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Australian War Memorial One of the great military museums of the world. Covers Australian involvement in conflicts since the Maori Wars of the 1860s. Contains online databases of all official and private records, art, sound recordings, film and photographs held by the memorial. Visits to the memorial and / or its research section may be planned, and items ordered either from this section or from the museum's shop. The Military Photograph Museum And Registry of Australia A growing collection of Australian military photographs including portraits of those who served. Special software (suitable only for Windows) must be downloaded from the site and used to access the photographs. 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. Military Historical Society of Australia The MHSA site contains details of membership, back-issues of its journal 'Sabretache,' and articles covering all wars in which Australia has been involved. Commercial site: Men of Anzac - John Simpson Kirkpatrick A page about and dedicated to John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a stretcher-bearer with the 3rd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, remembered as "the man with the donkey". Killed in action at Gallipoli, 19 May 1915. Indigenous Australians At War Research into Australian Aboriginal servicemen in the defence of Australia. Provides information on a not-well-known aspect of Australian military history. The Shrine of Remembrance Located in Melbourne, the shrine commemorates the lives lost in the Great War of 1914-1918. 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. The Anzac Day Commemoration Committee of Queensland Information for schools concerning the role played by Australian forces in war. Helps to organise the annual Anzac Day ceremonies in Queensland. Hosts articles related to different aspects of the Australian experience of war. The Gallipoli Association The Association's objective is to preserve the memory of the men who served in, and commemorate the events of the Great War campaign on, the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, between April 1915 and January 1916. |
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