Camden Remembers

CAMDEN DISTRICT ROLL OF HONOUR

CAMDEN REMEMBERS

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn,
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them. Lest We Forget

The Camden District Roll of Honour, Camden Remembers, is being created to honour and commemorate the men and women from the Camden Area who enlisted, served or are serving in the Armed Forces, Volunteer Defence Corps, Citizen's Military Force or Land Army in all wars and conflicts.

Anzac Day 2000 in Macarthur Park

Since World War One outstanding efforts have been made by the Returned Services Association, Camden Council, local newspapers, Schools and other Associations to honour our Service men and women by way of Memorials, Honour Rolls and Commemorative Lists.

Now as part of Heritage Week 2009, in a joint venture between Camden Historical Society, Camden Library Services and Camden Returned Services League Sub Branch, we are compiling a comprehensive database of information and photographs to create this Online Memorial, Camden Remembers, to our Service men and women. You can help us by completing this form.

With the aid of records kept by the Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives and the Department of Veteran Affairs which are available to everyone via the internet, and by cross referencing information from all the resources available to us our database is being compiled.

To be eligible for inclusion in the Camden District Roll of Honour, Camden Remembers, a person must be born or native of, enlisted or lived in, served or died as a result of serving in the Camden area at the time of any war or conflict and those who have served in any conflict and since made Camden their home.

Occasionally it's very difficult to determine from the information at hand exactly what association an individual had with the area. For instance, a name may have appeared on a Memorial, an Honour Roll or in the Camden News of the day, but official records show no association with the area. All means of checking will be explored, but in some cases there is no way of knowing. Any names which appear on original sources will be honoured and included in the Camden District Roll of Honour, Camden Remembers.

Included in the Camden District are the Suburbs or Locations of:
Camden, Camden Park, Catherine Field, Cawdor, Cobbitty, Currans Hill, Bickley Vale, Bringelly, Brownlow Hill, Burragorang, Elderslie, Ellis Lane, Grasmere, Kirkham, Leppington, Luddenham, Menangle, Mount Annan, Mount Hunter, Narellan, Narellan Vale, Nattai, Oakdale, Orangeville, Oran Park, Razorback, Rossmore, Silverdale, Spring Creek, The Oaks, Theresa Park, Werombi, Yerranderie.

It is not our intention to rewrite history on these pages when the Australian War Memorial is such a magnificent source of information to research Australia's involvement in war from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th century to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices and the First Gulf War. The material has been prepared by the Military History Section at the Memorial.
Since its inception, the Memorial has sponsored Australia's official war histories. Australian governments have commissioned four separate series of official war histories over this period, one for each major conflict in which Australia has been involved: the two world wars and the Cold War conflicts in Korea and south-east Asia. In 2004 the Australian Government authorised a fifth official history relating to peacekeeping and post–Cold War operations.

Our thanks and gratitude to Camden Historical Society, Camden Library Services and Camden Returned Services League Sub Branch for their assistance and to the Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives and the Department of Veteran Affairs for making the information so accessible and for their permission to use the information in compiling the Camden District Roll of Honour, Camden Remembers.