Topic: Militia - LHW - WA
Western Australian Militia
No. 1 Battery, Field Artillery
The following is an extract from the book written in 1962 by George F. Wieck called The Volunteer Movement in Western Australia 1861-1903, p. 50:
No. 1 Battery, Field Artillery
This corps was created in 1887 by changing the designation of the Perth Artillery Volunteers. Captain G. B. Phillips continued in Command.
The two Armstrong-Whitworth guns were replaced by two 9Prs [9 pounders] in August 1894, which in turn were replaced by 15Pr B. L. guns [15 pounder breach loading guns] in 1902. The corps continued to play a very active part in Defence activities, especially in connection with the firing of salutes on official occasions. In 1903 under the Federal Defence Organization scheme the corps became No. 1 W.A. Battery, A.F.A. [No. 1 Western Australian Battery, Australian Field Artillery].
Officers of No. 1 Battery, Field ArtilleryCaptain GB Phillips, 21 March 1882
Lieutenant Colonel EW Haynes, 21 March 1882
Captain WA Stone, 25 April 1882
Major JJT Hobbs, 26 April 1889
Second Lieutenant GH Smith, 20 January 1896
Captain HE Hurst, 7 March 1896
Lieutenant JH Hurst, 20 March 1896
Brevet Major FWM Parker, 30 November 1897
Lieutenant JS Hughes, 20 October 1898
Second Lieutenant J de Castilla, 17 March 1899
Second Lieutenant J Campbell, 28 April 1899
Second Lieutenant E Vernon, 22 January 1900
Captain EJ Nicholson, 1 March 1900
Lieutenant CA Sherwood, 3 February 1902
Second Lieutenant HSW Parker, 15 May 1903
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Further Reading:
Western Australian Militia, Light Horse
Western Australian Militia, Infantry
Citation: The Volunteer Movement in Western Australia, No. 1 Battery, Field Artillery
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