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This site is dedicated to my Grandfather, who disappeared after returning from WWI. He fought for my freedom which I know does not come without cost. I am eternally grateful for his efforts and what he stood for. I love you Grandad, good on ya mate. FOR KING & COUNTRY. R.I.P. Albert Alfred Curry.
Photographs of Australians at war
Picture Australia website has some of the best photo collections you can view of the AIF. Most images come from the Australian War Memorial and various State Libraries. Just type into the sites search engines any name or topic related to your digger or serviceperson. Hopefully you can find some related photos and information useful for your research.
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge images you would like to copy and print. Some photos can be purchased from the Australian War Memorial. (Check. ID Number).
Examples you can use
Conflict: Boar War, WW1, WWII, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Gulf War.
Marches: Victory March (London 3.5.1919, 19.7.19)
Battles: Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, The Nek, Helles, Suvula Bay, Somme, Fromelles, Pozieres, Mouquet Farm, Flers, Guedecourt, Bapaume, Lagnicourt, Bullecourt, Hindenburg Line, Messines, Ypres, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Villers-Bretonneux, Hamel, Amiens, Mont St Quentin, Romani, El Arish, Gaza, Beersheba, Rafa, Damascus, Jaffa.
Units: 1st Division, 2nd Division, 3rd Division, 4th Division, 5th Division, 1st-15th Brigade 1st-60th Battalion. 1st-13th Light Horse Regiment, Imperial Camel Corps, Field Ambulance, Pioneer Battalion, Machine Gun Battalion, Field Artillery Brigade.
Aircraft: DH5, RE 8, BE-2c, BE 2e, BE-12a, Bristol F-2 Fighter, Bristol Scout, Martinsyde G100/G102, Handley Page 0/400, Airco DH5/DH6, SE5A, Avro 504, Sopwith Snipe, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Pup, Sopwith Strutter, Maurice Farman MF 11.
Base Camps: Mena, Abbasia, Seapeum, Tel el Kabir, Ferry Post, Ismailia, Moascar, Zeitoun, Heliopolis, Salisbury Plain, Perham Downs, Rollestone, Larkhill, Tidworth Sutton Veny, Hurdcott, Weymouth.
Hospitals: 1AGH Egypt, AGH Rouen, 2AGH Boulogne, 3AGH Abbeville, 1AAH Harefield, 2AAH Southhall, 3AAH Dartford.
Navy Ships: HMAS AE1, HMAS AE2, HMAS Australia, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Encounter, HMAS Houn, HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Pioneer, HMAS Protector, HMAS Psyche, HMAS Swan, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Torrens, HMAS Warrego, HMAS Yarra.
Examples of photos related to my Families
Albert Alfred Curry Trois Albres
Henry Ernest Curry Nonne Bosschen
Henry John Marchment Salisbury Plain
Robert Westall Marchment Suevic Troopship
Stan Hastings Marchment Glencorse Wood