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In 1808, the New South Wales Corps was renamed the 102d Regiment of Foot. [1] Having arrived in the colony in December 1809 with the 73rd Regiment of Foot , which was to take over from the 102d Regiment of Foot, Governor Lachlan Macquarie was able to control the rum trade more effectively, introducing and enforcing a licensing system.
Emergency and Confrontation: Australian Military Operations in Malaya and Borneo 1950–1966. St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-302-7. OCLC 187450156. Grey, Jeffrey (1998). Up Top. the Royal Australian Navy and Southeast Asian Conflicts 1955–1972. The Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian ...
Battle or campaign Order of battle Date 1861 Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate Hampton Division and Union Department of Virginia: June 10, 1861 Battle of Hoke's Run: Union Army of the Shenandoah: July 2, 1861 Battle of Carthage (1861) Confederate Missouri State Guard and Union Department of Missouri: July 5, 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain
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.
This is a list of main battle tanks, and other vehicles serving that role, in active military service with countries of the world.A main battle tank (MBT) is the type of powerful, heavily armoured and highly mobile tank which is the backbone of a mechanized land force.
Australian soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915 This is an order of battle listing the Allied and Ottoman forces involved in the Gallipoli campaign during 1915. Allied forces
New South Wales and Tasmania. [13] 48th (Northamptonshire) 1817 1824 New South Wales and Tasmania. [23] [24] 3rd (East Kent) – The Buffs: 1823 1827 New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Northern Territory. [25] [26] 40th (2nd Somerset) 1824 1829 New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland. [27] Served two tours in Australia.
The soldiers were keen to go to China but refused to be enlisted as sailors, while the New South Wales Naval Brigade objected to having soldiers in their ranks. The Army and Navy compromised and titled the contingent the NSW Marine Light Infantry. [54] The contingents from New South Wales and Victoria sailed for China on 8 August 1900.