World War I
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Military personnel guide
This guide provides information on how to find arrivals of early military personnel and a list of records in our collection relating to Early British Army Regiments in NSW; Volunteer Force; Sudan Expedition; Boer War; World War I and World War II.
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On This Day
17 Dec 1915 - 'Waratah' recruitment march
On 17 December 1915 the "Waratah" recruitment march arrived in Sydney
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Researching your military ancestors
An introduction to key sources in the collection for researching military personnel in the 1800s and early 1900s
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On This Day
1916 military riot in Sydney
On 14 February 1916 thousands of soldiers from the Liverpool military camp took strike action
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The Allies in camp music roll
Rouse Hill house boasts a fine pianola, a player piano, which came into the house just a few years before the outbreak of World War I
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Frank Gallagher’s grave markers
Late in the afternoon on 23 August 1918, Private John Francis Cecil Gallagher, known as Frank, was killed by shellfire at 23 years of age
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Our Boys: patriotic sheet music
The song, written by a young Sydney woman named Evelyn Greig, was one of more than 500 patriotic songs published in Australia during World War I
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A patriotic fundraising memento
This tiny celluloid doll, just 10 centimetres in height and clothed in panels of ribbon, is showing her age