Revision as of 14:06, 26 July 2018

Welcome to BirtwistleWiki

Our Contribution is a place to discover people from the Armadale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Gosnells districts who served in the Great War 1914-1918. So far there are 4,259 articles and this number is growing as more information becomes available. If you would like to make a contribution or correct some facts then please contact us

View Soldiers (Goodbye Uncle)
View Hospitals (Interior of a ward on a British Ambulance Train in France)
View Monuments and Memorials (Roleystone Honour Board)
View Nurses (Alice M Martin Served 1st Australian General Hospital)
View Serpentine-Jarrahdale District (Reginald P Lewis, KIA 29 August 1916)
View Armadale-Kelmscott District (George H Aspinall. Served in the 16th Battalion.)
View Gosnells District (Catherine Ann McGillivray, Nurse from Gosnells)

Main Categories

View alphabetical listings of all soldiers, nurses, and sailors in the BirtwistleWiki.

Social Categories

Focusing on pre-war life, social groupings, and associated districts these categories help to give a picture of the community.

War Related Categories

These categories look at life during the war, tracking movements, wounds, and deaths.

Group Categories

Many soldiers travelled together, fought together, and were remembered together. This is a great starting place to look at the interactions between soldiers.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

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+            <div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; padding:10px;"><h3>Welcome to [[BirtwistleWiki]]</h3>Our Contribution is a place to discover people from the Armadale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Gosnells districts who served in the Great War 1914-1918. So far there are [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and this number is growing as more information becomes available. If you would like to make a contribution or correct some facts then please [[Contact|contact us]]
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-<div style="top:+0.2em;">The contribution of men and women associated with the Armadale-Kelmscott, and Serpentine-Jarrahdale districts' to World War One. With [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and counting. If you would like to contribute to this wiki please [[Contact|contact us]]</div>
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-View alphabetical listings of all soldiers, nurses, and sailors in the BirtwistleWiki.
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+Image:British Ambulance Train.jpg|link=category:hospitals|''[[:Category:Hospitals|View Hospitals]]'' (Interior of a ward on a British Ambulance Train in France)
+Image:Roleystone full.jpg|link=category:Monuments_and_memorials|''[[:Category:Monuments_and_memorials|View Monuments and Memorials]]'' (Roleystone Honour Board)
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+Image:Lewis Reginald Peter 2.jpg|link=category:Serpentine-Jarrahdale|''[[:Category:Serpentine-Jarrahdale|View Serpentine-Jarrahdale District]]'' (Reginald P Lewis, KIA 29 August 1916)
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+Image:McGillivray Catherine Ann.jpg|link=category:Gosnells|''[[:Category:Gosnells|View Gosnells District]]'' (Catherine Ann McGillivray, Nurse from Gosnells)
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