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What Can be done?
The first thing that needs
to be done is to identify which past students of Saint
Columban's College have served their country in the
military forces.
The Department of Veterans'
Affairs has developed "Nominal Rolls" for many of the
conflicts to which Australia has committed troops. The
following hyperlink will allow you to access these
Nominal Rolls:
Nominal Rolls Australia The
hyperlink is always available on the left hand side of
web pages on this site.
To make an accurate
identification from the Nominal Rolls you need as many
of the items below as you can find:
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Surname
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First Name
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Second Name
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Date of Birth
Saint Columban's College has
"Registers" with details of information about past
students.
In its early days enrolment
numbers were well below what they are today. But even so
the registers probably contain tens of thousands of
names.
It looks a very daunting
task to review all this material and to convert the
registers into a format that is easily accessible by
many people. There is a large body of people who could
help:
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Present Students
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Past Students
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Parents and Relatives
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Teachers
With many mobile phones
having a good quality camera it should be possible to
photograph the registers and have the photographs
available on a web site. You can use this one if you
need.
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