Military Monday: - 2016 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge


Anzac Day is just a week away and this year's Anzac Day is the centenary anniversary of when it was first observed in New Zealand.

Every year, we at Central Auckland Research Centre, issue a blog challenge in honour of Anzac Day and the people that served and their families.

The first blog challenge was issued in 2011, and has become an annual event. During the last five years, the challenge has broadened out to include any wars that Australians and New Zealanders were involved in. 

Anzac Day has grown to include remembrance of all who served in any conflict, and when we stand together at the services we remember all who served. As nations with a large percentage of immigrants, we also remember all nations.

Family history is an international interest, so this year, this blog challenge can also be broadened out to include tributes to those of other nationalities. 

The deadline for this blog challenge is Monday, 2 May; and we ask you to write about a person or a family that you have researched that were involved in war.

When you have published your blog, please include the name(s) and link in our comments section at the bottom of this post by Monday, May 2, and your entry will be collated with all the others and posted on a follow-up Kintalk blog on Monday, May 9.  If you don't have a blog, perhaps you could email it to kintalk@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz instead, and I will post it on the Kintalk blog for you.

Reviews and blog honour roll of previous blog challenges can be seen here:

 2011 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge
2012 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge
2013 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge
2014 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge
2015 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge - unfortunately the review for this year appears to be missing, but you can check out the links that other bloggers left in the comments of the original challenge blog and also here.

 To help you get started on some research:

Access great online resources: 
Coming Home virtual exhibition 
The virtual exhibition consists of "albums" containing photos/images and documents. Virtual albums entitled "Gallipoli", "Lest We Forget", "New Zealand Maori Battalion", "Peace", "Postcards" and "Returned Services Association". Also has a portal for searching content nationwide from organizations such as libraries, archives, museums and galleries, including Auckland Libraries. Courtesy DigitalNZ. 

Index Auckland and New Zealand Card Index 
For references to articles and other resources regarding WWI and WWII. 

Manuscripts Online 
For diaries, letters, postcards and albums

And Papers Past and Trove for newspapers of the time.
Within the library catalogue: Auckland Libraries, search using World War, 1914-1918 or World War, 1939-1945 to find suitable resources which include articles as well as books and other resources. 

Also try searching our library catalogue, using call number: 2 NZL MIL and 2 AUS MIL for more.

For other sites, look at:
Helen Vail's blog 100 NZ WW1 Memorials 1914-2014 is a mine of information about WW1 memorials, and individuals that she has researched. Helen's goal is to personally visit and collate information from 100 New Zealand World War One Memorials throughout New Zealand by August 2014 to commemorate the 100 year Anniversary of the start of World War One and to honour those who paid the ultimate price.

Have a look at Auckland War Memorial Museum's Armoury Resources page, and search and see what's new in the revamped Cenotaph database.

Hopefully this will inspire you and provide you with some assistance in writing your blog!

The centenary of the First World War - 2014-2018

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has developed projects to assist with commemorations, WW100 is providing a portal for New Zealanders who want to be involved in the commemorations, and NZ History Online provides a place for our school children to go to for homework and study assistance.

You may remember reading about the launch in 2012 of New Zealand's WW100 on our sister blog Heritage et AL .

It’s worth considering how else you might want to contribute to commemorating, and ensuring that your stories are collected.

Each country will have its own WW100 commemorations, so if your ancestor was involved serving for another country, see what you can find out about that that country is doing.

Have a look at Britain Remembers, and the Imperial War Memorial Museum's Lives of the First World War . Have a look at the Prisoners of  the First World War website.

FindMyPastAU and Inside History magazine have a joint initiative to create an ANZAC Memory Bank  and invite people to contribute.

Remember Ancestry, Findmypast and the Genealogist are all free to use with any of the 55 Auckland Libraries sites.

Happy blogging

 Seonaid

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27 Responses to “Military Monday: - 2016 Trans-Tasman Anzac Day Blog Challenge”

  1. Alison23 April 2016 at 19:26

    I looked into where my 2 great uncles were on Anzac Day 1916
    http://myfamilypuzzles.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/anzac-day-1916-richard-obrien-hugh.html

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  2. Fiona Tellesson24 April 2016 at 08:00

    My Galipolli Hero - Samuel William Harry, Part One of a planned trilogy
    http://expertsingenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/gallipoli-hero-captain-samuel-william.html

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  3. Jonas Mockunas24 April 2016 at 17:15

    Baltic Anzacs in the First World War, http://earlylithuaniansinaustralia.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/baltic-anzacs-in-first-world-war.html
    So far I only have material on those who enlisted in Australia; perhaps there were others from New Zealand too?

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  4. Jennifer Jones24 April 2016 at 21:55

    My ANZAC Day respect to cousin Ellen Calnan #BangkaIslandMassacre https://jonesfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/anzac-day-post-ellen-calnan-repost/

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  5. GeniAus24 April 2016 at 23:53

    My contribution about John Herbert Gillespie is here: http://geniaus.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/a-fighter-joins-fray.html

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  6. Fiona Tellesson25 April 2016 at 01:25

    Major Hugh Quinn - The Man Behind Quinn's Post Gallipoli Turkey WW1

    http://expertsingenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/major-hugh-quinn-man-behind-quinns-post.html

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  7. Fiona Tellesson25 April 2016 at 04:50

    Major Hugh Quinn - The Man Behind Quinn's Post Gallipoli Turkey WW1
    http://expertsingenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/major-hugh-quinn-man-behind-quinns-post.html

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  8. Genealogy Boomerangs25 April 2016 at 10:20

    I wrote about my two Great Uncles, Patrick Joseph Stettler and John Harold Stettler at: http://barbs01.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/two-great-uncles-of-mine.html.

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  9. Anonymous25 April 2016 at 11:34

    This year I have written about Herbert Eric Cleveland KITTO (DOB 1894) and New Zealand's early war operation to Somoa. http://travelgenee.com/travelgenee-atozchallenge-u-uncle-eric/

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  10. Kerryn Forsyth25 April 2016 at 14:16

    My contribution is a commemoration of my maternal grandmother's cousin Bugler William John Pike MORGAN of Euroa who was killed in action at Gallipoli. http://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/bugler-william-john-pike-morgan-of-euroa.html

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  11. Shauna Hicks OAM25 April 2016 at 18:00

    Here is my contribution - an update on the Brothers Finn in World War One http://www.shaunahicks.com.au/the-finn-brothers-2016-trans-tasman-anzac-day-blog-challenge/

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  12. Cassmob (Pauleen)1 May 2016 at 13:11

    As I was away without images or laptop I recycled an old post which is among my most popular posts. https://cassmob.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/anzac-day-2016-villers-brettoneux-and-james-paterson/

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  13. Alex Daw1 May 2016 at 16:50

    Here's my contribution - http://familytreefrog.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/u-is-for-hmas-una-oh-allright-and.html

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  14. GeniAus5 May 2016 at 14:36

    Hanging out for the list - will it be published soon?

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    1. genebrarian6 May 2016 at 12:50

      Hi Jill
      Yes, watch out for it on Monday.

      "When you have published your blog, please include the name(s) and link in our comments section at the bottom of this post by Monday, May 2, and your entry will be collated with all the others and posted on a follow-up Kintalk blog on Monday, May 9. "

      Am compiling them now.

      All the best Seonaid

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