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This year marks the 80th anniversary of the date women of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) first arrived on Rottnest Island. They were followed by other branches of the services including the Women’s Royal ...
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Saturday 25th June 2022
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The National Archives of Australia has received funding to undertake large scale digitisation of World War II service records. As records are digitised, the digital copies will be added to Recordsearch. You can find updated information ...
I have checked about 1200 servicemen and women in my database. You have to look quite closely to spot a photo in the thumbnail images. Navy - pretty much all done but only 2 pages and no photos. Airforce - roughly 60% done and quite a high hit rate on photos (probably around 75%) Army - more than 50% done but the hit rate on photos is only about 30%-40% Posted by Neil Bradley, 30/06/2022 10:55:56 am
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Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Ada Bodart's cousin Denis Joseph Doherty, born in 1861, was the son of Robert Hogg Doherty. Denis worked in a linen spinning factory before he left Ireland for Victoria in 1882, and came the Kimberley goldfield in Western Australia in 1886. He and his friend Francis Connor entered into business together as storekeepers and packers ...
Tuesday 10th May 2016
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During 2015 Britain is commemorating the life and death of Nurse Edith Cavell. Nurse Cavell was executed by the Germans in Brussels in October 1915 for her part in helping allied soldiers to escape back to Britain. One of the other 35 people tried with Cavell was Ada Bodart who is virtually forgotten. For her heroic part in aiding ...
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