This is a group of people who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force who gave Mauritius as their place-of-birth.

6th November 1917 The Battle of Khuweilfe The 3rd Battalion ICC was attached to the British and placed in reserve for the attack but due the British loosing their way the 3rd Battalion found itself i

ABOUT THIS PROJECT The Victorian Aboriginal Service in WW1 Research Project was undertaken on behalf of the Aboriginal community by Aboriginal Victoria and the Veterans Branch within the Department o

The Sunday Times, 5 September, 1915.

Officers of the 28th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Western Mail 11 June 1914.

The Netherlands was one of the few countries that remained neutral during the Great War. There were, however, many Dutch immigrants in Australia who took up arms with the army of their newly adopted c

ALENDI, Antonio [alias? or Henry Aliendi?] ASHBURN, John Richardson Pte, 3019, 8th Light Horse, 10/1/1916 – 13/7/17 [The link to his file is at the bottom of the People list] BRETT, Alfred

Edwin James PEAKE was born in 1862 at Fenton, Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire – the eldest son of Edwin PEAKE and Martha BARRETT. His father Edwin (snr) was a Master Plumber and Painter, who in 1881

A rather sad looking grave in need of some repair is an unusual find in the St Kilda Cemetery in Victoria – buried together are three of the four Thomas brothers who served in WW1. All three were ma

Arthur SMITH and Sarah COLLINS married in the Melbourne area in 1883, and over the years were blessed with five children, four boys and a girl. However, in 1890 they lost their first born son at the

Cecil Gordon Lindsay was born on 27 April 1892 in the Trangie, New South Wales, Australia. He was the third of five children to Henry & Mary Ann Lindsay (nee Grover). The Lindsay family relocated to R

LADY DUDLEY’S APPEAL LONDON, Aug 11 Lady Dudley’s appeal for assistance in establishing a field hospital was worded as follows:- “I appeal to the people of Australia to give financial support to this

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), Thur 29 Jun 1916 (p.8): TWENTY NURSES – GIFT TO FRANCE FROM RED CROSS SOCIETY – TO SAIL ON TUESDAY In deciding to send twenty nurses to France – not merely to nurse w

ACTON, William Francis Pte, 2096, 8th Light Horse, 19/7/15 – 15/11/19 *BAKER, Cyril George (aka Nicholas) L/Cpl, 1904, 14th Battalion, 19/1/15 – 27/8/15 K.I.A *BEACHLEY, Hubert Godfrey Thomas

John FISHER (left) married Annie Theresa WHELAN in 1876 in Victoria They had 8 sons who went to war: 1. Walter b.1877 Marong (Kangaroo Flat) 2. Edward b.1879 Kangaroo Flat 3. James Joseph b. 14/