MILITARY UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE OVERSEAS, 1938 (3) - AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE

Another cigarette card from the series issued by John Player in 1938:

Australian Light Horse

The reverse of the cigarette card (No.8 of 50) states:

"Members of all the Australian Light Horse Regiments served in the South African War and sixteen Regiments carry battle honours for the Great War. The members of the Light Horse Regiments, which are mostly drawn from country areas, are volunteers who provide their own mounts. The Regiments are numbered to correspond as far as possible with those of the Australian Imperial Force, but they also retain the old titles, "Royal New South Wales Lancers", "Victorian Mounted Rifles", etc. by which they were known before the Commonwealth took over control of defence matters from the separate states in 1901. We show a trooper of the Australian Light Horse; the City Hall, Brisbane, appears in the background."

Notes: 

(1). The 1938 ALH uniform appears unchanged from the 1914-1918 uniform, and there are a couple of 28mm WW1 ranges that provide suitable figures. Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog has some nicely painted figures from Brigade Games, while the OverOpenSights blog has some splendid painted versions from Blaze Away miniatures (now marketed through Lancashire Games - including mounted and dismounted, and a Hotchkiss LMG), plus a lot more helpful information on the ALH.

(2). YouTube is awash with videos of the Australian Light Horse. Amongst others, here they are in 1939; and their fathers ("The Lighthorsemen") at Beersheba in 1917 (well worth a watch!)

(3). The City Hall, Brisbane, still stands - but now dwarfed by modern steel and glass development:

The City Hall, Brisbane, today.