Penny Mercer describes the experiences of her ancestor Arthur Mercer who served with the AIF in WW1. Patsy Daly talks about her ancestor John Learmonth who was stationed in the camps on Salisbury Plain during WW2.

Arthur Mercer's war story by Penny Mercer - Grandfather’s identity tags by Dawn Woods - Fred Schultz enlists by Janine Marshall Wood - Uncle Ru, boy soldier ; A strange coincidence Christopher Goy from soldier to minister ; Uncle Hendy, larrikan ANZAC by Jackie van Bergen - Alfred Percival Daniels: an ordinary soldier in an extraordinary unit by Michael Considine.

Martin Lock and Peter Collins provide an early history to Salisbury Plain together with a history of the Defence Forces training areas. Details of the Fovant Badges carved into the hills are discussed. Gayle Nicholas outlines the WW1 experiences of her ancestor Alfred Price who trained in the area.

This presentation describes a collaborative book project undertaken by the Ku-ring-gai Historic Society in Sydney. The book commemorates the service men and women named on local memorials by providing biographies of lives, service and links to community.