Description

Description: Button – Australian Army – Melbourne University Regiment (Small) – Single Button.

Maker’s Name: Stokes & Sons

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Button – Australian Army – Melbourne University Regiment (Small). 19mm

Melbourne University Regiment (MUR) traces its origins to 1884 as D Company, 4th Battalion of the Victorian Rifles, at which time it was known as the University Company. General Sir John Monash was a Colour Sergeant of this unit before taking a commission in the colonial and later Commonwealth militia. 
The unit became the Melbourne University Rifles in 1910, providing military training for members of Melbourne University and the public schools of Melbourne and Geelong. 
As a University Regiment the unit did not deploy with the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) in either of the world wars and, as such, it carries no battle honours on its Colours. However, many officers and soldiers of AIF units had received their initial military training or commissions with the Melbourne University Rifles. 
In the post-war structure of the Australian Army, the University Rifles was reformed as the present MUR, officially raised on April 1948.