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Queensland Defence Force
Queensland Defence Force
	Queensland Defence Forces, Fort Lytton, 1893
Founded	3 March 1860
Disbanded	22 June 1911
Service branches	Army; Navy
Headquarters	Fort Lytton
Leadership
commander-in-chief of Volunteers	Sir George Bowen (1860-1868); Colonel Samuel Blackall (1868-1871); The Marquess of Normanby (1871-1874); Sir William Cairns (1875-1877; Sir Arthur Kennedy (1877-1883); Sir Anthony Musgrave (1883-1888); Field Marshal Sir Henry Norman (1888-1895); The Lord Lamington (1896-1901)
Commandant	LTCOL M. O'Connell (1860-1871); LTCOL J. McDonnell (1877-1879); LTCOL G. Blaxland (1879-1884); COL G. A. French (1884-1891); MAJGEN J. F. Owen (1891-1894); COL E. R. Drury (1894-1895); COL H. Gunter (1895-1900); COL Harry Finn (1900-1901)

The Queensland Defence Force (QDF) was established on 3 March 1860 by the Governor of Queensland Sir George Bowen following the establishment of Queensland.^[1]

Organisation[edit]

Land forces[edit]

Line Infantry

The First Queensland (Moreton) Regiment
The Second Queensland (Wide Bay and Burnett) Regiment
The Third Queensland (Kennedy) Regiment
The Fourth Queensland (Darling Downs) Regiment
The Fifth Queensland (Port Curtis) Regiment

Volunteers

Queensland Volunteer Rifles
Queensland Irish Volunteer Corps
Queensland Scottish Volunteer Corps
Queensland Teacher' Volunteer Corps
Cadet Corps

Mounted Infantry

Moreton Mounted Infantry
Darling Downs Mounted Infantry
Warrego Mounted Infantry
Wide Bay Mounted Infantry
Mackay Mounted Infantry^[2]
Rockhampton Mounted Infantry
Charters Towers Mounted Infantry
Queensland Imperial Bushmen - Raised specifically for the Boer War.

1st Battalion (Moreton), Queensland Mounted Infantry 2nd Battalion (Darling Downs), Queensland Mounted Infantry 3rd Battalion (Wide Bay), Queensland Mounted Infantry 4th Battalion (North Queensland), Queensland Mounted Infantry

Engineers

Brisbane Engineers
Submarine Mining Section

Artillery

A Battery, Permanent Force
Brisbane Field Battery
Moreton Field Battery
Brisbane Garrison Battery
Bowen Garrison Battery
Cairns Garrison Battery
Townsville Garrison Battery

Medical Services

Brisbane Ambulance Corps (detachment at Ipswich)
Wide Bay Ambulance Corps (detachment at Maryborough)
Kennedy Ambulance Corps (detachment at Charters Towers)

Queensland Maritime Defence Force[edit]

Ships[edit]

Gunboat

HMQS Spitfire (1859-1860)
HMQS Gayundah (1884-1922)
HMQS Paluma (1884-1916)

Auxiliary Gunboat

HMQS Bonito (1887-1963)
HMQS Bream (1887-?)
HMQS Stingaree (1887-?)
HMQS Pumba (1887-?)
HMQS Dolphin (1887-?)
HMQS Otter (1884-1906)

Naval Brigades

Brisbane Naval Brigade
Townsville Naval Brigade
Maryborough Naval Brigade
Rockhampton Naval Brigade
Cairns Naval Brigade

Notes and references[edit]

^ "The Queensland Defence Force; History & Units 1859-1911". Digger History. Digger History. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ Gympie Family History Society Inc. Gympie Family History Society Inc. https://www.gfhs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Boer-War-flow-chart.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[edit]

[1] "The Queensland Defence Force; History & Units 1859-1911". Digger History. Digger History. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[2] Gympie Family History Society Inc. Gympie Family History Society Inc. https://www.gfhs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Boer-War-flow-chart.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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