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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Reverend St John Groser

Reverend St John Groser

Priest and social reformer.  Born Australia to parents who were there as missionaries.  Educated in England.  Vicar of Christ Church, Watney Street from 1929-48.  Held left-wing views that he acted...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion, Social Welfare, Australia

1 memorial
Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger

Composer and pianist, collector and arranger of folk music. Born Brighton, Melbourne, Australia. In London 1901 – 14. Very close relationship with his mother, some thought too close. Financed a...

Person, Music / songs, Tourism / Traditions, Australia, USA

1 memorial
Edith How-Martyn

Edith How-Martyn

Suffragist and birth control campaigner. Born Edith How in London. 1899 married George Herbert Martyn. Member of the Women's Social and Political Union. She was arrested in 1906 for attempting to ...

Person, Gender Issues, Social Welfare, Australia, India

1 memorial
Adela Pankhurst

Adela Pankhurst

Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst Walsh was a British-Australian suffragette, political organiser, campaigner for peace and co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia First...

Person, Gender Issues, Peace, Australia

1 memorial
Captain William Bligh

Captain William Bligh

Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia

3 memorials

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Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

Born Coventry. Larkin spent 30 years in the northern port city of Hull working as a university librarian. He shunned the limelight, refusing to appear on television and turning down a request to be...

Person, Poetry

2 memorials