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Searching for records for anyone who served in Australia’s defence forces? The NAA’s Researching war service is a great place to start. Click here to start your search.

QSA also holds a range of records dealing with Queenslanders at war. See what you can discover here.

Queensland Museum’s ANZAC Legacy Gallery tells the fascinating story of the First World War in Queensland; the people and the things they held close – objects of war and warfare, and personal items belonging to those on the front line. Click here to learn more.

Queenslanders enthusiastically embraced the commemorations and, in doing so, contributed much to the success of the Queensland ANZAC Centenary program. This is highlighted in the fourth and final issue of the Queensland Anzac Centenary publication, Salute. The pages of this final issue explore the commemoration of the Armistice Centenary, and the many programs, events and [...]

There’s a wonderful range of material available from our State Library. Start here at the World War 1 Centenary blog.

Sunday 14th May 1943 The hospital ship Centaur was sunk by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943 at approximately 4am, about 50 miles east north-east of Brisbane. Of the 332 persons on board, only 64 survived. These survivors spent 35 hours on rafts before being rescued. The ship had been [...]