Pre1914, Sword Belt, MUNDAY, Geraldton Rifle Volunteers, 1890
Sword belt of the Geraldton Rifle Volunteers provenanced to Lieutenant JH Munday
Approval to form a Volunteer Infantry corps in the Champion Bay district appeared in the Government Gazette of 10 October 1876. The new corps was designated the "Geraldton Rifle Volunteers", with Headquarters at Geraldton. Capt. J.N. Hillman was appointed to Command.
The corps was administratively independent and in all matters dealt directly with the Military Commandant. Names on the roll totalled 60 in 1876, 48 in 1883, 67 in 1892, and 51 in 1895.
Apart from its deeds of prowess on the rifle range (which were outstanding) there is little on record concerning the activities of this corps: it was located so far from the others that particularly in the earlier years it could not participate with them in the higher forms of training. A small camp of training was held in the vicinity of Geraldton in 1884 - this was the first held by the corps. A detachment, with Lieutenant S. Mitchell in Command, was raised at Northampton in 1885. On 8 October 1900, the corps was included with those of Guildford, Bunbury, and York to form the 3rd Battalion Western Australian Infantry Brigade
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This accoutrement is displayed in the Pre 1914 Gallery at the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia.
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