-riders who had held back from enlistment because of their aversion to the drill and discipline of a normal unit
Australian units were reduced to one section of four squadrons, six months later to a depot of two squadrons commanded by Col D. McLeish CMG VD with Maj A.B. (Banjo) Paterson as a squadron commander [Hands on hips] .
Remount Depot
Enoggera
The AASC Remount Section operated No 1 Remount Depot at Lytton, which served not only camps in the area but also as a resting and breeding station.
No 2 Remount Depot at Enoggera served metropolitan units. It remained the practical side to the transport question long after the decision to ‘mechanise’ the AASC
Depots were established at Enoggera, Holsworthy, Maribyrnong and Anglesea Barracks by 1911.
Two Australian remount units of over 1,600 men were recruited at home, the officers overage or unfit for the AIF, the men some overage but partly a collection of rough-riders who had held back from enlistment because of their aversion to the drill and discipline of a normal unit
Australian units were reduced to one section of four squadrons, six months later to a depot of two squadrons commanded by Col D. McLeish CMG VD with Maj A.B. (Banjo) Paterson as a squadron commander [Hands on hips] .
Remount Depot
Enoggera
The AASC Remount Section operated No 1 Remount Depot at Lytton, which served not only camps in the area but also as a resting and breeding station.
No 2 Remount Depot at Enoggera served metropolitan units. It remained the practical side to the transport question long after the decision to ‘mechanise’ the AASC