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- Anzac Memorial Records
- Australian Contingent: History of the Patriotic Movement in New South Wales
- Australian Contingents to South Africa
- Australian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918
- Australian Imperial Force Nominal Roll 1914-1918
- Australian Imperial Force Roll of Honour 1914-1919
- Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire (NSW, QLD, WA)
- Bank of New South Wales (Roll of Honour)
- Book of Remembrance of the University of Sydney, 1914-1918
- British Garrison Deserters in South Australia
- Defenders of New Zealand and Maori History
- Education Department War Service, 1914-1917
- New South Wales Roll of Honour
- New South Wales, Government railways and tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
- New Zealand Boer War Servicemen
- New Zealand Division, 1916-1919
- New Zealand military pensions 1900-1902
- New Zealand War Medal Roll
- New Zealand Wars officers and men killed 1860-1870
- New Zealand Wars: The Maori Campaigns
- New Zealand WW1 Soldiers
- New Zealanders and the Boer War
- Queensland, Tuberculosis Home Applications 1923-1932
- Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War
- South Australia Boer War Contingents
- South Australia Boxer Rebellion Contingent
- South Australia, Heroes of the Great War Chronicle Newspaper 1915-1919
- Tasmania’s War Record 1914-1918
- Tasmanians in the Boer War
- War Services - 'Old Melburnians Society'
WAR SERVICES - 'OLD MELBURNIANS SOCIETY'
The focus of these records is the members of the 'Old Melburnians Society' who served in World War I. The Society was founded in 1879, with the aims and objectives of supporting the Melbourne Grammar School which opened in 1858, only ten years after the establishment of the city of Melbourne.
It features details of all 1353 'Old Melburnians' who fought in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Salonkia, France, Belgium, Africa, and Rabaul.
"What will I find in these records?"
* a nominal roll with full names of all Old Melburnians who were on war service.
* The 'Our Honoured Dead' list with all 207 men who lost their lives in War Service, together with their full name, cause of death, and date of death.
* 'The War Service Particulars' list with details of their war service history.
It will also search obituary notices, editorials, a glossary, and letters from those overseas, and approximately 200 portrait photographs. This is a useful genaelogy tool for those with Victorian military ancestry and who are building a family tree.
example results finding: A. TAVENER enlisted on 15th November 1916 and embarked as 2nd Lieutenant in reinforcements for 5th Battalion on 19th February 1917. He arrived in France on 5th July and, being promoted to Lieutenant on 28th September 1917, took part in operations there and in Belgium until 2nd September 1918, including the Battles of Broodseinde, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele in October1917, Wytschaete at Christmas and New Year and Defence of Amiens and Hazebrouck in 1918. On 10th April 1918 he was wounded in abdomen and spine and was in hospital until 15th January 1919. He returned to Australian on 31st March and his appointment was terminated on 30th April 1919.