08 November 2010
LINKS TO RESEARCH WEBSITES
The Department of Veterans Affairs have an excellent Guide for Researching WW1 Servicemen and Women. This is a PDF document which can be saved to your computer or printed out. It gives a step-by-step guide for researching your digger with links to the relevant web information.
Suggested first steps:
AIF website: www.aif.adfa.edu.au - unfortunately this database has been suspended
AWM website: www.awm.gov.au
NAA website: www.naa.gov.
Major websites for research:
Australian Archives
Australian War Memorial (AWM) - www.awm.gov.au
National Archives of Australia (NAA) - www.naa.gov.au
Department of Veterans Affairs - www.anzacsite.gov.au - www.ww1westernfront.gov.au
State Library of Victoria - http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/content.php?pid=41302&sid=303956
State Library of Queensland - http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/
War history
History of WW1 - www.firstworldwar.com
Australian Flying Corps - www.australianflyingcorps.org
History of ANZAS - www.diggerhistory.info
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 - www.awm.gov.au
Australian Army War Diaries - First World War - www.awm.gov.au
Gallipoli
Lost Leaders of Anzac - www.anzacs.org
Gallipoli and the Anzacs - www.anzacsite.gov.au
Despatches from Gallipoli - www.nla.gov.au/gallipolidespatches/1-gallipoli
The Spirits of Gallipoli - www.spirits-of-gallipoli.com/
Diggers’ Research
AIF Project - www.aif.adfa.edu.au
Mapping our Anzacs - www.mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au
People Wounded & Missing - www.awm.gov.au
Commemorative Roll - www.awm.gov.au/research/people/commemorative_roll/
Curry & Marchment - http://www.curryww1.com/useful-info.asp
Nurses
www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/overview/nurses
www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/nurses.ww1.asp
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/635.htm
https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/ww1australianwomen
https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/ww1-australian-women-deaths
https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/ww1womendoctors
Cemeteries
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - www.cwgc.org/
World War One Cemeteries - www.ww1cemeteries.com
Cemeteries Online - www.interment.net/aus/index.htm
42nd Battalion War graves - www.oocities.org/thefallenofthe42nd/war-graves/aust-belgium.htm
Australian War Graves Photographic Archive - http://www.australianwargraves.org/
Sutton Veny, England, WW1 graves - www.suttonveny.co.uk/war-cemetery.html
Photographs
Australian War Memorial Collections - http://www.awm.gov.au/search/collections/
WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll of Queenslanders - http://ww1qld.gravesecrets.net/
TROVE - http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture?q=
Spirits of Gallipoli - http://www.spirits-of-gallipoli.com/
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-sa/sets/72157626501163158/
Picture Sunshine Coast -
http://www.library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=picture-sunshine-coast
Regimental Histories
The Australian Light Horse - http://alh-research.tripod.com/alh-units.htm
ALH Desert Column Forum - http://desert-column.phpbb3now.com/index.php
Regiments history - www.regiments.org
15th Battalion -
www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showUnit?unitCode=INF15REIN18
AWM Australian Military Units WW1 - www.awm.gov.au/units/ww1.asp
Pioneer Battalions - www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8888/Pioneers.html
AIF Search by Regiment -http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showGroup?gid=INF
Battles & Battlefields
Egypt - www.firstworldwar.com/battles/pf.htm
Gallipoli - www.anzacsite.gov.au/
Western Front - www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields.html
France - http://www.anzacsinfrance.com/
Distinguished Service Awards
www.defence.gov.au
Local Newspaper
Digital "Nambour Chronicle" 1903 - 1955 - You can search the entire newspaper by keyword or issue date and can print directly from the paper
www.library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au
Books
http://www.gould.com.au/Military-History-s/1224.htm
Historical Societies
Click here to view the list of local historical societies.