Hello Julia. Although I have no direct answer for you, here are some thoughts which might help. First: Here is the URL for the Military Historical Society of Australia. Perhaps they might be able to help you. Second: from the net, here is an address for the NSW Military Historical Society -- which if my memory serves me correctly, has a museum, meetings, etc. at the Victoria Barracks in Oxford Street, Paddington --- in Sydney NSW Australia. New South Wales Military Historical Society 112 Irvine Crescent Ryde 2112 NSW Australia Third: Here is a list of British Regiments and Corps in Australia, taken from Appendix One at pages 115 and 116 of Mr Ronald MONTAGUE's beautiful book: "Dress & Insignia of the British Army in Australia & New Zealand: 1770-1870". Sadly, I do not know which if any of them might have been in Malta. (You have written below "... before being sent to Australia between 1828-48 --- by which I assume that you mean that they were in Australia in those years --- not that they were in Malta in those years --- so I have extracted only those in Aussie in those years.) 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1824-1829 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1825-1832 (from memory I don't think they were in Malta) 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 1827-1832 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 1829-1833 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot 1830-1836 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 1832-1837 50th (Queen's Own, West Kent) Regiment of Foot 1833-1841 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) 1833-1839 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 1835-1842 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1837-1844 51st (King's Own Yorkshire) Light Infantry 1838-1846 96th Regiment of Foot 1841-1848 99th (Lanarkshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 1842-1856 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 1844-1847 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1845-1857 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot 1846-1849 Fourth: Have you tried searching under the soldier's name in The National Archives (formerly PRO) in England? Here is the URL for their search-engine, which MIGHT have him in their catalogue -- although if he should be there, it might not mention Malta: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp?j=1 Fifth: Have you tried the "Aussie Redcoats" site? http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~garter1/index.htm (oops, just discovered that Marg M has already sent this link) Hoping that somewhere amongst all of this you might find something to help. Good luck. Ray in Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "juliaandco" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:36 AM Subject: [HHHV] regiments in Australia BARNES/ SULLIVAN/GWYNNE ... > Does anyone know which British regiments (if any) had been stationed in > Malta before being sent to Australia between 1828-48? ... >> Regards, Julia in Bulli