This page provides some useful links to other sites relating to military
forces and
military history. Details of these sites are provided for the information of
members and visitors to the MHSA site, and it is up to members and visitors to
determine the relevance of their content. It should not be inferred that the
content of these linked sites has been endorsed by the Society. The
links are grouped into the following sections:
Geelong Military Re-enactment
Group
The Geelong Military
Re-enactment Group (GMRG), a sub group of the Military Historical Society of
Australia - Geelong Branch (MHSA.GB), was formed in January 1994 to enable
interested members of the MHSA-Geelong Branch to take a more active role in
conveying Australian Military History to the public.
Re-enactment is the faithful re-creation by volunteer enthusiasts of
historically interesting or significant events, with the objective of creating
“Living History” for the viewer. This can take the form of static displays
involving vehicles, equipment, ordinance and period uniforms, and or
re-enactment that not only involves the display of this equipment but also the
use of a battlefield scenario encompasses the use of all this equipment tying
together to tell a story of the men and the battlefield.
Naval Historical Society
of Australia
This site is dedicated to preserving and researching Australia’s naval heritage.
It has lots of photos, stories and information about Australia’s naval history.
The Society sells a number of naval related items, including Monographs, Books
and CD's which are available for on-line ordering.
The Aviation
Historical Society of Australia Inc.
The Aviation Historical Society of Australia (AHSA)
is a non-profit Incorporated Society. It is Australia’s sole organisation
dedicated to recording our aviation past and to the encouraging research of this
subject. The federal division is responsible for the publication of the
quarterly journal, "Aviation Heritage" and the AHSA Newsletter. There are three
state branches, Victoria, NSW and Queensland which are autonomous. There are
members in all states of Australia plus 6 other countries. Membership of AHSA
Inc. includes receiving Aviation Heritage, the national Newsletter, plus any
other publication, which occurs from time to time.
New Zealand
Military Historical Society
The Society was formed to foster the study of New Zealand Military History,
defined as the History of Warfare in New Zealand and of New Zealanders at War.
Its aims and objectives are to encourage research into history, traditions,
uniforms, insignia, arms and all aspects of militaria relating to New Zealand.
Military
Historical Society (UK)
The Military Historical Society was founded in 1948 for the advancement of the
education of the public by the promotion of the study of the history of the
uniformed services of the Crown, of uniforms, weapons, and all aspects of
military history, and the dissemination of knowledge relating to such matters.
Scottish Military
Historical Society
The Scottish Military Historical Society exists to encourage the study of
Scottish military history in its various collecting forms, mainly from the
1660's to the present day.
Victorian Military
Society
The Victorian Military Society is an educational charity which promotes the
study of military history – of all nations and races – in the period 1837 to
1914. Its journal “Soldiers of the Queen” publishes work by both professional
and amateur historians as well as articles by academic researchers.
Began in 1974 as a simple news letter, produced by the founding members on a few
sheets of A4, we have since grown to an international group with a glossy
quarterly magazine of which the Society is justifiably proud. We aim to
bring previously unpublished or under researched material to the attention of a
wider audience, together with making it available to present and future
historians.
South African Military Historical
Society
The South African Military History Society was formed in Johannesburg by a core
group of amateur historians with the purpose of studying and promoting the
studying of South African military history. Since that time, it has grown to a
Society of approximately 500 members primarily located in three branches, namely
Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, as well as members located throughout the
world.
Indian Military
Historical Society
The aim of the society is to act as a forum for the dissemination of knowledge
of uniforms, medals, badges, buttons and other militaria, as well as the history
of Service units in India both before and after Independence.
Orders and Medals Research
Society (UK)
To promote and foster a general interest in the study of orders, decorations and
medals and all matters related thereto.
The American Society of Military Insignia
Collectors (ASMIC)
The ASMIC is the oldest and largest organisation of collectors of military
insignia in the world. Founded in 1937 by a small group of enthusiasts and
chartered as a non-profit organisation, today the Society is 'home' to more than
2,000 dedicated collectors in the United States and two dozen foreign countries.
Whether you are a collector of military insignia or a student of heraldry or
military history, whether an expert or a novice, membership in ASMIC has many
advantages. Although the Society specialises in US insignia, foreign insignia
are given some coverage in "The Trading Post," the Society’s quarterly journal.
The Society also publishes the "Newsletter," which contains ads for commercial
insignia-related books available to Society members at discounted prices, ads of
insignia for sale or trade, and general news of the Society. The Society also
has a number of catalogues available identifying shoulder sleeve insignia and
metal crests (actually distinctive unit insignia). International membership dues
are $45.00 U.S. (the Society accepts major credit cards), but extra for airmail.
The American Civil
War Round Table of Australia, Inc.
The ACWRTA, inc. was formed in 1972 out of members of a Civil War living
history/re-enactment group which had been in existence since the mid 1960's. By
1972 it was felt that more purpose would be served for a centre of serious study
of the Civil War and particularly its relationship to and with Australia. Now in
its third decade, the society has created a history of assistance and support in
all aspects of Civil War study as well as a purpose which continues to provide a
service to its members as the premier Civil War association in Australia.
In Australia
there are three Round Table groups, including the above which is the prime one,
as well as the NSW and Queensland chapters:
American Civil
War Veterans Buried in Australia and New Zealand
This website is a dedication to the Australian Union and Confederate Veterans of
the American Civil War of 1861 – 1865. It has been created from numerous
sources, government documents, research libraries and hundreds of pieces of
information emailed in and donated by individuals from all over Australia and
the United States; and includes work by individuals in both the “Sons of
Confederate Veterans”, the “Sons of Union Veterans”, the “American Civil War
Round Table of Queensland” the “American Civil of Round Table of Australia”, the
late Roy Parker and others.
Australian War Memorial
Includes collection databases, nominal rolls, overview of Australian military
history, profiles of Australian military units, military encyclopaedia and
photos.
Army Museum Bandiana
Located at Gaza Ridge Barracks, South Bandiana, Victoria, this museum is the
largest and most diversified military museum in Australia. It houses a number of
corps collections focussing on the history of the Army's logistic corps and is
part of the Army Museums network managed through the Army History Unit.
Army Museum of Western
Australia
The Army Museum of Western Australia collects, conserves, interprets and
displays Western Australia's Army heritage and commemorates with integrity, the
role of the Army in Western Australia, and West Australian's in the army. It is
part of the Army Museums network managed through the Army History Unit.
Army Museum of South Australia
The Army Museum of South Australia collects, restores, maintains,
interprets and displays items of significance to the military history of South
Australia.
It is part of the Army Museums network managed through the Army History Unit.
Royal
Australian Air Force Museum
Web site of the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, Victoria
Maryborough Military & Colonial
Museum
The Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum is run by long term MHSA member John
Meyers and a large team of volunteers. It is acknowledged as one of the top
community museums in Australia and is a 'must see' when visiting Queensland’s
Fraser Coast. It is unique in that it strives to reflect our past, from
pioneering to contemporary, gleaned from a local perspective.
Displays range through the full spectrum of our military and
colonial roots providing a vibrant and nostalgia laced insight into the joys,
tribulations and sadness that confronted our pioneering, patriotic and
hard-working forebears.
New Zealand Army Museum,
Waiouru
This museum is a place where visitors can engage with real life soldiers'
stories, discover New Zealand's military history, learn the campaigns of the NZ
Army, and reflect on how conflict has shaped the nation of New Zealand.
Air Force Museum, New
Zealand
Air Force Museum Christchurch, one of New Zealand's premier tourist attractions.
National Army
Museum (UK)
The National Army Museum is the British Army's own museum. It is the only museum
to tell the story of the Army as a whole from Agincourt in the Fifteenth Century
to peace-keeping in the Twenty-first Century
Imperial War Museum, London
The Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those
involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present
day. It seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study and understanding of
the history of modern war and ‘war-time experience’. It is proud to be regarded
as one of the essential sights of London.
Royal Naval Museum
The only museum devoted to the ships of the Royal Navy and the men and women who
served in them.
Royal Air Force Museum
Britain's only national air museum dedicated to aviation and has a total
collection of well over two hundred aircraft; over a hundred full-size aircraft
from all over the world are displayed under cover on the historic site of the
original London Aerodrome.
Digger History web
site
A website containing unofficial history of Australian and New Zealand armed
services
Families and Friends of the First AIF
Inc
Families and Friends of the First AIF is a non-profit charitable organisation
that celebrates and remembers the service, sacrifice, courage and suffering of
the First Australian Imperial Force of the Great War 1914-1918 and of their
families and friends.
Regiments.org -Land Forces of
Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
Web site providing unofficial history of British and Commonwealth Land Forces.
It provides details of units, formations and includes references to wars,
military traditions, biographies
Aircrew Book Review
A blog dedicated to reviewing RAF and Commonwealth Second World War books.
Andy Wright has been an avid reader of aircrew memoirs from the Second
World War for as long as he can remember. In the past few years he has
concentrated on books about the members of the RAF and Commonwealth air forces.
He still maintains an interest in the operations of the USAAF, USN Luftwaffe and
Japanese forces but his heart lies with the Australian experience.
He was a journalist in a past life and also ran his own online magazine. More
recently, he has been writing reviews for ww2chat.com and Fighting High -
Steve Darlow’s e-zine). Now he has created a blog which highlights his love of
aircrew memoir through regularly posted reviews of what he has read. For Andy,
each book is a pleasure to read (even the not-so-great ones) and he hopes to
convey what each is like to read without giving the game away too much. He will
be reviewing old and new titles (basically whatever takes his fancy at the
time). Bookmark
http://aircrewbookreview.blogspot.com for detailed, intelligent and very
thoughtful reviews of aircrew memoirs.
The Spitfire Association
Secretary, Ray Hart
9 Buckinbah Place
Lilli Pilli, NSW, 2229
phone 02 9524 7997 for membership information
The Spitfire Association is
dedicated to keeping alive the Spitfire tradition and members include those who
flew or were associated with Spitfires during WWII. The Spitfire Association
welcomes associate members who may not have a WWII Spitfire connection, but who
are dedicated to keeping alive that tradition.
Books and Collectibles
Looking for that elusive military book? Books & Collectibles is an Australian
book search site, with search and secure ordering facilities. Its facilities are
easy to use, and although there are a number of overseas dealers linked to this
service, the majority are Australian.
The Australian Heritage
and Light Horse Troop
The Australian Heritage and Light Horse Troop (AHLHT) was formed on 7 July 1996
by members of Memorial Troops in Canberra, Murrumburrah-Harden and the
surrounding region. It provides an umbrella organisation to support the
activities of each of the participating regional Troops and individual members.
Troops who currently make up the AHLHT include the following:
