1899 Qld first imperial colony to offer Britain troops to fight in Boer War.

First Qld volunteers, right, sail from Pinkenba for Boer War.

Brisbane medallion maker A.J. Parkes gains contract to supply buttons and badges during Boer War (also WWI and WWII).

1900 First Queenslanders die in Boer War; 2nd, 3rd and 4th Qld contingents leave for South Africa; first Qld wounded return.

Col Harry Finn, left, arrives as commandant of Qld Defence Force.

Banjo Paterson immortalises Qld Mounted Infantry in his poetry.

1901 5th and 6th Qld contingents leave for South Africa.

1902 1st, 3rd and 7th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld), below, follow earlier Mounted Infantry and Imperial Bushmen units from Qld in leaving for Boer War.

1903 Boer War veteran Lance-Corporal Harry Anning acknowledged with unveiling of Hemmant monument.

Qld Defence Force units absorbed into Commonwealth Defence Force.

1911 Compulsory military training begins in Qld for males aged 12 to 26 under Australian Defence Act (1909).