From Transcription to Discovery: A Wartime Love Story on WM
Thanks to our Transcribers, the personal letters of Lieutenant Colin Simper can now be read, searched and shared, connecting audiences with a powerful wartime love story on the Australian War Memorial’s WM website.
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More than 1 million words have now been transcribed by more than 20,000 volunteer transcribers. We are adding new content over the coming weeks and ask our wonderful volunteers to be patient as more documents become available online.
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Birdwood was the British commander of the Australian Imperial Force for most of the First World War.
Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.