Selfless Devotion and Sacrifice
As Australia moved towards Federation the individual states still maintained their own defence forces.
Author: 
Henry C Moulds
Harold Joseph Pares
Harold Joseph Pares was born in Port Pirie, South Australia on the 14th February 1922 to Henry Harold and Helen Alexandra Pares (nee Clack).
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
OCS Portsea - Brief History
As an officer training institution, the Army Officer Cadet School at Portsea established its reputation, not only nationally but also regionally in international military circle
Bicheno War Memorial plaques
The Bicheno War Memorial includes eight individual plaques commemorating past members.
Author: 
Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Sister Rosetta Joan Wight, Australian Army Nursing Service
Rosetta Wight was born on 3 December 1908. Her parents, Leslie Rivers and Rosetta Frances Wight, lived on their farm “Carlisle” at Fish Creek, in Victoria.
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Australian War Memorial
OCS Statue History
In 2002, the late LTCOL Bob de Haas began to develop a website for all sixty-seven Classes of the Army Officer Cadet School from 1952 – 1985. At the time, this area at Poi
Medical Sisters of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Malaya, 1941
Informal portrait of the Medical Sisters of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital (AGH), at a concert party at St Patrick's School, Malaya 1941.
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Australian War Memorial
Private William Charles Goldfinch, 50th Battalion, AIF
William Goldfinch, known as “Willie”, was born on 26 December 1896, the eldest son of William and Bessie Goldfinch of Curramulka, on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
Lieutenant Waldemar Robert Hawkes, 21st Australian Machine Gun Company
Waldemar Hawkes, known as “Bob”, was born on the 18th of November 1894, the second son of Waldemar Gaskell Hawkes and his wife, Isabella, of Burra, South Australia.
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Australian War Memorial
Pilot Officer Robert Charles Carver, No. 2 Squadron, RAAF
Robert Carver, “Bob”, was born on 2 July 1946 and grew up in Toowoomba. He was a gifted student and keen athlete.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
Private William Clifford McMaster, 33rd Battalion, AIF
Today we remember and pay tribute to Private William Clifford McMaster.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
Air Vice Marshal Francis (Frank) Hubert McNamara
Frank McNamara was the first Australian airman to be awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born at Rushworth, Victoria, on 4 April 1894.
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Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Lewis McGee, 40th Battalion, AIF
Lewis “Lew” McGee was born on 13 May 1888 at “Verwood”, near Ross in central Tasmania, the youngest of 11 children born to John and Mary McGee.
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Australian War Memorial
Captain Domenic George Picone, Australian Army Medical Corps
Domenic Picone was born in Perth on 14 March 1909, the son of Anthony and Mary Picone.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
Ashes of the crosses of Field of Remembrance Cross Plantings ceremony 1995 King George Square
Qld War Widows “Ashes of the crosses of Field of Remembrance Cross Plantings ceremony 1995 King George Square”
Brisbane Botanic Garden
Author: 
Australian War Memorial
EDWARD (Teddy) SHEEAN VC
Edward Sheean was born at Lower Barrington, Tasmania, on 28 December 1923. Soon afterwards, the family moved to Latrobe, Tasmania, where he attended the local Catholic prim
Author:
Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Remembering the fallen of Dookie
In 1937, the Dookie RSL sub branch erected a memorial to those who fell during the First World War.
Author: 
Dookie
Carnarvon Soldier's Memorial and Plaque
The Soldier’s Memorial Avenue and Plaque commemorate men from the Carnarvon District who served during World War One. Of those 39 men, 14 died on active service.
Author:
Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch
Private John Johnston, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment
John Johnston was born in Boulia in Central West Queensland in April 1891, the son of George Michael and Lucy Agnes Johnston.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
Captain Lionel Colin Matthews, 8th Division Signals
Lionel Matthews was born on 15 August 1902 to Edgar and Ann Matthews of Stepney, Adelaide. He attended East Adelaide public school and Norwood High School.
Author:
Australian War Memorial
The Lost Diggers of Fromelles
Two names that are on this WW1 Honour Roll are Herbert "Nutsy" Bolt and Alex Clingan.
Author:
Patrick Bourke
Good News Lutheran School Memorial Garden
Good News Lutheran School is a small primary school that opened in 1984 within the centenary region of Brisbane.
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Good News Lutheran School
World War II service publicly commemorated by NSW Governor
The contributions of more than 100 service men and women from the villages of Kearsley and Abernethy during World War II were today honoured and commemorated at a ceremony by th
Author: 
Jordan Fallon
Private Christopher Wilson Carter, 6th Battalion, AIF
Christopher Carter was born in 1887, the son of Marjorie and Christopher Wilson Carter of Greenwald, a small rural community in south-west Victoria.
Author:
Australian War Memorial