New South Wales

1985: St. George’s English
Rifle Regiment

1899:
8th Union Volunteer Infantry
(Irish Rifles)
SGERR
IrishR
1903:
The New South Wales
Irish Rifle Regiment
layout
NSWIrishRR
1908:


1st Battalion,
New South Wales
Irish Rifle Regiment

1912: 33rd (Irish Rifles)
Infantry Regiment

44th (Riverina)
Infantry Regiment

1918: 2nd Battalion,
33rd Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion,
53rd Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion,
55th Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion,
56th Infantry Regiment
perpetuates
33rd Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b33
perpetuates
35th Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b35
perpetuates
36th Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b36
perpetuates
53th Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b53
perpetuates
55th Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b55
perpetuates
56th Australian
Infantry Battalion, AIF
b56
1921: 33rd Battalion
35th Battalion
36th Battalion
53th Battalion
55th Battalion
56th Battalion
1927: 33rd Battalion
(The new England Regiment)


35th Battalion
(Newcastle’s Own Regiment)


36th Battalion
(The St. George’s English
Rifle Regiment)

53th Battalion
(The West Sydney Regiment)


55th Battalion
(The New South Wales
Irish Rifles)

56th Battalion
(The Riverina Regiment)


b33
b35
b36
b53
layout
b56
layout layout
1929: linked into
35th/33rd Battalion








1930:





55th Battalion
(The New South Wales
Rifle Regiment)


layout
layout
layout
b55
layout
layout layout
1932: unlinked
33rd Battalion
(The new England Regiment)

unlinked
35th Battalion
(Newcastle’s Own Regiment)













1933:

linked into
2nd/35th Battalion








1937:











linked into
3rd/53rd Battalion
(The Werriwa and
West Sidney Regiment)









layout layout layout layout
1937:











unlinked and linked into
55th/53rd Battalion
(The New South Wales Rifle/
West Sidney Regiment)





1939:


unlinked
35th Battalion
(Newcastle’s Own Regiment)










layout layout
1941:











unlinked
53th Battalion
(The West Sydney Regiment)


unlinked
55th Battalion
(The New South Wales
Rifle Regiment)





layout layout
1942:











linked into
55th/53rd Battalion
(The New South Wales Rifle/
West Sidney Regiment)





1943: disbanded



1944:


disbanded
1945:
disbanded
1946: disbanded disbanded
 

 
1956: 56th Reconnaisance Battalion
(Riverina Regiment)

1957: disbanded