Battling in Peking
The diary of Lancelot Giles provides a gripping account of the siege of the foreign legations during the Boxer Rebellion. In the Hollywood movie 55 days at Peking (Allied Artists, […]
Thorneycroft’s Unbuttoned – the story of Thorneycroft’s mounted infantry in the Boer war, 1899-1902
(Which includes the roll of all who served) When Major Alexander Thorneycroft of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was asked to form a mounted corps in November 1899 he little realized […]
Presentation of King’s Banner centenary – 13 December 2011
The King’s Banners presented to Australian infantry battalions for service in the Boer War were presented one hundred years ago this year. Sir Edward Hamley’s verse provides a vivid description […]
The Ballarat Ranger Military Museum and Kirby DSO
The Ballarat Ranger Military Museum was opened in the old Ranger Barracks in Ballarat in 1989. One of the many pieces of memorabilia found in a recent search of the […]
Victoria and Australian Naval Developments, 1901-1922
At Federation, the former colony that had most to contribute to the Commonwealth Naval Forces which came into being on 1 March 1901 was Victoria.
Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey (1861-1922)
Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey (1861-1922): NZ Field Artillery, NZ Armed Constabulary, 1st Victorian Regiment, Victorian Permanent Artillery, Victorian Rangers, Australian Instructional Staff Hugh Louis Zephyr Downey was born in Tasmania […]
