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Discover if your Australian ancestors were Anzacs who fought and died in WW1. The All Australia Memorial was published after the war and contains war stories and biographical details of those who died in service between August 1914 and December 1918. Also find details of friends and families who served together.

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The amount of information can vary but you can find out the following about your ancestor:

  • Name
  • Photograph
  • Regiment
  • Rank
  • Awards received
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Cause of death
  • Details of war service
  • Details of family and friends in service
  • Details of surviving family

The All Australia Memorial also includes a considerable amount of more general information including details of the various awards, photographs of memorials and home coming celebrations.

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During and following the First World War there were a number of editions of the All Australia Memorial were published for three states – New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.

The Memorial contains not only details of Australians who died in the war but also a detailed account of the Great War from an Australasian perspective with thousands of photographs.

The book is divided into four parts, after an introduction.

  • Part I: Exploits of the Anzacs - a historical account (Begins on page 26)
  • Part II : ANZAC Honoured dead – With full details of those who died. (Begins on page 265)
  • Part III : Australia’s Fighting Families – A biographical record of service accompanied by hundreds of photographs of Australia’s fighting men, including details of friends in service and families with more than two members at the front. (Begins on page 293)
  • Part IV : Regimental Register – A list of the main units of the Australian Imperial and Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces from the official embarkation lists, and covering the period of the tropical, Egyptian and Galliipoli campaigns. (Begins on page 373)

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