Some usefull links

[MarkCDodd]

REMEMBERING THOSE WHO SERVED.

AUSTRALIA

This site contains the story of the Volunteer Defence Corps (WW2) with links to all parts of the service.

[url]http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages­conflicts­periods/ww2/vol­def­corps.htm[/url]

Here's a website worth perusing. Entering a surname only will bring up results. The major activity of the AIF Project is the construction of a database that draws on a wide range of sources to provide details on the 330,000 men and women who served overseas in the (First) Australian Imperial Force, 1914­-1918.

http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html

The outstanding history of the Western Australian 16th Battalion begins with the Great War.

http://www.starwon.com.au/~skip/

From the time Australians arrived in South Africa in 1899 to fight alongside the British, through to the recent UN operations in East Timor, our troops have proudly served their country. While overseas, many recorded their feelings and observations in diaries and letters. Others made sketches or took photographs, while some collected memorabilia such as badges and post cards. Each piece has a story attached and makes up a bigger picture. Through each piece it is possible to tell a nation's history through the eyes of those who served.

http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/family/relations.asp

Photos of Australian Military Memorials on the Western Front.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~abermail/photointro.html

Australian involvement in the Sudan War March­ - June 1885.

http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/sudan.asp

Search the Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls for all conflicts, Sudan 1885, Boer War, South Africa 1899­ - 1902, China 1900­ - 1901.

http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/pre_first_world_war/

Australian Military Forces Prisoner of War and Missing, Far East and South West Pacific Islands. The site contains details of approximately 23,000 AMF prisoners of war as at 30 June 1944. It covers prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya, Java, Timor, Ambon, Rabaul, New Guinea and Papua. (Note that initials should be used for given name, not name in full.)

http://www.awm.gov.au/database/awm232.asp


UNITED KINGDOM

Royal Naval service records 1853­ - 1923 ­You can search and download over 600,000 service records for most ratings who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923 in the Registers of Seamen's Services (ADM 188) and the Continuous Service engagement books (ADM 139). These records can tell you about your ancestor's birth, their physical appearance, their occupation and which ship(s) they served on. Details of service are recorded up to 1928. Just typing in a surname brings up results, but for more than just basic results, there is a fee of £3.50

http://tinyurl.com/rtfgz

British casualties at the Battle of Jutland 31st May to 1st June 1916. Listed by ship. Click on the name of the ship for the roll.

http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishguide/jutland/jellicoe_dispatch_1916.htm

July 2011 marks the 95th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme ­a battle which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth. This website was launched to commemorate this important turning point in our history and the men who fought and died in the fields of Picardy more than ninety years ago.

[url]http://www.somme­1916.com[/url]

Throughout this site there are links to many sources of information which relate to the Boer War 1899­ - 1902.

[url]http://www.roll­of­honour.com/Boer/[/url]


NEW ZEALAND

Army Museum in Waiouru New Zealand. Many links to other sites.

http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/


CANADA

The Canadian Great War Project has now reached 116,254 soldier entries, 10,299 War diary entries and more. There are various search options.

http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/

This is the Canadian Fallen Heroes Foundation site. There are links to other Canadian sites and the Canadian Virtual War Memorial link contains a registry of more than 116,000 names with a searchable online database.

http://www.canadianfallenheroes.ca

[SRD]

Information on UK war memorials can be found at http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/, http://www.warmemorials.org/ and http://www.cwgc.org/. Googling 'war memorials' throws up a lot more hits.