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Eastern Suburban Rifle Company, 1860

The Adelaide Regiment of Volunteer Rifles was a infantry regiment of the Colony of South Australia. It was formed in 1860, as the Adelaide Regiment, following the amalgamation of a number of rifle companies. It continued to exist periodically throughout the 19th century until the Federation of Australia.

History

Prehistory

The initial legislation that enable the formation of the Regiment, was the Act No. 2 of 1854, entitled "An Act to organize and establish a Volunteer Military Force in South Australia".

In 1859, a number of volunteer rifle companies were raised in various locations across the South Australian colony, and were formed in response to the same reasons as the Volunteer Force in Great Britain.

Formation

In May 1860, the Adelaide Regiment was raised, and consisted of 20 individual rifle companies that were previously raised before their amalgamation into the regiment. Шаблон:Sfn In February 1865 the Hindmarsh Rifle company was added to the Regiment.[1]

In 1861, the Regiment was reorganised, with the amount of companies being reduced to 13.

in 1865, the regiment was re-organised under Act No. 18 of 1865, entitled the "Volunteer Act 1865-66", wherein companies, although still organised by location, were numbered.

Lineage

The original volunteer companies that were amalgamated include:Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Columns-listThe companies that were originally a part of the regiment, but were disbanded, include:[2] Шаблон:Columns-list Following the Australian Federation, the regiment continued as the 1st Regiment Adelaide Rifles until 1903 when it spawned the following units:Шаблон:Sfn

Commanders

The regiment was only commanded by two officers before it was disbanded

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