Australian War Memorial Anzac Diversity Collection Anzac Diversity is a collection of case studies exploring the ethnic diversity of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Anzac Diversity Anzac Diversity is a collection of case studies exploring the ethnic diversity of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Great War nurses I have never regretted that I took the notion into my head to take on nursing, for it has opened up opportunities that I would never have had. Sister Jessie Tomlins More than 3,000 Australian civilian nurses volunteered for active service during the First World War. The Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) had been formed in July 1903 as part of the Australian Army Medical Corps. A group of officers, nurses and men of the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station.E05197 The women worked in hospitals, on hospital ships and trains, or in casualty clearing stations closer to the front line. By war's end, having faced the dangers and demands of wartime nursing and taken on new responsibilities and practices, nurses had proved to be essential to military medical service. The adventure begins for a group of Australian nurses departing in the troopship HMAT Euripides, Melbourne, May 1916. Group portrait of the sick bay staff from the Australian hospital ship AMFA Grantala.302802
NZ BMD First War War Poetry The First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of over 7000 items of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research. The heart of the archive consists of collections of highly valued primary material from major poets of the period, including Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and Edward Thomas. This is supplemented by a comprehensive range of multimedia artefacts from the Imperial War Museum, a separate archive of over 6,500 items contributed by the general public, and a set of specially developed educational resources. These educational resources include an exciting new exhibition in the three-dimensional virtual world Second Life. Freely available to the public as well as the educational community, the First World War Poetry Digital Archive is a significant resource for studying the First World War and the literature it inspired.
Image result for nurses during ww ANZAC Image by Brenda A Guide for Anzac Day History, significance and links to various other perspectives on Anzac Day in New Zealand, Australia and Gallipoli in Turkey. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondarywww.anzac.govt.nz/ Anzac Day A link to the International Children's Digital library where you can read the complete Anzac Day by Kevin Boon, one of the books from his "Special Days" series. Suggested level: primary, intermediatewww.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPreview? Anzac Day from New Zealand History Site Good comprehensive historic material is given alongside the present day relevance and celebration of Anzac Day. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondarywww.nzhistory.net.nz/war/anzac-day-1920-45 Anzac Day in Rememberance Anzac Day and what it means to the returned service men and women of New Zealand. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, sec Anzac Gallery Auckland War Memorial Museum Many Answers Online First World War resource guide
WWI Battlefields Image result for nurses during ww 10 facts about the ANZACs 1. ANZAC is an abbreviation of The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. 2. April 25, 1915, was the day the ANZACs landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula, now known as ANZAC Cove (see photo above) to battle the Turkish army during WWI. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Digital Collection - NZ You are here: Home > Digital Collection > Wars & conflict Heritage Digital Collection Home The Canterbury Aviation (N.Z.) A brief history by Henry Wigram recounting the beginnings of the Canterbury Aviation Company. The Canterbury (New Zealand) Aviation Co. Details of services and training offered by the company following World War I. Christchurch War Memorial: Bridge of Remembrance The history and symbolic features of the Bridge of Remembrance opened By Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa, on Armistice Day, November 11, 1924. City of Christchurch, N.Z. : peace celebrations Programme of Christchurch peace celebrations, held on 19-21 July 1919 to mark the end of World War I. Cecil Malthus: World War I papers [letters, telegrams, documents] A collection of Malthus letters has been digitised and made available online by Christchurch City Libraries. Diggers’ poems A small collection of poems by returned soldiers published after World War I. Ephemera A selection of public notices. Gallipoli papers H.H. The Kiwi
Image result for ww1 nurse informatio The red poppy Anzac poppy The red poppy has become a symbol of war remembrance the world over. People in many countries wear the poppy to remember those who died in war or who still serve. In Flanders fields The red or Flanders poppy has been linked with battlefield deaths since the time of the Great War (1914–18). In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. McCrae was a Canadian medical officer who, in May 1915, had conducted the funeral service of a friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres (Ieper). McCrae threw away the poem, but a fellow officer rescued it and sent it on to the English magazine Punch; 'In Flanders fields' was published on 8 December 1915. Keeping the faith Many people were moved by the pathos of 'In Flanders fields'. The first Poppy Day New Zealand was one of these countries. Making poppies Wearing poppies