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 In 1901 the Australian government took responsibility for the defense of for the whole country.
-'''The Australian War Memorial''' Website Biographical Records has available listings by several categories of military service: [https://www.awm.gov.au/ website].
+'''The Australian War Memorial'''<br>Biographical Records has available listings by several categories of military service: [https://www.awm.gov.au/ website].
-'''The Debt of Honour Register''' is the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.[https://www.cwgc.org/ website]
+'''Graves and memorials of Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902'''<br>The records are maintained by The Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. The site now has a searchable database of information for South African Graves and Australian Boer War memorials:[https://familyhistoryact.org.au/boer_war/ website].<br>
+'''The Australian War Memorial'''<br> The Memorial has a collection for the Boer War. [https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=Boer+war website].<br>
-'''Graves and memorials of Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902''' are maintained by The Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. The site now has a searchable database of information for South African Graves and Australian Boer War memorials:[https://familyhistoryact.org.au/boer_war/ Boer War] and [https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=Boer+war Australian War Memorial].
+'''Australians in the Boer War, Oz-Boer Database Project'''<br> 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) - in particular the 600 plus who lost their lives in the process. They have not been entirely forgotten. [http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup website].<br>
 '''AIF Project - Australian Anzacs in the Great War - 1914-1918'''<br>
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 '''World War I Service Records'''<br>Records of Australian servicemen and women who served in World War&nbsp;I are preserved in the National Archives, [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx website]. <br>
-'''The Great War''' database is of the WW1 Military Service Records, [http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-service-records.htm website].
+'''The Great War'''<br>This is a database of the WW1 Military Service Records [http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-service-records.htm website].
-'''Photos of WWI soldiers, sailors and nurses''' are here on the Flicker [http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-sa/sets/72157626501163158/ website].
-[https://www.theworldremembers.org/search-the-names The World Remembers - WWI Deaths]
+'''Photos of WWI soldiers, sailors and nurses'''<br>Photos are here on the Flicker [http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-sa/sets/72157626501163158/ website].
-'''World War II service records''' - Also held in the National Archives above.<br>The Archives cares for the service records of Australians who served during World War II (1939–45). <br>'''[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ World War II Nominal Roll]<br>'''
+'''The World Remembers - WWI Deaths'''<br>This site that may help you find relatives. This site is coordinating the WWI names data files from participating countries.[https://www.theworldremembers.org/search-the-names website]
-You may [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp#searchtabs search for service record details] by specifying [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp#searchtabs name], [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/service_number.asp#searchtabs service number], [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/honour.asp#searchtabs honours], [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/place.asp#searchtabs place] (of birth, of enlistment, or residential locality at enlistment). Once you find an individual service record you can print a certificate of service, if you wish.<br>
+'''The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)'''<br>The Commonwealth War Graves Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.[https://www.cwgc.org/ website]
-*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx Second World War Dead]
+'''World War II service records'''<br>The World War Two Nominal Roll honours and commemorates some one million people who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during the period 3 September 1939 to 2 September 1945. [http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/ww2 website]<br>
-[http://www.koreanroll.gov.au/search.aspx '''Korean War Nominal Roll''']<br>The Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Korea, or in the waters adjacent to Korea, during the conflict and after the ceasefire, between 27 June 1950 and 19 April 1956.<br>
+'''The Commonwealth War Graves Commission'''<br>War Dead Records and Cemetery and Memorial Records for the First and Second Wold Wars. [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx website]
-'''[http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/veteransearch.aspx VietNam Nominal Roll]<br>'''
+'''Korean War Nominal Roll'''<br>The Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Korea, or in the waters adjacent to Korea, during the conflict and after the ceasefire, between 27 June 1950 and 19 April 1956.[http://www.koreanroll.gov.au/search.aspx website]<br>
-The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975.The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60 000 military members who served during the Vietnam War. You can seek information on these members using the Search function.'''<br>'''
+'''The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans'''<br>This honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975.The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60 000 military members who served during the Vietnam War. [http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/veteransearch.aspx website]<br>
-[http://www.hq1atf.org/index.htm Headquarters: 1st Australian Task Force South Vietnam 1966-1972]
+'''Headquarters Company, 1st Australian Task Force''' <br> HQ 1ATF served in Vietnam between 1966 and 1971, and D&E Platoon was the longest continually serving Platoon in South Vietnam.[http://www.hq1atf.org/index.htm website]
-'''[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup Australians in the Boer War]<br>'''
 [http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~garter1/ '''Australian Redcoat Settlers''']<br>This Site is dedicated to the Officers, men and families of British Regiments who settled in Australia, including soldiers that served in Australia and settled in New Zealand.<br>[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp#searchtabs]