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What's New? (Archive 1) from 25 Apr 03 to 31 Dec 04

31 Dec 04 New page:  Hiroshima revisited An Aussie's trip back
New page:  NZ Army History

New medal from Malaysia possibly available to Aussies who served

30 Dec 04 New site:  The Defence Force of Western Australia in Colonial times to Federation
25 Dec 04 New site:  The Anzac Story for boys and girls (by an original Anzac)
23 Dec 04 New page:  Miss Edith Cavell, a Red Cross nurse and a WW1 martyr.
21 Dec 04 New site:  The Fighting Fourth 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC) 1971-1972 (2nd tour SVN)
15 Dec 04 New page:  "The Nashos". A History of the 2 different National Service Schemes
12 Dec 04 New site:  The Anzac Book edited by CEW Bean, written at Gallipoli by Anzacs
10 Dec 04 New page:  Lance Corporal Hamilton Hollingsworth McLachlan MM
New page:  Santa Claus and the Soldier
New page:  15 Battalion AIF war time Officer's Mess menus
9 Dec 04 New page:  NZ WW1 headstones at the Albany W A cemetery
7 Dec 04 Pearl Harbour Day & the day we reached the milestone of 1,800 pages onsite.
New page:  The Dambusters; 617 Squadron RAF but Australia was there
New page:  Uniforms of the Royal Artillery - circa 1809
4 Dec 04 New page:  Coca Cola goes to war, on BOTH sides in WW2
New images:   Cloth shoulder , Cloth shoulder 2 and Cloth shoulder 3
New page:  Assorted Slouch hats of Australian Army post 1953
 Important New page:  Killing Anzac Details of the commercialization of Anzac.
2 Dec 04 New page:  The Youngest Anzac? Private James Martin.14 years 9 months, DOI.
1 Dec 04 New section: Melanesian Pidgin English; Tok Pisin; 1943 (6 pages) 
New page:  Charles Edwin Woodrow (CEW) Bean, Australia's WW1 historian
New images:   War Comics; comics with a military theme

OFFLINE

We were offline for 4/5 days due to "overuse" of our bandwidth. Sorry, but it's a mark of popularity. We are allowed 75 Gigabytes (75,000 megabytes) per month. A new contract has been negotiated and this should be the last time we go offline. 
24 Nov 04 New page: Boxing Kangaroo flag: an Australian icon from WW2
23 Nov 04 Today marked our 4 millionth page visitor. It took 96 days from the 3 million mark at an average of 10,416 per day. We now have 1,786 pages. Thanks to all.
22 Nov 04 New page: RAAF cloth shoulder patches & badges (unofficial)
New page: WW2 American GI steel helmet
New page: Afghanistan
18 Nov 04 New page: Blame the Diggers, cheat former Diggers and buy some votes.
New page: Prussian Garde Pionier Officer's Pickelhaube
16 Nov 04  Additions to the page: Barracks; where the troops lived
Additions to the page: Australian Colonial military uniforms Page 3
Audio added to: Churchill, loved and hated but magnificent
Additions to: Audio; The Ode; Finest Hour, Tokyo Rose, marches & music
12 Nov 04 Additions: to the FAQ page #5
11 Nov 04 New page: The Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour; 7 Dec 1941
New page: NZ-SAS Who dares wins in New Zealand.
Today we had page visitor number 3,850,000. Today is our 2nd birthday.
10 Nov 04 New page: Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign
New page: Soldier's Don'ts. A list of things not to do. from WW1 (partial)
6 Nov 04 New audio: Why it's easy to recruit suicide bombers (humour)
3 Nov 04 New page: IRAQ; the unseating of Saddam Hussein
1 Nov 04 New images: Many new pics on Japanese; the most savage enemy ever faced
30 Oct 04 Site down for 2 days; exceeded our new 75,000 megabyte download limit for 1st time.
24 Oct 04 New page: Comics with a military theme. Some fun, some serious.
20 Oct 04 New page: German Uniforms of WW1 Page 2 in a series
20 Oct 04 New page. A book; Letters from an ANZAC Gunner
19 Oct 04 New page: German Propaganda, WW2
15 Oct 04 New page: Plaques for graves of Ex-servicemen
14 Oct 04 New section: Cigarette & advertising cards with a military theme.
13 Oct 04 New page: Metal badges worn on the arm to indicate rank or trade
11 Oct 04 New Associate site: British Military in Australia
10 Oct 04 New page: Eureka Stockade and the Goldfields
8 Oct 04 New page: Family history and the British Army in Australia
4 Oct 04 New page: Colonel Percy Ralph Ricadro, C.B. "The Father of QMI"
New page: Abbreviations & acronyms of the RAAF
New Associate Site: NZ Army 1840s to 1990s
2 Oct 04 New page: Major General (General) Godley, KCB, KCMG: Commander of the NZEF
New page: A 1939, 6&5/8,  "Akubra" Slouch Hat by Dunkerley Ltd with woolen hatband
1 Oct 04 New page: Major General George Stoddart Whitmore. New Zealand's 1st Commandant
30 Sep 04 New page: Where and when Australia & NZ went to war
New page: Military Abbreviations & Acronyms, Australia & NZ
29 Sep 04 New page: Sir Ross Macpherson SMITH KBE MC & bar DFC & 2 bars AFC
New page: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward MACARTHUR
New page: Schwartz MC & bar MiD "the deserter"
New page: Sir William "Charge at Beersheba" GRANT CMG, DSO & bar
New page: Lt Colonel & Air Commodore Robert CHRISTIE, DSO & bar, MiD, CdeG (B)
New page: AN & MEF Some of the men who served & the first to fall in WW1.
27 Sep 04 New page: General Sir John NORTHCOTT,  KCMG, KCVO, MVO, CB, KstJ
New page: Alice Ross-King MM ARRC (Alys Ross)
New page: Sir William Rooke CRESWELL, KBE, KCMG "Father of the RAN"
New page: Henry Parke AIREY CMG, Australia's 1st DSO
26 Sep 04 New image: Copy of the World War II Service Record available to all
25 Sep 04 New Page: Diary of an NZ Infantryman at Gallipoli (Pte John M DONN) KIA France

24 Sep 04

New page: Aussies in the Canadian Scouts, Boer War
New page: Comic Book about WW2, sold in Australia
GREEN LIGHT for KIDS rating from Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA)
22 Sep 04 New page: Colour patches of Canada
21 Sep 04 The What's New page was split into What's New? Archive 1 and this page
17 Sep 04 New page: Colours of the Calgary Highlanders of Canada
16 Sep 04 New page: Crowns & Cyphers as used on badges & medals
15 Sep 04 New page: Aussies remembered in East Yorkshire
New section: Large increase in Colour Patches of the AIF AMF CMF section
New page: The Australian made Bandicoot Armoured Car
14 Sep 04 New page: Two Up (Swy) the Digger's gambling game
New page: Gum Diggers of NZ. The first diggers?
13 Sep 04 New page: 1 story for each of the 3 Services, 3 Warrior's Tales
New page: Customs & Traditions of Rifle Regiments
12 Sep 04 New page: Hat & Collar badges from Tonga
New images on: Badges of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force
New page: Medals of Fiji and Tonga
11 Sep 04 New images on: Hat & Collar badges from Fiji
New images on: Maori Unit badges
New images on: New Zealand Volunteers 1858-1911
New images on: New Zealand Volunteers 1858-1911 Page 2
New images on: AIF AMF CMF military uniform buttons
7 Sep 04 New page: Sir Thomas William Glasgow A 3 war hero from Queensland.
New page: Hat Badges of the RAAF
New page: Signals badges of the RAAF
New page: Colonial Unit military uniform buttons 2 pages available
New page: History of military uniform buttons
New page: Buttons An index page to a new section about military buttons.
New page: Navigator's badges of RAAF 
New page: Naval uniform buttons of the RAN
2 Sep 04 New images on: Lt Horse 22 - 27
New images on: Badges of Rank;  Australian Navy, Army, Air Force
New images on: Stable Belts in the Australian Army
New images on: Slouch Hat 2; more details about  RAAF slouch hats
 1 Sep 04 New page about Recent Groups 2 Some of the newer medals awarded.
29 Aug 04 Now see all the colour patches from WW1, WW2, between wars & since.
29 Aug 04 The RSL Community Link page removed because of internal RSL squabbles.
19 Aug 04 Today, the site logged it's 3 millionth page visitor. The first million took 11 months. The second took 6 months. The 3rd took 4 months. Thanks to all.
18 Aug 04 Today is Vietnam Veterans Day (Long Tan day)
New associate site: Canada in Khaki
15 Aug 04 New pages: on associate site badges of Sth Africa & badges of Rhodesia
12 Aug 04 New page: 4th County of London (King's Colonials) Imperial Yeomanry
New page: Units & Contingents in the Boer War
10 Aug 04 New page: Recent medal groups. Very interesting
9 Aug 04 New pages: on associate site about The Green Portfolio of badges
New page: Chaplain's Story A Padre in WW2
7 Aug 04 New details: Are Aussies the ONLY Diggers? Find out here
3 Aug 04

Independent testing shows that we now have 1,676 pages.

30 Jul 04 New page: Capt Reg Saunders MBE, first aboriginal Army Officer
New items: added to Audio about Naval Music
New page: Victory Parade 1918 Brisbane Qld
New page: 1914 copy (partial) of Dalgety's Review
New photos: about the Australian Women's Land Army of WW2 (AWLA)
29 Jul 04 New page: The poetry of K J Newton
28 Jul 04 New page: The Cost of Freedom 
New page: about Australian uniforms as the artist sees them.
27 Jul 04 Addition: New details about 5th NSW Scottish Rifles Regiment
26 Jul 04 New page: 8 War Service badges from WW2 issued by DOD
23 Jul 04 New page: Assorted shoulder flashes & shoulder boards (Australia)
New page: Cloth trade badges in the Australian Army
22 Jul 04 New page: Overview of shoulder and arm badges (not inc. rank)
21 Jul 04 New page: UN Flags with an Aussie Accent
New page: More details & images on Shoulder Flash 2 (part of a series)
New page: About reproduction WW2 Ration Packs
19 Jul 04 New page: Cloth Corps & Regiment badges from 1975  (Australian)
17 Jul 04 New page: Cloth parachutists badges, Australian Army & NZ military
New page: Colonial & pre war Artillery badges in cloth.
15 Jul 04 New page: Cloth patches worn post Vietnam
12 Jul 04 New page: History of the Colour Sergeant's badge.
New page: History of Marksman & Sniper badges
New page: History of the Australian Flying Corps badges
New page: History of the Shooting Competition badges
6 Jul 04 New photos: of uniforms of Russian & Foreign Units in Russia 1918
New page: about Aussies & Kiwis in Hitler's Army
4 Jul 04 Major re-vamp:  of WW1 medals from Germany Many new images.
1 Jul 04 Moved the site. 3 days off line. Details 
30 Jun 04 New page: General Peter Cosgrove AC MC added to Hall of Heroes
New page: Medals & badges of Croatia in WW2
29 Jun 04 Addition: Details of the P40 Kittyhawk test pilot added
Update: New details added to Shoulder Flash
28 Jun 04 New book: New book review, Just Soldiers by Darryl Kelly

Move to bigger faster server ends 10 days of poor service.

25 Jun 04 Update: New photos added to Colours of the 30th Battalion
22 Jun 04 New section: Hat badges of the Canadian Military Forces 26 pages.
New page: French uniforms circa 1920
21 Jun 04 New page: Shoulder patches of the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN)
New page: Recent shoulder patches of Australian & Allied Units
20 Jun 04 New page: about folded multi-page postcards for soldiers
New page. The medals of Mike "Subs" Subritzky of NZ. 
19 Jun 04

Independent company now lists 1,594 pages on Digger History

18 Jun 04 New page: Nazi Long Service medals Military, SS, Police and RAD
New page: Nazi medals Page 6 in a series (including shoulder shields)
New page: Nazi medal groups of interest Page 5 in a series
New page: Honour Roll from Vietnam for Australia & NZ (military & civilian)
16 Jun 04 New page: The Kiwi who changed the war; Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park
New photos: Many new images added to Badges of New Zealand
14 Jun 04 New page: Vung Tau Communications Base South Vietnam
New photos: The effects of carpet bombing by B52 bombers in SVN
New details: Royal Tank Regiment histories added to Allied Armour WW1
13 Jun 04 New page: Tattoo for Tasmania's Bi-Centennial 04
12 Jun 04 New page: Uniforms of USAAF, 8th Air Force WW2
New page: General J J "Black Jack" Pershing, C in C US forces, WW1
New page: Arlington National Cemetery & US Tombs of Unknown Warriors
11 Jun 04 New page: Interesting Groups of medals Page 7 in a series.
New page: The history of the Crowned Lion on Crown badge
New photo: Lancashire Fusiliers added to Uniforms from around the world.
10 Jun 04 New series: British Army badges post WW2 is 10 pages of detail.
New badges: Ships badges of the Royal New Zealand Navy added.
New image: WW2 USMC work uniform added to American USMC uniforms
8 Jun 04 New page: Swords 2 More details of military swords, post 1930.
New page: Bayonets as issued to Aussie & NZ troops
New page: Knives as used by the troops
5 Jun 04 Digger History passed the 2,500,000 page visitor mark.
4 Jun 04 New page: A selection of Military swords thru the ages. Page 1 of a series of 4
New photo: 5RAR Memorial added to Australian National Vietnam War Memorial
New page: More details on WO badges
New page: Staff Sergeant; a history and some badge examples.
3 Jun 04 New page: Reproduction of Ranks at a Glance, a 50 page booklet from 1915
1 Jun 04 New page: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New page: Medals & medal ribbons of the USA Page 5 in a series.
New page: Insignia of the United States circa 1945
30 May 04 New photo: Great new photo of the VC
29 May 04 New photo: Updated and corrected image of the WW1 Victory Medal from Brazil
28 May 04 New page: Lt Charles E "Smithy" Kingsford-Smith MC
New page: Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie VC PC GCMG CB DSO LLD
New pages: Ryan VC Ruthven VC Sadlier VC Starcevich VC Statton VC Symons VC
New pages: Throssell VC Wark VC Weathers VC Whittle VC Woods VC
New pages: Rogers VC Pope VC Partridge VC O'Meara VC Newton VC McGee VC
27 May 04 New pages: Keysor VC Leak VC McNamara VC Wylly VC Maxwell VC Mactier VC 
New pages: Lowerson VC Mackey VC Moon VC Middleton VC 
26 May 04 New pages: Inwood VC Jeffries VC Joynt VC Kenna VC
New page: History of the United Nations
New details: Notes added to Uniforms from around the world.
25 May 04 New page: The History of Medals
New details: Photos of "rare" badge of the King's (Queen's) Commendation
New photos: NZ Meritorious Service Medal (Queen Victoria)
24 May 04 New photo: USMC Captain in winter green uniform (Guadalcanal service)
23 May 04 New page: Gurney VC
New page: Grieve VC
New page: Edmondson VC
New page: Gaby VC
New page: Gratwick VC
New page: Hall VC
New page: Australia's 1st VC
New page: Howell VC
21 May 04

New page: L/Cpl Walter Peeler VC BEM

New page. Is PTSD linked to malaria? Malaria & PTSD
New page: New Zealand Armour 1983
New page: Australian and Imperial Military  Service Medals overview
20 May 04 New page: WO2 K A "Dasher" Wheatley VC of the AATTV
19 May 04 New details: New photo and more detail about Bren Gun Carrier
New photo: A Captain in the USMC has been added to All Forces in uniform section
17/18 May Huge increase in visitor numbers forced move to dedicated server, 2 days offline.
15 May 04 New page: Newland VC MSM, the oldest AIF VC winner
New page: General Cyril Brudenell Bingham White
New page: Australia Remembers: 1945-1995
New page: Pte T J B Kenny VC
New page: Capt E F R Bage, King's Polar Medal & a Gallipoli casualty
New page: Lt Col Charles Anderson VC, MC
New page: Corporal Thomas Leslie Axford VC MM
New page: Warrant Officer Class 2 Keith Payne VC
New page: Sgt Claude Charles Castleton VC
New page: Colonel John Hutton Bisdee VC OBE MiD
New page: 2nd Lt Frederick Birks VC MM
New page: Lieutenant Arthur Blackburn VC
New page: Cpl Alexander Henry Buckley VC
New page: Pte Patrick Joseph Bugden VC
New page: L/Cpl John Carroll VC
New page: Pte George Cartwright VC
New page: Lt Albert Chowne VC MM
New page: Private Thomas Cooke VC
New page: Pte William Matthew Currey VC
New page: 1st VC awarded at ANZAC & not to an ANZAC
New photo: See the medal used as a model for the Victoria Cross
14 May 04 New photo: See the medal awarded to Simpson's Donkey/s
13 May 04 Addition: New details of WW2 Concentration Camp badges
New photos: Light Horse Regiment badges updated for all known units. 6 pages
9 May 04 New page: History of the Iron Cross
8 May 04 New page: Presidential Unit Citation & other Unit awards
New page: Un-numbered Mounted Units, all eras.
New page: The Mujahidin of Afghanistan
New page: OPFOR the Kamarian 7th Division; the "enemy" at home.
New photos: Many new photos of badges of NZ Reinforcement Units WW1
New page: Recruiting for the Army
5 May 04 New page: War Memorials of New Zealand
New page: Ari Burnu & other Anzac memorials at Gallipoli
4 May 04 Major reorganisation & upgrade started on Hat Badges section.
3 May 04 New page: Gallipoli Remembered
New page: Gallipoli: The Facts & the Myths
New page: Cemeteries and memorials  at Gallipoli (unfinished)
2 May 04 New page of posters from UK in WW1
New page listing the 93 Battalions of Infantry after 1911
New page about the new Regimental Flag for RAR
Reorganisation of the pages about Queens & Regimental Colours
1 May 04 New page about Badges of the Ships of the RAN
30 Apr 04 New page about the 2/13 Australian General Hospital
28 Apr 04 New page about Empire Air Training Scheme EATS
New page about Australia's Colonial Navies
New photos on the page of the 13th Light Horse Regiment
New page about the RAN Seasprite, their new helicopter
27 Apr 04 7 new pages about the Origins of Military Uniforms 1700 to 2000
Many improved photos of badges in the Light Horse section
Many new photos of Army Cadet badges
22 Apr 04 20 new pages about the RAN in WW1
New page about A "surprising" collection of uniforms MUST SEE
New page about Colour patches of the AIF Infantry WW1
19 Apr 04 New page about The Australian Red Cross in two world wars
New page about Voluntary Aid Detachments
New pages about the Battalions of the 6th Division 2/1st to 2/11th
18 Apr 04 Dozens of new photos added to Badges section.
New page about the artillery piece Anzio Annie.
New details added to all pages of  WW1 Battalions & Light Horse
16 Apr 04 New page about W J Rowlinson DCM & Bar
New page about Lieutenant Percy Storkey, VC

Digger History recorded it's 2 millionth page visitor today. The first million took 11 months. The second took 6 months. Thanks to all involved.

15 Apr 04 New page about the History of the RSM's badge.
New page about the History of the Dawn Service
New page about the Dreaded 88mm Tank Killer of the Western Desert
14 Apr 04 New page about the Badges of Rank in the ADF Cadets
12 Apr 04 New page about the Civil Construction Corps
New page about Germany's Black Day of WW1
New page about the history of the Rising Sun Badge Page 4 in a series
New additions to the page about Villers Bretonneaux
New additions about the Battle of Hamel
8 Apr 04 12 new pages in a section about History of Army Badges
  New page about Jim Gordon VC
6 Apr 04 New page about Australian Comforts Fund (ACF)
New page about Brown VC
New page about Lieutenant Albert C Borella VC MM
New page about Henry W Murray VC DSO & bar DCM
New page about Corey MM and 3 Bars
New page about