Re: B-25 Mitchell gunship aerial victories
 

Australian Passports circa 1935 & 1955
I have scans of some passports for Aussie flyers of that period of time, and they are quite subtly different.


1935 has on the cover:
PASSPORT
Commonwealth of Australia

1955 has on the cover:
BRITISH
PASSPORT
Commonwealth of Australia

Internally, both designate the document as Australian, not British.

Re: B-25 Mitchell gunship aerial victories
 

Good morning,

according to my ADAC Nations Lexicon Australia (1901), New Zealand (1907) and Canada (1867) became independent before WW1 and South Africa (1934) between the World Wars. Were persons from these countries pronounced British before that?

Have a pleasant Sunday,

Michael

Re: B-25 Mitchell gunship aerial victories
 

Hi Michael:

The concept of 'Australian citizenship' was only introduced in 1949. Before then anyone born or naturalised in Australia was a British subject:

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-mome...sh%20passports.

The information in the above link also indicates that legislation to introduce local citizenship (as opposed to British citizenship) was also introduced after WW2 in Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.

You refer to Australia pre-1901. Before 1901, Australia consisted of six separate colonies that were subject to the British Parliament. Australia only became a single nation state when the colonies were federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901:

https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-mome...0and%20tariffs.

Hope that helps

Don W

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Hello Don,

yes, that's interesting. Thank you.

I wish you a good start into the new week,

Michael