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In 1901 the Australian government took responsibility for the defense of for the whole country. | 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: | '''The Australian War Memorial''' Website Biographical Records has available listings by several categories of military service: [https://www.awm.gov.au/ website]. | ||
The | '''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''' 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:[ | '''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]. | ||
[https:// | '''AIF Project - Australian Anzacs in the Great War - 1914-1918'''<br> | ||
The AIF project is a database that has many records of the 330,000 men and women who served overseas in (first) Australian Imperial force in the years 1914-1918. [https://aif.adfa.edu.au/aif/ website].<br> | |||
'''World War I Service Records'''<br>Records of Australian servicemen and women who served in World War I are preserved in the National Archives, [http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx website]. <br> | |||
The | '''The Great War''' database is 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]. | |||
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-sa/sets/72157626501163158/ | |||
[https://www.theworldremembers.org/search-the-names The World Remembers - WWI Deaths] | [https://www.theworldremembers.org/search-the-names The World Remembers - WWI Deaths] |