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British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, Index

Index of British & Commonwealth POWs, Java 1942-45, from published & unpublished sources.

Digger History

Unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services.

EDGAR from Australia killed in WW1

Details of members of the EDGAR family from Australia killed in the First World War.
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Essendon and the Boer War, 1899-1902

A list of the men of the City of Essendon, Victoria, Australia, who served in the war.

Fleet Air Arm Archive Roll of Honour

Comprehensive naval aviation website invaluable to genealogists, with extensive Roll of Honour lists for the Second World War of Fleet Air Arm personnel of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.

G for George

The Avro Lancaster B1 on display in the Aeroplane Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, ACT.

Gallery of Great War Era Soldiers

Some photographs of identified and unidentified Australian soldiers who served in the World War 1 era.
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Gallipoli

George Cross (GC) Database

The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.

HAGSOC: Graves and Memorials of Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902

This project, by the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra, aims to publish the database of burial and memorial locations of Australians who died during the second South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899 - 1902. Also included are biographies, researched by the Society, of selected soldiers from each of the Australian States.

How to find a Digger

Advice on researching relatives who served in the Australian defence forces from the Department of Veterans' Affairs Australia.

How to trace an ancestor...who served in the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

Online article from Salut, the official magazine of the South African Department of Defence.

It's An Honour - The Australian Honours System

Kilmore and District World War 1 Soldiers and Nurses

List of district soldiers and nurses from Kilmore, Victoria compiled from various sources.

Leaders of Anzacs - ANZAC officers died at Gallipoli, 1915

Lost Medals Australia

Since 2000 Lost Medals Australia has been acquiring, researching and then returning lost medals to veterans or their families. Run by Glyn LLANWARNE and supported by a group of dedicated researchers, this is an Australian based site. The service provided by Lost Medals Australia is free and has an impressive record of solved searches.

Mapping Gallipoli | Australian War Memorial

Plot maps of three ANZAC cemeteries from the First World War battle of Gallipoli. From the Australian War Memorial.

Our families world war 1 site

Photos and service records for Buchan, Beel, Cook, Elmer, Gibbs, Jones, Nash from Australia.

Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll

Lists the 1,800 personnel who served in the Gulf War with the ADF.

Rats of Tobruk Association of Victoria

This site contains the basic records of the Rats of Tobruk Association Victoria Australia and, in particular, the basic records of those famous men who fought in the longest siege in British Military History, the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 WW2.