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Medical treatment of Australian soldiers in World War I

Illnesses and devastating injuries The Australian Government recorded 215,585 casualties during the war.

Memorial pavilion at Narrogin

A suggestion that Narrogin build a memorial was first raised in July 1915 when the Bishop of Bunbury, Dr Goldsmith, proposed that a projected new Anglican church be dedicated to the memory of the…

Memories and Memorabilia (Book)

This commemorative publication recognises Australia's war heritage. It is a guide to looking after your wartime memorabilia.

Mesopotamia Campaign 1915 to 1918

British-led forces seize Basra Britain tried to secure Persian oilfields controlled by the Ottoman Empire after the Turks allied with Germany.

Military Heritage Trail at Balranald

Father Patrick Killian, a native of Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland, served as parish priest at the local Catholic church at Balranald from 1919-1934 and had been chaplain to the 4th Light Horse…

Milton Street Church of England Record Book at Hamilton

Between 1914 and 1918, as they came together each week for religious instruction, the children of the Anglican Milton Street Sunday School in Hamilton, Victoria, said this prayer for former scholars…

Morto Bay French Cemetery (Audio file)

Listen to the audio-cast on your device.

Mothers of soldiers photographed at Yacka

Over 60 Yacka men enlisted to serve in the Great War, and 15 did not return, leaving many mothers to grieve.

Mouquet Farm (now Sunflowers Animal Farm) at Margaret River

News of the death of their son and brother Christopher reached the Armstrong family on their farm in Yallingup early in September 1915. He had been shot in the spine at Gallipoli and died in hospital…

Mrs Dalrymple's Dance Music Album at Mandurah

The Mandurah Community Museum has developed around the old Mandurah State Schoolhouse. The main room of little brick building is still furnished as a schoolroom.

Murray VC statue at Evandale

The daring feats of Henry'Harry' William Murray VC, CMG, DSO and Bar, DCM, Croix de Guerre, made him a legend and he remains the most highly decorated soldier to have served in the Australian…

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Naked diggers seek relief from bugs

The sight of Australian diggers walking naked up the beach at Gallipoli would have caused great amusement had it not been for the seriousness of the situation.

Newsreel - Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (Video)

A newsreel showing Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (right) outside the Sydney Town Hall at the beginning of his lecture tour.

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No 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps: Australians in World War I (Video)

A short film telling the story of 2 men who served in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I. Air Commodore Arthur Henry 'Harry' Cobby was a pilot with No 4 Squadron. Air Mechanic 2nd…

North Beach (Audio file)

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North Beach Anzac Commemorative Site (Audio file)

North Beach Gallipoli 1915 (Book)

This commemorative publication assists visitors to the Anzac Commemorative Site to better understand the significance of the area. 

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Nursery trenches at Armentières 1916

Quieter times in the early days

Official dedication, 19 July 2010 (Video)

The following video is an extract from the DVD: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery - Official Dedication Ceremony and Burial of the Last Unknown Soldier 19 July 2010, produced by the…

Olive May Kelso King

Olive King was born in 1885 at Croydon in Sydney. She received her secondary education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls.

On this spot—2nd Australian Division Memorial, Mont St Quentin (Audio file)

At home, or as you tour the twelve locations of the Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium, listen to a four-minute audio-cast featuring the extraordinary stories of Australian soldiers 'on this spot'. Listen to the audio-cast from your device

One name on a memorial at Byaduk, Victoria

Few Australian communities have had one of their own immortalised by a statue. The small rural settlement of Byaduk in Victoria can make that claim. Here a'digger' stands on top of a plinth listing…

Online resources for teaching commemoration and wartime history

Download free books and activities for your classroom.

Order of Service for a war memorial at Echuca

A specially printed order of service for the unveiling of the town's war memorial on Remembrance Day in 1927.

Ore Carriage Memorial and Alma Cowie's grave at Broken Hill

Reminders of confusing wartime event in Broken Hill's history.

Origins of the word 'ANZAC': History in Focus (Fact sheet), (Educational)

Origins of World War I

Long-term issues Historians have long debated

Overlooking North Beach at Walker's Ridge (Audio file)

Padre Dexter: Australians in World War I (Video)

Anglican minister and former sailor Walter Ernest Dexter served as an Army Chaplain in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during World War I. Padre Dexter was well-known among Australian troops in…

Patrick Joseph Bugden

Peacekeeping: In Their Own Words (Educational), (Student activity)

Hear Australian veterans talk about their peacekeeping experiences.

Pearl Corkhill's story of First World War service (Video)

This short film is about Australian veteran Sister Pearl Corkhill, who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), during World War I.Sister [Elizabeth] Pearl…

Pearling, the Japanese and the Great War in Broome

The Great War slowed and damaged Broome's pearling industry. Before the days of plastic buttons mother of pearl provided a principal raw material for button-making. A world-wide market for pearl…

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Percy Herbert Cherry

Percy Valentine Storkey

Peterborough 'Loco' Honour Roll

Prior to the Great War, Peterborough was one of the busiest single-track railways in the world. The locomotive depot worked around the clock, with men employed in all aspects of the rail industry'…

Phillip Davey

Phillip Frederick Edward Schuler

Plaque on the Memorial Hall at Hopetoun

Celebrated Great War veteran Brigadier General and Senator William 'Pompey' Elliot delivered a speech at the opening of the hall in 1923.

Point Nepean Gun Battery at Portsea

Australians fired 'possibly the first shot on either side in the war' from Fort Nepean.

Portland's Anzac Day crosses at Portland

One Australian mother who certainly knew what happened to her son at Gallipoli was Meta Jerrett, of Tyrandarra near Portland, Victoria.

POW survives horrendous conditions

Private Justin Dawson was fighting with the 15th Battalion near Baupaume in France on 10 April 1917 when a 'stunt' went wrong and he was captured by the Germans.
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