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spidge · 14-10-2007, 08:45 AM

Hi Dave,

Some sites that will give you an insight into the involvement of Australia in WW2.

A short synopsis:
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww2.htm

A short overview and synopsis of the four services:
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/doc/overview.asp

I am presently involved in the collection of the headstones or memorial photos of the 10,835 RAAF deaths during ww2 (1939 - 1945). The burials are located in 1066 cemeteries in 65 countries.

If you have any students who have family who may have died during ww2, we might be able to chase up a photo of their headstone.

Also, depending on where your school is, we may be able to trace a local persons headstone for you. This may provide a better local content.

Cheers

Geoff

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,291 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	Hi Dave, Some sites that will give you an insight into the involvement of Australia in WW2. A short synopsis: http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww2.htm A short overview and synopsis of the four services: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/doc/overview.asp I am presently involved in the collection of the headstones or memorial photos of the 10,835 RAAF deaths during ww2 (1939 - 1945). The burials are located in 1066 cemeteries in 65 countries. If you have any students who have family who may have died during ww2, we might be able to chase up a photo of their headstone. Also, depending on where your school is, we may be able to trace a local persons headstone for you. This may provide a better local content. Cheers Geoff __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm