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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.
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 regiments. The Royal Marines remained in Australia until 1913, after which the Royal Australian Navy was strong enough to take full responsibility for Australian waters.
The following is a list of current regiments of the Australian Army, listed by Corps and service type ... 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers; 4th/19th Prince of ...
1.3.2 Citizen Military Forces/Army Reserve units. ... 1st Army Tank Battalion (Australia) ... 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers;
The New South Wales Corps is also known as the Rum Corps for their monopolisation on the trade of rum which was the common currency of much of the time of their deployment. [ 2 ] In 1795, European settlers were in open conflict with the Aboriginal inhabitants they were displacing along the Deerubbin (Hawkesbury) River.
On 4 March 1804, when the New South Wales Corps went into action to put down the Castle Hill convict rebellion, the locally raised Governor's Body Guard conducted reconnaissance patrols in front of the New South Wales Corps as they advanced towards the rebels, [81] militia personnel from the Sydney and Parramatta Loyal Associations had taken ...
6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles. Transferred as 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1956. It became E Company of 2nd Battalion the Royal New South Wales Regiment under the Pentropic reorganisation of 1960. [48] 7th/21st Australian Horse. Disbanded and personnel used to form 4th Battalion (Australian ...
As a result, the Australian Army sought to obtain tanks of its own; however, due to post-war economic measures this was slow in occurring. [6] Four British Vickers Medium Mark II tanks were procured in 1927 to build its force, with the formation of the Australian Tank Corps gazetted on 15 December 1927. [12]