3/13/2023 0 Comments Ww1 participants![]() The National Archives of Australia has a webpage specific to Service Records. Service Records for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may also include a reference to their Aboriginality in their Medical Information. If a person’s name is known, the surname details can be used as the search term – generally the full Service Record is accessible via a digitised copy. The National Archives of Australia has an extensive online collection of digitised materials, including service records the Record Search facility allows researchers, community members, etc. If you know the person’s name, a good starting point is the AWM's ’ search for a person’ webpage which allows you to search indexes and nominal rolls for all wars that involved Australian defence forces. The Australian War Memorial has an extensive collection, including online resources to support research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in WW1. There are several other collections that are rich in materials for researchers including the following: Photographs of Aborigines at War from State Library Copy Print Collection. (2012) Indigenous peoples of the British dominions and the first world war. (2011) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander volunteers for the AIF: the Indigenous response to World War One. (1993) Biographical register of Queensland Aborigines who served in the Great War, 1914-1918. (1989) How to trace your military ancestors in Australia and New Zealand. Kombumerri Aboriginal Corporation for Culture (1991) Yugambeh: in defence of our country. (1993) Forgotten heroes: Aborigines at war from the Somme to Vietnam. (1942) History of the 11th Light Horse Regiment, Fourth Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces: War 1914-1919. Volume 1: a photographic volume compiled from original unit histories of selected Australian Light Horse regiments and New Zealand Mounted Rifles. (2012) ANZAC Light Horse & NZ Mounted Rifles in pictures, 1914-1919. The following items are excellent sources for researching Indigenous participation in WW1.īates, I. Other ‘tags’ identify particular units or regiments in WW1 – the 11th Light Horse Regiment is well-known for the many Aboriginal stockmen who enlisted in this regiment. ![]() For example, there is a general ‘tag’ for ‘ Indigenous participation in war‘ that identifies collection items relating to Indigenous participation in war, including Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc. There is also the link to the 'tags' area – many items within the collection have been ‘tagged’ to identify links to Indigenous participation in war. OneSearch is a good starting point for research. The State Library collections hold significant materials relating to WW1 buried in among these items are stories and references to the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people who were there on the home front and the war front. State Library of Queensland Collection Items
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