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Western Australian Volunteer
& Permanent Defence Forces pre Federation |
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"From Captains
to Colonels"
by
James Ritchie GRANT
is a pictorial record
of many of the uniforms from Colonial Western Australia.
ISBN 0-9598942-5-X
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| Officers
o the W. A.D. F. wearing the first pattern of khaki uniform adopted by
Western Australia. The officers are, back row Captain H. B. Collett,
Lieutenant Campbell and Lieutenant E. A. Mann. Front row. Major J. W.
Hope and Lieutenant N.J. Moore. (Courtesy of the Battye Library, ref
18B-7). |
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| The
Officers of the 1st Western Australian Contingent sent to the Boer War.
Maj S F Williams in rear, Lt H F Darling & Captain H G Moor in the
centre and Lt John Campbell sitting on ground. (Courtesy Battye Library
ref 281B). Note the two tone uniforms. |
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| Captain
Thomas Henry Lovegrove, Bunbury Rifle Volunteers, circa 1894. This
Officer had previously served with Wellington Mounted Volunteers from
1877 to 1882. ( Army Museum of Western Australia). |
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| Captain
(subsequently Major) Robert Morgan Sutherland, Fremantle Rifle
Volunteers, 1872. (Courtesy of the Royal Western Australian
Historical Society) |
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| Officers,
Non Commissioned Officers and Bandsmen of the Geraldton Rifle
Volunteers, the Lance-Corporal on the right hand side of the front row
is believed to be Alex Gregg, one of the company's best marksmen.
(Courtesy of the Western Australian Museum, ref 7600-640-01) |
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| An
officer, NCOs and men of the Geraldton Rifle Volunteers, late 1890s. (Courtesy
of the Geraldton Historical Society) |
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| Lieutenant
Edward William Haynes, Western Australian Troop of Volunteer Horse
Artillery, c.1879. This officer was commissioned on the 15th June 1878
and remained on the active list until he retired on the 3rd June 1909,
from the 24th May 1897 he commanded Field Artillery as a Lieutenant
Colonel. (Courtesy of the Battye Library, ref 299B) |
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