Redcliffe and District Family History Group searches for descendants of 120 WWI Diggers
A GROUP of dedicated history buffs is looking for descendants of WWI Diggers for a project designed to bring something special to centenary commemorations.
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A TEAM of six family history buffs is researching 120 WWI Diggers with links to the Redcliffe Peninsula.
Redcliffe and District Family History Group has been working on a project to coincide with WWI centenary commemorations.
Secretary Roger Hendey said members had been planning and researching the project for more than 18 months.
“Our ultimate aim is to produce a book, with accompanying CD, which will provide, for each of our persons, a summary of their military service, a description of their civilian life, a family tree, copies of any photos of other memorabilia and copies of any audio interviews we conduct with living relatives,” Mr Hendey said.
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The group launched the project on Remembrance Day last year and is making good progress.
“It’s a huge job but we’re pretty committed to it. We hope to do it by the end of the year,” he said.
Members are looking for relatives of the 120 Diggers for audio interviews.
“This is what will distinguish our project from the other WWI projects currently underway,” he said.
They are researching people who have been named on the two WWI honour boards on the Peninsula – at Woody Point Memorial Hall and Redcliffe RSL.
Members have since discovered there are a number of people who fought in WWI, who lived in Redcliffe or had very close ties to the area, who are not named on the boards.
“These additional names are still being uncovered as a result of public appeals, general publicity, from our researchers and even from our own members,” Mr Hendey said.
“We are working closely with members of the Redcliffe Historical Society and Redcliffe Museum who are providing invaluable support.”
As well as military service, members will also describe the social, historical and political influences on the Diggers to “give colour to their lives” and to explain their decision to enlist.
“In doing so, we hope also to make an important local contribution to the WWI centenary commemorations, helping to keep the memory of these unsung service men and women alive and giving the wider public a deeper understanding of how much we owe to them,” he said.
Originally published as Redcliffe and District Family History Group searches for descendants of 120 WWI Diggers
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