Topic: Militia - LHW - WA
Western Australian Militia
1st Battalion, W.A. Infantry Brigade
The following is an extract from the book written in 1962 by George F. Wieck called The Volunteer Movement in Western Australia 1861-1903, pp. 63 - 64:
1st Battalion, W.A. Infantry Brigade
The 1st Battalion was formed with the Perth personnel of the former 1st Infantry Regiment, that is, Headquarters, Band "A" "B", and "G" Companies. A fourth Company was added later. "G" Company became "C" Company and the new one "D". It was a purely metropolitan corps.
On the dissolution of the W.A. Infantry Brigade on 1 July 1903 its 1st and Second Battalions, together with the Guildford portion of the 3rd Battalion, became the 11th Infantry Regiment, with Headquarters at Perth. The new Regiment was allotted to the Field Force as one of the Battalions of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, Queensland.
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Further Reading:
Western Australian Militia, Light Horse
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Citation: The Volunteer Movement in Western Australia, 1st Battalion, W.A. Infantry Brigade
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