Topic: Militia - LHS - SA
South Australian Militia Structure
19 August 1861
The return of volunteers enrolled within South Australia up to 19 August 1861 inclusive showed a total force of 1,851 strong. The dissection of this force is as follows:-
Cavalry
Reedbeds Volunteer Cavalry - 33 men.
Artillery
Port - 27 men;Adelaide - 68 men.
Rifles
The Adelaide Regiment - 804 men;
Nairne - 22 men;
Noarlunga - 26;
Milang - 42 men;
Mount Barker - 46 men;
Maclaren Vale - 29 men;
Willunga - 34 men;
Finniss Vale - 66 men;
Strathalbyn - 37 men;
Robe Town - 33 men;
Goolwa - 25 men;
Port Elliot 19 men;
Gumeracha - 30 men;
Lyndoch - 22 men;
Kapunda - 86 men;
Angaston - 35 men;
Nuriootpa and Greenock - 41 men;
Virginia - 24 men;
Woodside - 42 men;
Balhannah - 40 men;
Macclesfield - 31 men;
Yankalilla - 10 men;
Meadows - 25 men;
Teatree Gully - l8 men;
Gawler River - 27 men;
Munno Para West - 26 men;
Kapunda Mine - 52 men;
South Australian Free Rifle Corps - 31 men.
Total - 1,851.
The above includes rank and file, and consists of 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 Majors, 1 Adjutant, 31 Captains, 47 Lieutenants, 1 Surgeon, 1 Veterinary Surgeon, 1 Quartermaster, 2 Sergeant Majors, 1 Farrier-Major, 69 Sergeants, 54 Corporals or Bombardiers, 1,640 Privates. Total,
1,851.
The Adelaide Regiment, 804 rank and file, consists of the following companies:-
Regimental Officers - 2 men;
Regimental Noncommissioned Officers - 1 men;
Port Adelaide Rifles - 53;
First Adelaide Rifles - 117 men;
Glen Osmond and Mitcham Rifles - 40 men;
Glenelg Rifles - 33 men;
The Adelaide Rifles - 73 men;
Munno Para East Rifles - 54 men;
West Adelaide Rifles - 84 men;
Sturt and Brighton Rifles - 48 men;
First Gawler Rifles - 56;
The Gawler Volunteers - 59 men;
Salisbury Rifles - 28 men;
Eastern Suburban Rifles - 49 men;
Smithfield Rifles - 38 men;
No. 1 Brighton Rifles - 28 men;
Cadet Company - 41 Cadets.
Total - 804 men.
Further Reading:
South Australian Militia - Light Horse
Citation: South Australian Militia Structure, 19 August 1861
