Historical information
71st Infantry Band based at the Broadmeadows Camp 1917.
Percy Code write a piece of music called the 71st Infantry Quick March. (http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31795246?selectedversion=NBD11485892)
The Ballarat phase of the battalion's history was formed as the Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment on 9 August 1858 as a result of the Crimean War, coupled with the withdrawal of the British Army in 1857. In the years between its formation and the outbreak of War in 1914, the battalion went through a series of name changes as follows:
1854 – Earliest units of the RVR formed ( Melbourne Volunteer Rifle Regt. )
1858 – Ballarat Volunteer Rifle Regiment (later Rangers)
1884 – 3rd Balarat Ballarat Infantry
1892 – 1st Battalion, 3rd Victorian Regiment
1898 – 3rd battalion, Victoria Infantry Brigade
1901 – 3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade
1908 – 1st Battalion 7th Australian Infantry Regiment
1912 – 70th Battalion (Ballarat Regiment) including Geelong
1912 – 71st Battalion (City of Ballarat Regiment) (From http://www.internationalhistoriansassociation.com/~internat/ihawiki/index.php?title=8th/7th_Battalion,_Royal_Victoria_Regiment)
Physical description
.1 Large group photo of members of the band
.2 Photograph of part of the band
The soldier in the front holding the conductor's batton is Percy Code. The trombone player next to Percy Code is Jack Shackles.
Inscriptions & markings
71st Infantry Band (Percy Code Bandmaster) Broadmeadows Camp 1917
