Australian & New Zealand WW1 records
Researching Australian military
service: First World War, 1914-1918
Australian War Memorial
Search across number of resources
including:
·
Roll
of honour, Nominal Rolls, Embarkation Rolls, Awards and Honours and Australian
Red Cross Wounded and Missing files
First World War Embarkation Rolls
The embarkation rolls were created by indexing the Official
Records series AWM8, Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914–18 War.
You can search the embarkation rolls using name, service number, name of the
ship embarked upon and/or place of embarkation. Browse the digitised images of
the embarkation nominal rolls
AWM8, Unit
embarkation nominal rolls, 1914–18 War at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM8/
AIF Project
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html
Contains a lot of information about
soldiers that served in WW1 – information is taken from various sources and is
a great overview of a soldier’s history of involvement in the war.
National Archives: World War 1
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx
Search and view original war records
related to personnel who fought in WW1 in the National Archives.
Discovering Anzacs
http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/
Explore original government records
about Australians and New Zealanders in World War I and the Boer War. Uncover
the personal stories of service men and women through original archival
records.
Original records can include: Enlistment
documentations – with valuable information like age, address, occupation,
marital status (if there are any children), height, weight, “next of kin”,
colour of eyes & hair and complexion.
Search by Location (under Browse>Places)
Browse by location (Google Maps).
This function allows you to drill down into a map of Australia and discover
personnel who fought in WW1 by in which suburb they lived. Click on a location
and then click on the name of the soldier to find out about them.
Browse the timeline
Search a Timeline from the Boer War though
to the end of WW1. This is a great resource for finding historical dates.
Floatilla Australia
http://www.flotilla-australia.com/
Find out information about ships that
were used in WW1 and the troops that they transported
Commonwealth War Graves
This is main
website for all CWGC cemeteries and burial location details.
Advanced
search at: https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/
Search results can be refined by full
name, country, war, date of death, who they served with, unit, service number,
regiment, rank, and by honours and medals awarded.
Images of World War I Australian servicemen
Flick
photographic collection from the National Archives of soldiers that fought in
WW1 titled “Bonds of Sacrifice”. Photos were donated to the National Archives
by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/national-archives-of-australia/collections/72157628184430675/
Focus: Military ancestors
http://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/family-history/military-ancestors
A list of online and onsite resources
related to military personnel
Trove
Search Australian newspapers from
1803 – 1954. Great source of information
can be found in newspapers about people that served in the war.
State Library of South Australia – Centenary of ANZACs webpage
http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/centenaryofanzac
Webpage contains numerous links to
ANZAC related resources including:
South Australian Red Cross
Information Bureau at: https://sarcib.ww1.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/
Anzac Portal
Website contains a list of education
and community web resources.
London Gazette
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29328/page/10154
Reports of
acts of bravery reported in the London Gazette during the war.
British WW1 records
Ancestry UK – world war 1 records
(Note: Currently free to search 25 April to 9 May)
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/uk/world-war-1
The Great War
Hundreds of World War 1 web links on
this website.
Tracing your World War 1 Family History
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/family-history/tracing-ww1-family-history.htm
Service records
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-service-records.htm
Commonwealth War Graves
This is main
website for all CWGC cemeteries and burial location details for both British
and Commonwealth graves.
British Army Service Records
Surviving Service Records (WO 363)
and Service Records with Pension Records (WO 364) are available to the public
to view in two ways:
In Person - National Archives
They can be accessed on microfilm for
free in person at the National Archives in Kew, Surrey, where the original
records are stored. Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
By Subscription Online
In a joint project between the
National Archives and www.ancestry.co.uk all 2.75 million surviving Service
Records were processed onto a database. The database contains images of the
original records. Access to the online database is by subscription from www.ancestry.co.uk and now www.findmypast.co.uk
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Genealogy books in our library catalogue
To search
for genealogy books related to war Search for the keywords:
Soldiers
-- Australia – Genealogy
Australia
-- Armed Forces – Genealogy
