Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Also see Honours and Awards.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - FIRST WORLD WAR MUNITIONS WORKERS DOSSIERS 1914-1919 (MT1139/1)
These have been indexed into the catalogue and some have been digitized.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS COLLECTION
The records of the Australian Red Cross at the University of Melbourne include the National Office, and Australian Red Cross Society – Victorian Division. A total of 36 series comprising a variety of records including: reports, minutes, administrative correspondence, newsletters, posters, staffing, financial expenditure and photographs will be prized by social and historical researchers, as well as members of the community seeking family history or community group information.
https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/highlights/collections/Australian-Red-Cross
Digitized items include:
Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Cards
https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/71317
Photographs series of Glass Lantern slides
The National Archives of Australia holds personnel records for the following civilian organizations that saw service during World War 2:
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CIVILIAN SERVICE RECORDS-WORLD WAR 2
The following is Fact Sheet 39 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-39-Civilian-service-in-World-War-II.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CIVIL CONSTRUCTIONAL CORPS 1942-1946 (B4218)
These are personal files for members of the Civil Constructional Corps who enlisted in Victoria. They have been digitized.
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS COLLECTION
The records of the Australian Red Cross at the University of Melbourne include the National Office, and Australian Red Cross Society – Victorian Division. A total of 36 series comprising a variety of records including: reports, minutes, administrative correspondence, newsletters, posters, staffing, financial expenditure and photographs will be prized by social and historical researchers, as well as members of the community seeking family history or community group information.
https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/highlights/collections/Australian-Red-Cross
Digitized items include:
Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Cards
https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/71317
Photographs series of Glass Lantern slides
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