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The AN&MEF comprised one battalion of infantry of 1,000 men enlisted in Sydney—known as the 1st Battalion, AN&MEF—plus 500 naval reservists and ex-sailors who would serve as infantry. [46] Another battalion of militia from the Queensland -based Kennedy Regiment , which had been hurriedly dispatched to garrison Thursday Island , also ...
This unit has since been redesignated a number of times, but through its links with the units of the colonial NSW defence force, the battalion's history includes services in Sudan and South Africa. During the First World War, the 1st Battalion was raised for overseas service in 1914 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force.
The Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR) is a reserve light infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in Queensland. Part of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, the regiment was established in 1960 following a reorganisation of Australia's part-time infantry regiments that saw the creation of six state-based regiments through the amalgamation of the previously existing regionally designated ...
The military history of Australia spans the nation's 230-year modern ... The Queensland Maritime Defence Force was established ... Troops of the 1st Battalion ...
Military parade of the 1st Contingent, marching in Queen Street, Brisbane, 1914 Troopship leaving the Pinkenba Wharf in Brisbane during World War I. World War I impacted on many aspects of everyday life in Queensland, Australia. Over 58,000 Queenslanders fought in World War I and over 10,000 of them died. [1]
1st Light Horse Brigade (1st (Central Queensland), 2nd (Queensland Mounted Infantry), 3rd (Darling Downs), and 4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Light Horse Regiments) 27th (North Queensland) Light Horse Regiment (divisional cavalry) 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Batteries)
The 1st Queenslanders (or Moreton) Regiment (militia) was established February 1885 from the existing four companies of the former 1st Regiment of Queensland Infantry, an Ipswich company of the former 2nd Regiment, and a new Brisbane company. In the 1880s the Moreton Regiment was one of Queensland's largest militia infantry formations.
North West Queensland Local history [41] [42] Cobb & Co Museum: Toowoomba: Darling Downs Transportation: Operated by the Queensland Museum, horse-drawn vehicles [43] Cooktown History Centre: Cooktown: Far North Local history