Recommended Sites for ANZAC Research
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The best place to begin your research. Search many databases . Nominal Rolls from WW1 and the Boer War. Search photographs and private collections. Also if your soldier was killed be sure to check the Red Cross Missing and Wounded files. The information found in these files are usually eyewitness accounts of what happened.
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This site give you information on what is including in an Army Service Record. There is an online order form where you can purchase your Anzacs Service record for Aust. $16.20.
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A must visit site for anyone researching New Zealand ANZACS
Lists resources of where to order soldiers service records and much more
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A history of Anzac Day which describes the events of 25 April 1915. 'Something special and enduring was born when Australians and New Zealanders fought together on Gallipoli'. Highly Recommended
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A Fantastic Site By John Woods. Take the time to listen to the audio/visual versions of some of the greatest poetry of WW1.
Really worth visiting.
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Anzac Officers died at Gallipoli
A site by Bryn Dolan that is informative and interesting. Also has a biographical listing of the 2543 men who served in the 5th Lighthorse, 1st AIF. Bryn has spent years researching the ANZACS , and I highly recommend his site.Many useful links as well
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Search the database to find burial details of all Commonwealth servicemen that paid the supreme sacrifice
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Ross Mallet's site provides a reference tool for the reader or researcher of Australian military history and for the genealogist. It lists the units and formations of the First AIF along with information about them including where they were raised, when they departed Australia and where they served.
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Between 1914 and 1919, over three hundred thousand men served with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) outside Australia in various theatres of the Great War of 1914-1919. Nearly 60, 000 were killed, and over 200,000 wounded or rendered unfit by disease.
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A great site to find more on all the regiments
that served in WW1
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A good site with lot of information about Anzac Day and much more.This website has been shortlisted for The Australian Awards for Excellence in Education Publishing for 2003. Be sure to look at the book by Graeme Hosken Digging for Diggers - it's an invaluable resource for researchers
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Dean Hunters site is filled with information for anyone planning a trip to Gallipoli. Lots of interesting reading especially the page about Simpson.
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If you are interested in the Lighthorse this is definitely the site to go to. A forum with lots of users and information about the Light Horse
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The site includes information on the Australian pilots of the Australian Imperial Force who volunteered for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, as well as Australian aviators who volunteered or enlisted directly with the British Air Services in World War I, such as the Royal Flying Corps, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. This site also includes information on the New Zealanders who served in the Australian Flying Corps and British Air Services.
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Since its inception in 1999, the Australian War Graves Photographic Archive has endeavoured to fulfill its specific mission statement; to provide relatives of our brave Military Heroes, with photos of the graves and memorial commemorations
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Generation by generation stories and old photo's are being lost to us. Our aim is to record as many photos and stories as we can while those who remember can help us to provide an accurate online resource.To photograph and collect a pictorial record of New Zealand war graves and memorials both overseas and in New Zealand to commemorate those servicemen and women who gave their lives in the service of their country.
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SAMRA has been the main point of contact for ex members of the Regiment/Corps and other interested military associations eg: RSL and the Federal body of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Association.One of it's main objectives is To perpetuate the close bonds of comradeship, and esprit de corps created by past and present members of the Regiment and the Royal Australian Armoured Corps.Information about 3rd and 9th Light Horse
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Descriptions and images of war memorials in various states and territories of Australia.
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The Shrine of Remembrance was built between July 1928 and November 1934 in remembrance of those 114,000 men and women of Victoria who served and those who died in the Great War of 1914-1918. 89,100 of them served overseas and 19,000 did not return.
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A commemoration of ANZAC and a look at Australians at War.This site contains alot of information for any veteran seeking information
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Dr Ross Bastiaan has spent years placing beautiful bronze plaques that he has created himself on the many battlefields where our Diggers have fought. Take a look at his work here
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The site contains details of all Australian Victoria Cross winners, in each major conflict where Australians have fought. Plus, the site now has the complete record of New Zealand VC winners.
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War books was established to market the books published by AHMP but also any other military book in print. We also sell out-of-print books and can search for rare titles that you may be looking for.
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In 1918 an average of 9 per 1,000 Australian soldiers in Europe resided in prison.Among Canadians, New Zealanders and South Africans there was an average of 1.6 per 1,000 men behind bars.Field-Marshall Douglas Haig was convinced this was due to the low standard of discipline among the Australian divisions.
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 These pages, presenting material from Museum Victoria's collections, raise issues about depiction's of Australian identity during the war.
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Diggers' War is a resource for anyone interested in Australia's involvement in the First World War.
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 Australia Calling is a website that promotes Australian businesses, history and talent to local and global communities.access a wide range of services and interactive menu’s, contribute articles such as, stories, poems, Aussie jokes etc.
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WESTERN FRONT
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A great site by Marco Hoveling & Peter Van den Heuvel
Search for and view pictures of the war cemeteries in France & Belgium
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A beautiful website with lots of information and links
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This website has been conceived for helping overseas visitors to organise their travel to the Somme battlefields and memorials and to follow in the Australian and New Zealander fighters' footsteps. Their sacrifice memory is firmly rooted in everybody's mind, and we are very glad to help the "Aussies and Kiwis" to set up their visit and stay in the Somme département.
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Thinking about taking tour to the places our Diggers fought - make sure to pay a visit to this site first
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This site has been developed as an aid to those interested in the First War World, specifically Ypres. The purpose is not to glorify war, but to give an insight into what life must of been like during the First World War and Ypres today, now a town of peace.
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The WFA was formed with the aim of furthering interest in the period 1914-1918, to perpetuate the memory, courage and comradeship of those of all sides who served their countries in France and Flanders and their own countries and during the Great War. It does not seek to justify or glorify war
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British and Other Sites
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The story of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918
One of the best WW1 Forums on the web.Well worth visiting
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Hell Fire Corner - Great War web-pages.A brilliant site with just so much information, and so many stories
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"Justice demands millennium pardons for those 306 innocent soldiers who were executed by the British Military Authorities for alleged cowardice and desertion during the First World What. The Shot At Dawn website is must visit website.
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This website is dedicated to the events and consequences of World War One.
This site puts some emphasis on unorthodox and thought-provoking points of view. It has hours of fascinating reading, and I can't recommend it highly enough.Another of my favourites
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A site that contains over 1800 photographs, many from peoples private collections and all donated.Mostly British Soldiers, there is a collection of photographs taken at Alderley Hall of recovering casualties and Staff. This site is a labour of love by Roger and is a great site to visit
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World War One homepage of BBC History . WW1 Timeline, many, many articles of interest.
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The Canadian soldier in the 20th century. An excellent site with lots of information online
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