- Royal
New South Wales Veteran Corps 1813-1813
- recommended
Disbandment 1817 Official Disbandment
24th of September 1822, Raised Again 1826 - 1833
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- The
Regiments
- Known As (nickname)............................................None Given
- Facings....................................................................DARK BLUE
- Braided Lace...........................................................Not Worn
- Service in
Austarlia ...............................................Sydney , Bathurst ,
Newcastle , Tasmainia ,
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- The Royal New South Wales Veteran
Regiment was formed in Australia and comprised those
soldiers who
- had become ,in their
words,Veterans. Many soldiers transferred or were
recruited from Regiments such as the 102nd Regiment (New
South Wales Corps), 46th regiment, and several regiments
whose soldiers were too old too serve to the best of
their capacity. The Regiments main role was to serve at
fixed Guard posts, supervision of convicts and some
Government duties. Governor Macquarie seeing that the
Regiment was by, 1817, unfit to carry out the duties of
which it was needed to do, recommended the Regiment be
disbanded. This was eventually carried out on the 24th of
September 1822 when the Regiment was officially struck
off the Military Register of Active Regiments. The Royal
New South Wales Veteran Regiment as of this date ceased
to exist.
- In Britain during 1826 three
companies of veterans were raised to serve in New South
Wales and
- Tasmania. At the completion of two
years service they were allowed to take land grants and
settle.
- One advantage the Veteran
Battalions had over other Regiments is that they could
embark to Sydney with
- all soldiers wives . This was
unlike the 6 wives per Company (100 men) only allowed to
other Regiments. The 48th Regiment however was allowed to
have 12 wives per Company. Life was a lot easier for the
Veteran than that of the still Regimented soldier's. The
Veterans duties were made easier to accommodate their age
and physical condition.
- Never the less the Veteran's helped
mould the country into what it is is today.
- N.S.W. Veterans Company- was formed 1825, and
they arrived in the colony on board the "Orpheus"
in
- September 1826. Accompanied by wives and children.
Stationed at Windsor for 6 years ??
References
Family Members, Military records
,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster
Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
The information is intended for short Historical
value only,
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