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Before Federation in 1901 the States of Australia
were required to maintain their own individual defence.
This lead to the formation of many different Military
Units, some were professional and were led by ex members
or personnel on loan from the British Army & Navy
or in some cases these Units were basically private
army's whose Commanding Officer only qualification
was that he was a person of some kind of importance
within the community. These volunteer's however were
ready to fight to protect their State from any threat
and willing to to assist when there were arms to be
borne for the Mother Country. Early volunteers ran
to the colours and saw service in New Zealand as red
Coated regulars, as green or grey jacketed Rifle Volunteers,s
blue coated gunners, in the Navy's blue in China and
the dusty anonymity of khaki in the Sudan.
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OZ01
OFFICER
Victoria Volunteer Rifles,
1863
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OZ02
PRIVATE
Victoria Volunteer Rifles, 1863
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OZ04
RANGER
Ballarat Volunteer Rifles, 1874
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OZ09
GUNNER
Victoria Horse Artillery,
1890
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OZ11
MOUNTED
INFANTRYMAN
South Africa 1900
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OZ13
VICTORIA
MOUNTED RIFLES
1897
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OZ14
QUEENDSLAND
REGIMENT OF INFANTRY
1890
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OZ21
NEW
SOUTH WALES NAVAL BRIGADE
Boxer Rebellion 1900
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OZ27
PRIVATE
New South Wales Contingent,Sudan
1885
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OZ33
GUNNER
New South Wales Artillery,
1873
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OZ39
PRIVATE
New South Wales Volunteer Rifles,
1860-1869
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OZ46
PRIVATE
Tasmanian Infantry
1904
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OZM3
MOUNTED
INFANTRY
South Africa 1900
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