Group    From 1914  To 1945

Australian service men and women - WW1, WW2

Countries: Australia

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1.5 million Australian service men and women fought in the two World Wars; of which 101,000 were killed.

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Australian service men and women - WW1, WW2

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Australian War Memorial

Green Western Australian granite, with polished slabs forming a curved wall c...

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Sir Eugene Goossens

Sir Eugene Goossens

Composer and conductor. Born Eugene Aynsley Goossens in Rochester Square, Camden Town. Son of Eugene Goossens. Studied in London and Bruges and became associate conductor to Sir Thomas Beecham. He ...

Person, Music / songs, Australia, Belgium, USA

1 memorial
Arthur G. B. West

Arthur G. B. West

We were delighted to find this Jack Boothe drawing of West in The Vancouver Province (British Columbia, Canada), 21 September 1935. The article, 'Big man with big hands comes out to start fifty boy...

Person, Religion, Australia

1 memorial
Abolition of slavery

Abolition of slavery

The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...

Event, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean Islands, Indian Sub-continent, Jamaica, Sri Lanka

11 memorials
J. W. Bennett

J. W. Bennett

CN Co. Mate Anshun. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Chief Officer James William Bennett was born on 15 March 1902 in Darlington, County Durham, the son of James Ellis Bennett and Elizabeth J...

Person, Australia, China/Hong Kong

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial