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Australian War Memorial

Australians at War

Companion web site for the Australians at War TV series.

Australians in the Boer War - Australians in the Boer War - Oz-Boer Database Project

This project is dedicated to the memory of the around 20,000 Australians who, a century ago, risked all to serve their Queen, Empire and Country in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Includes a searchable database of Australian soldiers.

BOOKSFOREVER - Military & World War History Books Australia

Booksforever specializes in Australian Military history, with a main specialty in unit histories. These unit histories are a great reference for those interested in researching a family members past military service. Unit histories can also contain valuable information including Honours and Awards, Casualties, Battle Honours, Photos of Unit members, Biographical information, Nominal Rolls and more... If you are searching for your relatives Military history in the World Wars or Korea and Vietnam - Booksforever can help you.

Descendants of Veterans WWII and Post WWII Association Inc.

The Descendants of Veterans WW2 & Post WW2 Association honor their forefathers on ANZAC Day by marching in their honor. Join the Descendants in next years ANZAC Day March.

Digger History

Unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services.

Edgars from Australia killed in the First World War

Details of members of the EDGAR family from Australia killed in the First World War.

Findmypast - Search - Military Service & Conflict $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

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.

Gallipoli

George Cross 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.

Honor Roll Project

A worldwide project by participating bloggers to make military honor rolls available to online search engines with transcriptions and photographs. Volunteers from a dozen countries have contributed to this website. The home page has pull down menus with geographic areas for browsing. Non-bloggers can contribute transcriptions, too.

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.

In Remembrance of the AIF's 2/15th Battalion

This site remembers the contributions and sacrifices made by members of this Australian WW2 battalion. It served in the Middle East (Tobruk, El Alamein), New Guinea and Borneo from 1940 to 1946. The site contains a list of battalion members, and some information on many of them.

It's An Honour - The Australian Honours System

Java Index

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

Kitchener's 100

100 physicians who volunteered early 1915 to serve with Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's British Armies. They left from Australia but included a couple from Britain and New Zealand. 100 surnames, their ancestries and children, see website for further details.

Leaders of Anzacs - ANZAC officers died at Gallipoli, 1915