The Memorial has digitised the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Embarkation Rolls, which provide details about the Australians who served with the BCOF. As well as being available online, they will also later become searchable by name for the first time.
When it comes to family history, the Bush family of Jerrawa could write a book – and they have, several of them.
It’s hardly surprising when you consider that at the first Bush family reunion, organised in the tiny village near Yass (pop: 73) in 1985, more than 5000 people attended. In later years it was sensibly moved to Yass.
From about regional
Livingstone Shire Council have approved requests for the installation of memorial benches by the Emu Park Lions and the MG Club for installation in Yeppoon and Emu Park.
From CQ Today
Next week on July 27, Australia will commemorate those who served in the Korean War. A war that lasted from June 25, 1950 until the armistice on July 27, 1953. This technically brought the war to an end.
From The Area News
Its name is synonymous with resilience, bravery and courage, and eight decades on the role of Australian troops at Kokoda is still being remembered with pride.
This year for the first time since 2019, the Australian War Memorial will welcome a full Veterans’ March on Anzac Day, Monday 25 April, the 107th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli.
Australian War Memorial director Matt Anderson said the Memorial has been working closely with the ACT Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL), which coordinates the march.
Military representatives from New Zealand paid a visit to honour fallen comrades buried in Brockenhurst’s cemetery.
Thousands of soldiers from New Zealand, India and other Commonwealth nations were treated for their wounds in military hospitals in Brockenhurst during the First World War, with the village chosen because of its clear air and good transport links.
From New Milton Advertiser & Lymington TImes
Descendants and families of those who died in Australia's worst maritime disaster have gathered at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, to mark the 80th anniversary of the tragedy.
Flight Sergeant Harry Aldridge was huddled over a small desk in a Lancaster bomber, flying low over the Netherlands. Sitting in a cramped, curtained-off compartment, he worked by the light of a simple lamp, the pilot relying on him to find the target before guiding the aircraft and its crew safely home.
Federation Council and the Corowa RSL Sub Branch have partnered together to restore the Corowa War Memorial Cenotaph, just in time for the centenary celebration and ceremony scheduled for Saturday, September 10.
From Mirage News
98 years ago the Bunbury RSL built a local war memorial for 600 pounds.
From South West WA
Do you know any Aboriginal service personnel from the Taree area? The Taree RSL Sub-branch is asking locals to help them add missing names to the Taree War Memorial Clock.
From Midcoast Council
Pine cones brought from Turkey by Anzac soldiers find new life as trees symbolising the Turkish-Australian friendship cemented after World War I in a new campaign aiming to raise awareness among Australian students
From Daily Sabah
A World War II veteran who was one of Australia's last living Rats of Tobruk has died at the age of 100.
When the 2022 Napier Waller Art Prize winner is announced at Parliament House on June 23, many may wonder who Napier Waller was, but with the publication of Jan William Smith’s new book, “The Glass Cricket Ball”, that question is well and truly answered.
Second World War veteran and Japanese prisoner of war (POW), Walter ‘Wal’ Williams OAM has passed away, aged 99.
From Northern Beaches Advocate
The family of Sylvester and Mary Burrows has gifted Lithgow City Council’s Eskbank House Museum with a beautiful collection of WW1 postcards, and family photographs.
From The National Tribune
The once unrecognised Aboriginal and Islander heroes of Australia’s wartime efforts have become part of the Anzac legend and more recently a prominent part of Gympie’s history.
Standing in uniform on the steps of the large entrance to St Paul’s Cathedral in London, is a long way from Perth for Australia’s Federation Guard member Caylee Wallis.
Members of the public and serving personnel attended the Bomber Command Commemorations to pay tribute to those aviators who made the supreme sacrifice, and to all those men and women who served in Bomber Command, to ensure that their magnificent deeds in the 1939 – 1945 conflict are never forgotten.
The lives of 74 US Navy personnel who died in the collision between the US destroyer USS Frank E. Evans and Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne on June 3,1969 have been remembered.
From Shoalhaven News
Born and raised on Thursday Island, the two Torres Strait Islander women went to school together before joining the Royal Australian Navy in the 1970s, forging a friendship that continues to this day.
From Australian War Memorial
Growing up in Townsville in the 1970s, Sedoi Harvey would often see soldiers.
Seeing them around town, in the movies, and on her television screen at home, she was inspired to join the army. She would go on to serve in the Australian Army for more than 20 years.
A large wooden mosque that once stood 40 kilometres south of Berlin illustrated the global reach of the First World War