This constituted the 3rd Company, Queensland Mounted Infantry, and it was raised under proclamation, dated 29th December, 1900, authorizing a further "Military Force of Volunteers."
The Contingent left Brisbane 13 January 1900 and returned to Brisbane, 3 May 1901.
For information regarding this unit, see:
2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
All photographs are extracted from The Queenslander, 20 January 1900, pp. 117 - 123.
The Federal Liner, Maori King, which is carrying the Second Contingent to Africa, Friday, 19 January 1900