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At the Annual General Meeting on 18 May 2025, the Military Interest Group committee was confirmed for 2025/2026. Angela Heymans, Gwyn Williams, Susan Salvair, and Kay Reynolds will remain as members, with Gwyn Williams taking over as Treasurer

Every family has its secrets, and they are often revealed in The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards), a valuable resource for researching people, police and criminals in Western Australia.

Information can be found under various headings:

• apprehensions (name of person

DUMBLEYUNG AND DISTRICTS: THOSE WHO SERVED

On the 640 pages between the book's colourful A3 covers are the illustrated stories of the men and women who served their country in the armed forces and who have connections with the towns of Dumbleyung, Kukerin and surrounding areas. As Lake Grace

Exciting news from Ancestry! They have partnered with the UK National Archives to digitise 3 million Second World War MOD service personnel records. The first tranche has now been released on their site.

Ancestry is offering free, unlimited searches of their military records until 13 November 2024. After this date, if you don't have

Thanks, Marcia Watson, for alerting us to the GLAM Workbench. It’s revealed that my paternal great-grandfather was a feminist! In 1894, he signed the South Australian Women’s

At its AGM on 18 May 2024, the Military Interest Group committee for 2024/2025 was elected. Angela Heymans will continue as convenor, Susan Salvair as Treasurer and Gwyn Williams as committee member. A big welcome to Kay Reynolds who joins the committee and will help with the important job of looking after the afternoon tea at our meetings!

Do you have a photo of a person in uniform and want to know how to identify key details to help with your research?  Stephen Sinclair, Robert Mitchell and Bob Wise from the Army Museum of WA will be at the meeting of the Military Interest Group on Saturday 18 May 2024 to provide advice about WW1 and WW2 uniforms and other clues from the photos. 

Anzac Day  : the forgotten men

Pictures of the young men flocking to sign up to serve their country in 1915 (Western Mail, December 25, 1915) are poignant as we increasingly come to understand what happened next.

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Initially developed by Steve Howell, in his capacity as the State Library's WA History Specialist, Dead Reckoning remains relevant to all family history researchers endeavouring to understand and access West Australian records.