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Anzac Research - A site dedicated to the Anzacs of World War One. Lists peoples' interests in different units, formations, etc., and contains a selection of photographs; some identified, some waiting for identification.
 
Anzacs of the 5th Light Horse Regiment, AIF 1914 - 1919 - A biographic listing of each of the 2,543 soldiers who served with the 5th (Queensland and northern NSW) Light Horse Regiment during the Great War, 1914 - 1919. Includes those who were not actually 'taken on strength' of the regiment, as well as those who transferred in from, or out to, other units.
 
Anzacs: Officers died at Gallipoli, 1915 - Biographic details of approximately 500 officers of the Anzac Corps who died due to service on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, in 1915. Photographs and maps as well as details on how eligible families may apply for an Anzac commemorative medallion.
 
Australia's Involvement in the UN - A site dedicated to Australians who have servered as Peacekeepers or Peacemakers around the world.
 
Australia's involvement in UN peace-keeping missions - Maintained by a former Australian peace-keeper to Cambodia. It has details of the United Nations missions in which Australia has been, and is currently, involved.
 
Australian Service Nurses National Memorial - A developing list of Australian nurses who have died during, or as a result of, war service in any conflict since the Boer War.
 
Australian WW1 Personnel Service Records - National Archives of Australia's online order form for personnel records. Use this to obtain a copy of the complete service dossier of any Australian soldier, sailor, airman or nurse of the Great War. Cost is AU$16.20, including GST and postage anywhere in the world.
 
Australian War Graves in South Africa 1899 - 1902 - A project which aims to publish a database of burial and memorial locations of all Australians who died during the second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa, 1899 - 1902.
 
Australian War Memorial - Purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war.
 
Australians at War - A history of Australia's armed services. Comprises many different sections dealing with topics related to Australian involvement in war, including such obscure incidents as the Egyptian uprising of 1919. Features the Army, Navy and Air Force, badges of rank and medals, and hosts a forum for contributions, questions and discussion.
 
Australians serving in the Boer War, South Africa (1899-1902) - Many Australians have a Boer War soldier in their ancestry. This site is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt as well as the more experienced researcher.
 
Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow - A short biography of Dr. C.E.W. Bean, the official Australian WW1 historian.
 
Boer War - Australians who served database project - The Australians in the Boer War (Oz-Boer) Database Project marks the centenary of the participation by Australia in the Second Anglo-Boer War by making it easier to locate source materials dealing with individual Australian participants.
 
Burgess, Chris - Information about the Second World War and a soldier named Jeff Burgess, who found some letters on a Japanese soldier and a picture of his girlfriend. Also a picture gallery of Australia.
 
Diary of an Australian soldier of the Great War - Lance Corporal Reg. Part, a signaller with the 24th Battalion, A.I.F., served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. He kept a diary which has been reproduced on this site.
 
First AIF Order of Battle - The Order of Battle of the Australian Imperial Force, 1914 - 1919. Lists in detail the units composing the army raised in Australia for overseas service (the A.I.F.) during the course of the Great War. Includes the Gallipoli (Dardanelles), Middle East and Western Front theatres.
 
Following the Australians on the Western Front - An account of the author's travels through what was the Western Front, tracing the movements of his grandfather who fought there. Private Robert Ralph Abercromby, 44th Battalion A.I.F., also kept a diary, which is quoted at intervals throughout the narrative.
 
Gallipoli 1915 - A concise account of the unsuccessful attempts by the Royal Navy and French Navy to force the Dardanelles, and of the consequent landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula by the British, French, Indians and Anzacs.
 
Gallipoli Anzac Helles Suvla - Photos of Gallipoli then and now, a dictionary of Anzac slang, and some unusual photos of devices designed to fool the enemy. Account of how the author and his friend re-discovered a Turkish position on the southern Anzac flank. Also information on the 1/5th Norfolk Regiment, 'The Vanished Battalion' of Gallipoli.
 
Gallipoli medical site - Examines the medical aspects of the Gallipoli campaign. Arrangements for evacuation and treatment of the wounded, the spread of disease, and the poor, monotonous diet are covered, and the effects these had on morale and the outcome of the campaign are investigated.
 
 

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