What we do
Find out how our Memorial helps the community and keeps the Patriotic Australian Spirit Alive.
The 44th
Australian Infantry
Battalion Memorial
The 44th
Australian Infantry
Battalion Memorial
Soldiers
View all completed soldier records.
Volunteer
With just 1-3 hours of your time you can save a soldier's memory from oblivion. Volunteer and save a soldier now!
Resources
Videos & written resources on how to volunteer and use records.
Achievements
View our accomplishments thus far.
Recognition
When you support the memorial, we publicly thank your support through the awarding of badges. See the volunteers and donators who have helped our Memorial.
Roadmap
View our plan for the Memorial.
Provide Info
If you have information on a particular soldier or story, whether that be because you are a historian or a family member, please provide it here!
Support us
Support the memorial by donating or becoming a member.
What We Do
Informational Videos
“We post short informational videos about soldiers and their stories on our Instagram and Facebook. This includes posting a soldier every day.”
44th Encyclopedia
“The goal of our website is to act as an encyclopedia and document all of the banners, battles, soldiers, stories and medals of the 44th Battalion during the First World War.”
Adopt a Soldier
“Our adopt a soldier program allows you to document the story of an individual soldier’s life in just a few hours, helping to save their memory. You can earn awards depending on the amount of soldiers you record. Find more information here: Volunteer.”
School Collaboration
“We are collaborating with schools in regards to our adopt a soldier program. Young Australians are heavily encouraged to take part in recording the life of at least 1 soldier. The student is recognised as the author of the soldier’s story and is credited with volunteer hours. Students will use critical thinking skills to translate scattered hand written documents that are over a century old into a legible story.”
Community Collaboration
“The 44th Australian Infantry Battalion Memorial is committed to collaborating with the Western Australian Community. Previously we have been supported by the Mayor of Claremont and Christchurch Church Grammar School in re-creating the original banner of the battalion. We marched through the city on Anzac Day with the banner.”
2,101KM for 2,101 Soldiers
“The Director of the 44th Australian Infantry Battalion Memorial, Luca Muir Anderson is running 2,101km in recognition of the 2,101 men who served in the 44th Battalion during World War I. Members of the public are heavily encouraged to run with us. More information can be found on our social media (Instagram and Facebook).”
While memory lives, however, the Fighting Forty-Fourth will never die. To be with them ‘Over There’ was a privilege and an honour – a glorious page in any man’s life. And when the Final Evening comes to us all, and the Last Pipe has been smoked, it will be of the comrades who wore the blue and white oval patch that we’ll be proudly thinking. Theirs was a tradition that Australia will do well to perpetuate while there’s a growing generation of free men left to be inspired by it.
Captain C. Longmore
