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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.

Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Memorial

Members of Lark Force who were lost on the Montevideo Maru on Wednesday 1 July 1942.

Rats of Tobruk Tribute

We, who are working and maintaining the Rats of Tobruk Project, are Seeking ALL Descendants and Relatives of Rats of Tobruk from, Australia, UK, India, Poland & Czechoslavakia, Allied Forces, who Served at Tobruk, during the Siege of Tobruk, so that YOUR Rat of Tobruk, can be added to the National Rats of Tobruk Database and Honour Rolls Website, which currently has 23,051 Allied Records, and is the “Original and Only Tribute Site” to the Rats of Tobruk, in the World. IF your RAT is not showing on the Tribute Honour Rolls Website, please Contact One of the ROT Project Team, with YOUR RATs, Full Names, Rank, Army, Navy or Air Force, Life Status, DoB, DoEnlist, Full DoD, Service Number, Unit Served at Tobruk Siege, Awards & Comments, for Registration.

Research Guide - The Boer War - Australians and the War in South Africa 1899-1902

From the National Archives of Australia.

Royal Australian Engineers

Russian Anzacs in Australian History

Personal webpages of one thousand Russian-born servicemen who served in the Australian Army during the First World War. Webpages contain links to archival files and photographs.

Spirits of Gallipoli

The site is about the 7,249 men of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) who were buried or commemorated at Gallipoli.

The Empire Called and I Answered

This blog is a companion to an online commemorative database of the same name listing World War 1 volunteers from Essendon and Flemington, Victoria, Australia. The blog features stories and photographs of the young men and women who left their homes to serve their King and the Empire.

The Family Historian 1st Fleet & Beyond - War Memorial Database

A every increasing number of Victorian War Memorials including a searchable database of Service Personal listed on the accompanying Honour Rolls in Australia.

The Irish on The Wall

Names and birthplaces of Irish citizens who died in Vietnam serving with US and Australian Forces.
[The original link is gone. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

The War Graves Photographic Project

Families able to get copies of war grave photographs from cemeteries all around the world. Site working in association with The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Trouble with undisciplined Aussies

In 1918 an average of 9 per 1,000 Australian soldiers in Europe resided in prison. Among Canadians, New Zealanders and South Africans, there was an average of 1.6 per 1,000 men behind bars.
[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Victoria Cross Reference

The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Victorian Nurses in the Boer War

War Memorials in Australia

Locations, descriptions and images of war memorials in the states and territories of Australia.

Wartime internment camps in Australia

From the National Archives of Australia.

World War I internee, alien and POW records held in Adelaide

From the National Archives of Australia.