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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.

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.

World War Two Nominal Roll

Created to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this conflict. This site contains information from the service records of some one million individuals who served during World War Two.