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Our Contribution is a place to discover people from the Armadale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Gosnells districts who served in the Great War 1914-1918, and those from the Armadale district who served during World War Two. The stories of the World War II personnel will be upgraded as the Australian Archives digitise their records. The Cemeteries section allows you to search cemeteries in Armadale and learn about the people buried there.

So far there are 4,349 articles and this number is growing as more information becomes available. If you would like to make a contribution or correct some facts then please contact us

View World War One soldiers, nurses, sailors, and browse occupations, fates, and other details.

View World War Two service personnel. Please note all stories in this section are currently being worked on. We would value any information that you can provide to make our stories more complete.

View Saint Mary-in-the-Valley Cemetery. Please note this section is currently being worked on.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website contains images, and names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

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+          <h1>Welcome to [[BirtwistleWiki]]</h1><h4>'''Our Contribution''' is a place to discover people from the [[:Category:Region|Armadale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Gosnells]] districts who served in the [[World_War_One|Great War 1914-1918]], and those from the Armadale district who served during [[:Category:Soldier_ww2|World War Two]]. The stories of the World War II personnel will be upgraded as the Australian Archives digitise their records. The '''[[Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]''' section allows you to search cemeteries in Armadale and learn about the people buried there.</h4><br />
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-<div style="top:+0.2em;">The Armadale-Kelmscott, and Serpentine-Jarrahdale districts' contribution to World War One. With [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and counting. If you would like to contribute to this wiki please [[Contact|contact us]]</div>
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-View alphabetical listings of all soldiers, nurses, and sailors in the BirtwistleWiki.
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+   <div class="small-4 large-4 columns">[[Image:Goodbye_Uncle_PH224.jpg|300px|link=World War One]]<br />View [[World_War_One|World War One]] soldiers, nurses, sailors, and browse occupations, fates, and other details.</div>
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+   <div class="small-4 large-4 columns">[[Image:Axford_Wally.jpg|300px|link=World_War_Two]]<br />View [[World_War_Two|World War Two]] service personnel. ''Please note all stories in this section are currently being worked on. We would value any information that you can provide to make our stories more complete''.</div>
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+   <div class="small-4 large-4 columns">[[Image:Thomas_Marshall_Grave.jpg|300px|link=Category:Saint_Mary-in-the-Valley_Cemetery]]<br />View [[Cemeteries|Saint Mary-in-the-Valley Cemetery]]. ''Please note this section is currently being worked on.''</div>
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-Many soldiers travelled together, fought together, and were remembered together. This is a great starting place to look at the interactions between soldiers.
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