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The Australian War Records Section was an Australian military unit of World War I responsible for collecting and preserving records and artifacts relating to Australia's experiences in the war. The section was formed on 16 May 1917 under the command of Captain John Treloar and eventually grew to a strength of over 600 military and civilian ...
Commanded the Australian War Records Section from 1917, and a key figure in establishing the Australian War Memorial following the war. [259] His diary was published in 1993. [260] Trevan, Robert B. C. [261] Lance Sergeant: Western Front: 17th Garrison Battalion 2nd Machine Gunth Battalion 23rd Battalion: Trousselot, Henry E. [262] Major ...
Served in the 1st Division Headquarters and worked with Charles Bean, official war historian. He later worked at the Australian War Memorial and was part of their project to collect diaries [87]: 144 Beach, John Edward Charles [88] Sapper: France: 4 Division Signals: Served in the 4 Division Signals and was awarded a Military Medal
So far from home : the remarkable diaries of Eric Evans, an Australian soldier during World War I. Kangaroo Press. ISBN 9780731810680. Fussell, Paul (2000). The Great War and Modern Memory. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195021714. Gammage, Bill (1974). The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War. Australian National University Press.
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901).
The three volumes of the Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services, 1914–1918, mostly written by Arthur Butler, are also considered by the Australian War Memorial to be Volumes XIII, XIV & XV of the Official History. Volume I – Gallipoli, Palestine and New Guinea (2nd edition, 1938) first published 1930
The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War I. The First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the Army's main expeditionary force and was formed from 15 August 1914 with an initial strength of 20,000 men, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany.
The Virtual War Memorial Australia is an online war memorial designed to commemorate all Australian service personnel. The conflicts covered by the Virtual War Memorial include the Boer War , World War One , World War Two , Vietnam War as well as all modern conflicts and peacekeeping operations.