The Background Notes available through this page are in response to interest by Members in the Club's rich history and heritage, and in the remarkable people who have contributed to the Club over the years.
This increased interest is demonstrated through: the formation of the History Interest Group, and energy and enthusiasm for the projects being undertaken by this group; the curiosity and thirst for information noticed around the Club; and the various responses to our Western Front Study Tour in late 2013.
A small group of volunteers is progressively developing the range of Background Notes across the broad categories of People, Buildings, History, and Heritage. The intention is to cover a very broad number of topics with additional Background Notes to be posted to this page over time.
The Notes are designed to be 'bite-sized packets' of light reading for casual use by Members. As they are not written in a manner that is appropriate for public distribution or serious academic use, Members are requested not to distribute them outside our membership.
Despite the best efforts of History Interest Group volunteers, there are sure to be errors and omissions in the Notes, and we ask Members to please contact the Club if you can assist to identify corrections required, or to provide additional information.
Since mid-2015 we have published a "History Page" in each Club Magazine. In A Centenary of the Great War: From Evacuation to Armistice you'll find a collection of extracts from the USCQ Magazine for Members particularly interested in the Centenary of the Great War.
The United Service Club Queensland, The First Century 1892-1992, has been scanned and made available below in sections to make downloading easier.
Image: The Hon Sir Thomas William Glasgow KCB CMG DSO
Mrs T.B. Adams
Mr J.W. Ash
PTE Robert Beatham VC
MAJ Bill Bentson
MAJGEN Reginald Browne CB VD
Mr Robert Burns
LTCOL Sir Donald Cameron KCMG DSO VD
MAJGEN James Cannan CB CMG DSO VD
MAJ Duncan Chapman
LTCOL Peter Charlton RFD
GEN Sir Harry Chauvel GCMG KCB
VADM Sir William Creswell KCMG KBE
The Davies Family
COL The Honourable Justin Foxton, CMG VD
MAJGEN The Honourable Sir William Glasgow KCB CMG DSO
BRIG William Grant CMG DSO* VD
Mr Noel Hosking
CAPT George Hunt DSO* DSC* RN
MAJGEN William (‘Digger’) James AC AO MBE MC
Dr Sally Leivesley
MAJ Jan McCabe MBE RFD ED
WCOMD Gordon Olive CBE DFC
COL Percy Ricardo CB
COL Victor Sellheim CMG CB
LTCOL Tom Stephens
MAJ Edgar Towner VC MC
MAJ Jenny Walker
MAJ Blair Wark VC DSO
GEN Sir Cyril Brudenell WHITE KCB KCMG KCVO DSO
BRIG Lachlan Wilson CB CMG DSO VD
Image: MAJGEN W. B. James AC, AO, MBE, MC
MAJGEN J.F. Owen OM
LTCOL W.J. Boggie
LTCOL V. Larsen VD
MAJ F.L. Jones
LTCOL J.H. Adams
COL The Hon J.F.G. Foxton CMG, VD
CAPT C.E. deF. Pennefather
COL E. Deshon CMG
LT J.W. Wassell
LT H.M. Chester
LTCOL Pye
LTCOL F.B.T.W. Koch
CAPT G.A.H. Curtis RD, RAN
LTCOL R.G. Groom VD
MAJ H.M.M. Maddock VD
LTCOL W.G. Allsop CMG, DSO, VD
LTCOL F. O'Mahoney DSO, VD
LT T.J. Barry
COL D.E. Evans DSO, OBE, VD
CAPT J.T. Manchester
LT N.M. Bell
SQNLDR H.J.I. Hinkler AFC
LTCOL R.A. Stanley DSO, VD
COL F.M. Plant VD
ACMDRE Sir Charles Kingsford Smith KB, MC, AFC
BRIG R.M. Stodart VD
COL C.D.W. Rankin VD
MAJGEN R.S. Browne CB, VD
LT J.F. Church
COL F.A. Hughes DSO, VD
CAPT R.A.N. Plant VD
COL F.W.G. Annand DSO, VD
ENG CDR H.S. Platt RN RTD (EM)
COL Sir Leslie Wilson PC, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, RM
LTCOL C.G. Gehrmann VD
LTCOL L.A. Little
Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG, GCB, DSO
Rear Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCVO, KCSI, KCIE, KCB, DSO
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh KG, KT, OM, GCVO, GBE, AK, PC
MAJ E.T. Towner VC, MC
LTGEN Sir John Lavarack KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO
COL Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG, KCVO, DSO
The Hon Sir Alan Mansfield KCMG, KCVO, K.St J
AIR MARSHAL Sir Colin Hannah KBE, CB, K.St J
CMDR N.S. Pixley CMG, MBE, CRD, Kt.ON
CDRE Sir James Ramsay KCMG, KCVO, CBE, DSC
FLTLT M. Adams
HRH the Duchess of Kent, GCVO
LTCOL R.W. Cameron DSO, ED
BRIG J.L. Amies CBE, ED
BRIG C.D.F. Wilson OAM, RFD, ED
ACDRE The Hon Sir Walter Campbell AC, QC
MAJGEN P.M. Arnison AC, CVO
MAJGEN W.B. James AC, AO, MBE, MC
Mr N.B. Hosking
LT G.M Colless
MAJ M. L Doyle
MAJGEN P. M. Jeffery AC, AO, CVO, MC
Image: Stained Glass Window in Military Bar