User:Nford24/Queensland Defence Force

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

Land forces

 * 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
 * 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)

Ships

 * 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