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WWI  Encyclopaedia C'wealth War Graves Commission (official)
Medals of the World The Australian ARMY  (official)
Animated map of battlefields (Flash needed) Aust. Defence Force Academy (official)
BBC History pages Australian medals (official)
Trenches on the Web National Archives-Record Search (official)
An Unfortunate Region Australian War Memorial (AWM) semi-official
Document Archive (WWI) AWM WW1 Nominal Roll semi-official
Photos of the Great War RSL National HQ semi-official
New Zealand in WWI RSL Qld semi-official
The Army Military Web Ring ANZAC Day Committee (Qld) semi-official
Aussie Battlers Military Web Ring Dept. Veterans Affairs (official)
The Aust. Bronze Plaques Project Legacy semi-official
The best High School ANZAC site I've seen. AWM Encyclopaedia of War semi-official
War Memorials in Australia Army Traditions (official)
War Memorials in Queensland 1918 Australians in France; AWM semi-official
Australian Flying Corps Ross Mallett's ADFA page of info semi-official
The Great War 1914-18
1914-1918 A British view
Great War Society

World War II Sites
Replica medals, badges, trophies. Australian Tac signs for identification
Battle of Hamel-History and memory TAC Signs of Aust Military Forces both wars
Ypres & the Great War; Simon Farr The Fallen of the 42nd
37th Battalion History 42nd Battalion in WW2
47th Battalion History (both wars) Non Military War Badges
Anzac Research Landing Craft Tanks
First World War
Western Front Association (Dutch site)

 

 

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