Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog

The following link is a fascinating and helpful link to websites that will assist in researching Australian Military History.  Included are sites you'll find on Facebook and well as more traditional sites such as National Archives of Australia and War Memorials in Australia.  51 Links for Australian Military History and Research

Ancestry makes nine military collections free to all Australians, including newly released British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918. Other collections include the ANZAC Memorial, 1914-1918 a book comprising a Roll of Honour of nearly 20,000 Australians and New Zealanders who died in the war; and the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, which contains the names of approximately 90% of the soldiers who fought in the British Army in WWI, including many from Australia. In total, more than 16 million names have been made available in military records from Australia, Great Britain, the US and Canada. The Ancestry database is free to use at any of the Moonee Valley Libraries.