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Researching WW1 diggers and nurses

from Sunshine Coast region of Queensland


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2014 was the centenary year of Australia's first deployment of soldiers to Europe to fight in the First World War.

The purpose of the Adopt a Digger Project is to commemorate the centenary by honouring the men and women from the (current) Sunshine Coast region of South-east Queensland who fought in World War One either with the Army, Navy or Airforce. Criteria for a soldier's inclusion is either that he was born in the district, or his next-of-kin was resident in the district, or he enlisted in the district or he is commemorated on a local honour board or memorial. This same criteria applies to our nurses. Since the inception of the project we have decided to include the settlers who took up land at Beerburrum Soldier Settlement from 1916 as the Settlement is such a significant piece of the region's WW1 history. Our criteria dates are 1914 to 1925.

The aim of this website is to create a database which records each soldier's WW1 military history and a brief personal history. This database will be a valuable source of reference for historians, researchers, descendants and school students, and will be a significant contribution to the social and historical military records of Australia, and particularly the  Sunshine Coast region.

We held an exhibition in April 2015 to commemorate the Anzac Centenary and to remember and honour "our boys".

gallipoli-les.carlyon.blogResearcher Paul has borrowed these books from Sunshine Coast Libraries:

Bullecourt 1917 : breaching the Hindenburg Line/ Paul Kendall

The lionheart : a life of Lieutenant-General Sir Talbot Hobbs/ David Coombes.

Passchendaele : the hollow victory/ Marix Evans

Villers-Bretonneux : Somme/ Peter Pedersen

The Somme/ Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson

Shots from the front : the British soldier 1914-18/ Richard Holmes.

Silent voices : the story of the 10th Battalion AIF in Australia, Egypt, Gallipoli, France and/ by Robert Kearney

Mont St Quentin : a soldier's battle/ Bill Billett


Salient points : cameos of the Western Front Ypres sector, 1914-18/ by Tony Spagnoly

1918 year of victory : the end of the Great War and the shaping of history/ edited by Ashley Ekins

Passchendaele : the sacrificial ground/ Niger Steel

Photographic record of the war : reproductions of pictures taken by the Australian/annotated by C.E.W. Bean and H.S. Gullett

Don't forget me, cobber : the battle of Fromelles/ Robin S. Corfield.

A stout pair of boots : a guide to exploring Australia's battlefields/ Peter Stanley

Gallipoli : a battlefield guide/ Phil Taylor and Pam Cupper

Australia's military history for dummies

Gallipoli/ Les Carlyon

An Anzac's story/ Roy Kyle ; introduced and edited by Bryce Courtenay.

Jum's war : finding my father : William 'Jum' Bevan 5th FAB AIF/ George E. Bevan.

In the footsteps of Private Lynch/ Will Davies

Battle scarred : the 47th Battalion in the First World War/ Craig Deayton.

Walking with the Anzacs : a guide to Australian battlefields on the Western Front/ Mat McLachlan

The Battles of the Somme/ Martin Marix Evans

ANZACS on the Western Front : the Australian War Memorial battlefield guide/ Peter Pedersen with Chris Roberts

Pozières : the Anzac story/ Scott Bennett

Hard Jacka/ Michael Lawriwsky

Diggers in France : Australian soldiers on the Western Front/ Richard Travers.


Please let me know if you have further books to add to the list.