War Graves and Remembrance Organisations in
Australia
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WAR GRAVES ORGANISATIONS
ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATIVE COMMITTEE.
P.O. Box 391, Aspley. QLD. 4034-Australia.
T/Fax: +61-7 3263 7118.
ANZAC
commemoration - 1915-1965.
AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES
Director: Air Vice-Marshal Gary
Beck AO, 13 Keltie Street,10th floor, AUS-ACT 2602 Woden.
T: +61-2-6289-6527.
Fax: +61-2-6289-4861.
E-mail: Wargraves@awm.gov.au
Australian Unknown Soldier's headstone, Adelaide CWGC Cemetery (France).
On 2 November 1993 his body was removed to the War Memorial in Canberra (Australia).
Sources: 1/ http://webmatters.net/france/ww1_villers_bret.htm
2/ Major & Mrs Holtz's - Battlefield
Guide of the Somme.
AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE.
Archive Director: Matt
Smith, 11 Murrami Court, Tanah Merah, Q 4128, Australia.
Fax: +61-(0)7 33880228.
E-mail: mattsmith@uq.net.au
REMEMBRANCE ORGANISATIONS
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Mr. Steve Gower, Director, ANZAC
Parade, Campbell, AUS-ACT 2601 Canberra.
T: +61-2-62 43 42 11.
Fax: +61-2-62 43 43 25.
E-mail: info@awm.gov.au
There was an Australian Imperial Force (Rising
Sun) badge but it was only used on headstones, memorials and paperwork. It was
never issued to troops.
Source: http://www.firstaif.info/pages/badges.htm
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS (DVA).
Addresses: See page http://www.dva.gov.au/contacts/van.htm
SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE.
GPO Box 1603, Melbourne VIC 3001,
Australia.
T: +61-3 9654 8415. Fax: +61-3 9662 9411.
E-mail: reception@shrine.org.au
The national war memorial of Victoria
in Melbourne, Australia.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_Remembrance
VISIT GALLIPOLI.
Department of Veterans' Affairs, PO Box 21,
Woden ACT 2606, Australia.
E-mail: info@dva.gov.au
Logo for the 90 years of the Gallipoli opération, ANZAC day, and for the 60 years
of the end of the second world war.
Source: http://www.awm.gov.au
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