The artillery in Victoria has a proud history, from the volunteer (and rather democratic) units of colonial days to the semi-professional units of today’s Army Reserve. For example, it is a fact not well known that the artillery were dispatched to assist with the capture of Ned Kelly, or that the coastal batteries at Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale fired the first shots of anger in World War 1, preventing a German cruiser from leaving Port Phillip Bay.
To read more about the history of Victoria’s artillery, click the following to open ‘A Brief History of Artillery in Victoria’.
Part 1 of the three part series describes the Artillery in Victoria from Colonial days to Federation.
Part 2 of the three part series describes the Artillery from Federation to 1948.
Part 3 will be posted in due course. Check back to get the next issue.
Lineage
For those with an interest in tracing lineage, click here to open page 1 of a 2-page document tracing the lineage of Artillery units in Victoria.
Click here for page 2.