Two men sitting outside a Queensland Defence forces military tent at Fort Lytton, Brisbane. John Oxley Library image#7708-0001-0110
More than 20000 men are estimated to have served in Queensland’s naval and military forces between 1860 and 1901. Unfortunately very few muster rolls or company lists have survived. The identification of personnel who served is one of the tasks of the CFSG(Q), and indexes are being compiled.
Men reading The Queenslander newspaper at Fort Lytton camp, 1900. John Oxley Library image#60097
Officers and Senior NCOs are more often recorded in official documents than other ranks. Because of their social standing it will be possible to compile a biographical register of Officers, and extracts will be added to these pages. A continuously updated index will be available shortly.
Some names can be found in our Family History Indexes page.
Additional reading:
From
Irish
Rebel
to
Surgeon - Major: Dr
O’Doherty
and
the
Queensland
Volunteer
Force, by Brian Rough
Bravery during the 1893 floods, by Robert Finlay
|
Defending the Colony 
