List of Red Cross branches in Queensland, 1915. It should be noted that some branches did change their name over the course of the war as did some townships, whereby German names were anglicised.

Collection of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane

This consignment was packed at the Queensland division headquarters in Adelaide Street before being sent down to the port to be dispatched for the front line and military field hospitals.

Collection of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane

The Red Cross Journal was the main method of communication used by the Queensland division committee located in Brisbane to correspond with the widely spread and often remote district bran

Collection of the John Oxley Library, Brisbane

The year 2014 marks the centenary of not only the outbreak of World War I but also the establishment of the Red Cross Society in Australia.

Schoolboy Arthur Crisp having his flag autographed by an Indian soldier following the 7th Division parade in Brisbane in August 1944.

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Recently released Indian Sikh soldiers, ex-prisoners of war, watching the Australian 7th Division parade in Brisbane in August 1944.

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Queensland and Victorian nurses at Poona, India, 1918.

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Indian servant outside Charles Brand’s nicely labelled tent, Jalna, India, 1910.

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Charles Brand in India c1910, wearing his formal military uniform and campaign medal ribbon showing his South African war service.

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Shipwrecks around an isolated continent in the southern hemisphere were common. As an imperial settlement, many ships carried troops as well as convicts and goods.

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