This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Eileen Ive and John Bagot on their wedding day, 1915
Taken some time in 1915
Australian War Memorial collection
Australian artillerymen dragging guns into position, 25 April 1915
Taken 25 Apr 1915
Australian War Memorial collection
Australian troops going into action, 25 April 1915
Taken 25 Apr 1915
Australian War Memorial collection
Members of 13th Battalion, AIF, occupying Quinn’s Post, 25 April 1915
Taken 25 Apr 1915
Australian War Memorial collection
Group portrait members of the 68th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Taken 7 Dec 1917
Australian War Memorial collection
A row of spherical barrage balloons used for suspending aerial nets
Taken 1 Jan 1918
Australian War Memorial collection
Observer, pilot, and Bristol Fighter F2B aircraft
Taken some time in Feb 1918
Australian War Memorial collection
messenger dogs and handler near Villers-Bretonneux, 1918
Taken 3 May 1918
Australian War Memorial collection
Unidentified members of the original staff of the 3rd Australian General Hospital.
Taken 18 Mar 1919
Australian War Memorial collection
Unidentified crew member on HMAS Hobart
Taken some time in Feb 1940
Australian War Memorial collection
Two unidentified sailors from HMAS Sydney in the garden of the Dowse family home.
Taken some time in Oct 1941
Australian War Memorial collection
Cricketers take refreshment under (late) summer skies
Taken 2 Oct 1941
Australian War Memorial collection
Jessica Rowe and Lisle Rowe on their wedding day, 1942
Taken some time in 1942
Australian War Memorial collection
Children inspecting a Japanese midget submarine, 1942
Taken some time in Nov 1942
Australian War Memorial collection
H. Woodhead and M. Timbs on their wedding day, 1943
Taken 17 Jun 1943
Australian War Memorial collection
Waiting to go on to the tennis court under summer skies
Taken 27 Mar 1944
Australian War Memorial collection
Craftsman A R Bennett uses a Singer sewing machine to make canvas bags
Taken 5 May 1944
Australian War Memorial collection
Albert Donovan is welcomed home by his wife and family, 1944
Taken 19 Nov 1944
Australian War Memorial collection
Clive and Frederick Beale with unidentified family members
Taken some time in 1945
Australian War Memorial collection
Reading about the victory celebrations at Wewak Point
Taken 29 Aug 1945
Australian War Memorial collection
Muriel McGlynn and William Richardson on their wedding day, 1946
Taken 13 Apr 1946
Australian War Memorial collection
An unidentified soldier of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), taken in the field in Korea.
Taken some time in Nov 1951
Australian War Memorial collection
Two unidentified soldiers enjoy some recreation time at a sandbagged Navy Army Air Force Institute (NAAFI)
Taken some time in Jun 1952
Australian War Memorial collection
Private Danny Matthews 1 RAR on the Kansas Line in Korea
Taken some time in 1954
Australian War Memorial collection
National Servicemen outside their barracks at Ingleburn
Taken some time in 1959
Australian War Memorial collection
National Servicemen wait to go home after completion of training
Taken some time in 1959
Australian War Memorial collection