Tag: New Zealand military history

“Discovering Anzacs” Website Launched

Australia’s Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove launched the “Discovering Anzacs” website yesterday. This new website is a joint collaboration between the National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ, and lists over 600,000 men and women who were involved in the Boer War and WW1.

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ANZAC Day Blog Challenge is Back for 2014!

This is the fourth year that Auckland Libraries and the Kintalk blog have issued the Trans-Tasman ANZAC Day Blog Challenge. So do you have a story to share about an ANZAC? Stories they’d like to hear about could be about their sacrifice, or the way it shaped or impacted on their family history. Or maybe you want to blog from the perspective of those that were left behind?

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World War 1 Centenary Projects #1

There’s no doubt that 2014 is the year military historians have been working towards for years as it marks the 100 year anniversary of the start of World War 1. The Great War. The “war to end all wars”. As you can imagine there are literally thousands of World War 1 projects going on right around the world. Some big, some small. All important in recording history. And it’s going to be hard keep up with them all, but through a series of “World War 1 Projects” posts I shall share at least some of them with you.

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