Army band known as the Headquarters Band, attached to the 9th Regiment, 1909 (9189469758)

Creator: unidentified location: queensland, australia description: the headquarters band was formed on 24th february 1885, to serve in the queensland defence force. This force was similar to the forces in the other australian colonies and it was made up of a very permanent force of full time regular soldiers, militia (part time, paid soldiers) and volunteers. The headquarters band was a militia infantry band, which served primarily with the first queenslanders (moreton regiment). (description supplied with photograph. ) view this image at the state library of queensland: http://hdl. Handle. Net/10462/deriv/112618 information about state library of queensland’s collection: http://www. Slq. Qld. Gov. Au/resources/picture-queensland. Date: 1 January 1909, 00:00:00.