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The New South Wales Corps, later known as the 102d Regiment of Foot, and lastly as the 100th Regiment of Foot, was a formation of the British Army organised in 1789 in England to relieve the New South Wales Marine Corps, which had accompanied the First Fleet to New South Wales.
British soldiers storming the Eureka stockade in 1854. The following is a list of British Army regiments that served in Australia between 1810 and 1870. From 1788 to 1790, the colony was defended by Royal Marines. From 1790 to 1810 the colony was defended by the New South Wales Corps. From 1810 to 1870, the colony was defended by British Army ...
The NSW Corps arrived as guards on the Second Fleet in June 1790 to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet. Members of the NSW Corps served as the garrison at Parramatta and were housed in the newly erected military barracks. [1] The site of the Military Barracks and Soldiers Garden is a rare archaeological site.
The following is a list of current regiments of the Australian Army, listed by Corps and service type. Armour. Regular Army. 1st Armoured Regiment; 2nd Cavalry ...
Steele Barracks was an Australian Army base in the Sydney suburb of Moorebank in New South Wales, near Liverpool.It was the home of the Royal Australian Engineers School of Military Engineering (SME), which was established there in 1940, [1] as well as the RAE Museum, [2] and the RAE Golf Club. [3]
In March 1901, the Australian Army came into existence as the Commonwealth Military Forces through the amalgamation of the former colonies military forces. The existing regiments and battalions of the colonies were reorganised and renumbered due to their absorption into the national army and subsequently formed the first military units of a united Australia.
It is open to visitors on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the first Sunday each month (by appointment) from 10:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The museum is closed during December and January. Tours of the Barracks precinct are conducted by the Corps of Guides on Thursdays starting at 10:00 a.m.
Along with these battalions, the regiment's history includes a number of other units that have been removed from the Australian Army's order of battle. These include: the 1st , 2nd , 3rd , 4th , 13th , 17th , 18th , 19th , 20th , 30th , 33rd , 34th , 35th , 36th , 45th , 53rd , 54th , 55th and 56th Battalions and their associated Second ...