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Australian internees and prisoners of war in World War I

Captured at sea A short time after the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) landed on Gallipoli peninsula,

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Bart Richardson - World War II veteran (Army) (Oral history)

Bill Ennis - World War II veteran (Oral history)

Charles Groves Wright Anderson

South-African born New South Wales farmer, Charles Anderson, was the highest-ranked Australian soldier to receive a Victoria Cross (VC).

Endurance: Stories of Australians in wartime captivity (Book), (Educational)

This commemorative publication is a part of the Century of Service series. It explores the stories of several Australians who were captured as prisoners of war. Each story highlights examples of…

Ernest Brough - World War II veteran (Video)

Ernest Brough enlisted at Dandenong, Victoria, in March 1940.

Ernest Edward Dunlop

An Australian hero ...everyone that came in front of Weary - a no-hoper, anybody, was a person.

Fall of Singapore: In Their Own Words (Educational), (Student activity)

Hear from Australian veterans about their experiences of the Fall of Singapore during World War II.

Internment camps in Australia during World War I

Merchant navy 'prizes' and interned crews At the beginning of the war, all German and Central Power ships coming into, or already in Australian ports were seized as 'war prizes'.

Jack Bell - Supplying the long range desert group (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Russian liberation and freedom (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Food shortages (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Italian prisoner of war camps (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Italian nurse's kindness (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Wounded and treatment (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Shot down by Panzers (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

Jack Bell - Enlistment AMF EATS (Video)

John Bell, known as Jack to his friends, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1940.

John Pope - World War II veteran (Army) (Video)

John Campbell Pope had been a member of the citizens' militia since January 1939. Then in July 1940, he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force at Claremont, Western Australia.

Norman Ginn - Convoy to Glasgow (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - 460 Squadron - mixed crew (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Pre-mission fatalism (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Shot down over Berlin (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Bail out and interrogation (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Escape tunnel discovered (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Escape attempts (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Liberated by the Russians (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Norman Ginn - Motivation to serve (Video)

Norm Ginn worked on a vineyard in Mildura, Victoria, before the war. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in January 1942.

Prisoners of War: In Their Own Words (Educational), (Student activity)

Hear Australian veterans share their harrowing experiences of captivity during the Second World War.

Private Edgar Adams: Australians at Gallipoli (Video)

Two brothers from Mildura, Victoria, enlisted in the 8th Australian Infantry Battalion in 1914. When they landed on the beach at Gallipoli on 25 April, Private Frederick James Adams was shot on the…

Research an Australian veteran's war service

To start, you'll need to know some basic details, such as:

Seizing and decoding the secret HVB codebook

Capturing 'prizes' of war Australia and other nations in the British Empire adopted a policy to seize enemy vessels in their ports at the start of the war.

Vaughan Murray Griffin

Early life Murray Griffin was born in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern in 1903.

Weary Dunlop: Stories of Service (Video), (Student activity), (Educational)

Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's story is one of care, compassion, hardship and suffering. Weary enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force after studying medicine. This tells his story as an army doctor…
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