Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Also see War Cemetery Records.
Also see Monuments and War Memorials.
Also see Honours and Awards.
Victoria was part of the British Colony of New South Wales from 1788 until 1851. In 1851 Victoria separated from New South Wales becoming the British Colony of Victoria.
From 1788 to 1790 the Colony of New South Wales was defended by Royal Marines. From 1790 to 1810 the Australian colonies were defended by the New South Wales Corps. From 1810 to 1870, the Australian colonies were defended by British Army regiments. A list of the regiments that served in Australia from 1810 to 1870 may be seen at Wikipedia.
For British Military Births see British Military Birth Records.
For British Military Marriages see British Military Marriage Records.
For British Military Deaths see British Military Death Records.
For British Military Wills see British Military Wills.
The British War Office records relating to Australia have been digitized and can be seen at the Australian Joint Copying Project. These include regimental lists and pay lists for regiments stationed in Victoria. They also include the records of the Royal Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals from 1845 to 1880. These include returns of payment of army and other pensions. Many army pensioners retired to Australia. See British Government.
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY SERVICE RECORDS 1760-1939
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-service-records
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY SERVICE RECORDS 1760-1939 IMAGE BROWSE
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-service-records-image-browse
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY RECORDS AND REGIMENTAL HISTORIES
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-records-and-regimental-histories
ANCESTRY - SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, ARMY ATTESTATION REGISTERS, 1796-1857
This collection contains attestation records from Edinburgh, Scotland for recruits into the army between 1796 and 1857 and all records are handwritten in English. Also included are full time members of volunteer regiments such as drummer boys. These are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62349/
ANCESTRY - UK, BRITISH ARMY MUSTER BOOKS AND PAY LISTS, 1812-1817
This series includes colonial troops. The records are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60546/
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY, WORLDWIDE INDEX 1841
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-worldwide-index-1841
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY, WORLDWIDE INDEX 1851
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-worldwide-index-1851
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY, WORLDWIDE INDEX 1861
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-worldwide-index-1861
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY, WORLDWIDE INDEX 1871
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-worldwide-index-1871
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, MILITARY DESERTERS 1812-1927
This collection is comprised of lists of deserters from His or Her Majesty's Service, published in the United Kingdom Police Gazette between 1812 and 1927.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60961/
FOLD3 - UNITED KINGDOM, MILITARY DESERTERS 1812-1927
This collection is comprised of lists of deserters from His or Her Majesty's Service, published in the United Kingdom Police Gazette between 1812 and 1927.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/943/uk-military-deserters
FINDMYPAST - ARMY DESERTERS 1828-1840
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/army-deserters-1828-1840
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY LISTS AND COMMISSION REGISTERS 1661-1826
This collection includes over 118,000 records that span from 1661 when the British Army (then the English Army) was originally founded, until 1826.
FINDMYPAST - ARMY LIST 1787
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/army-list-1787
MYHERITAGE - BRITISH ARMY INDEX, 1787
This collection provides a full index to The Army List, 1787 (published by the War-Office 15 Feb 1787) including officers on half-pay.
FINDMYPAST - ARMY LIST 1798
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/army-list-1798
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY, ARMY LISTS 1839-1946
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-army-lists-1839-1946
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY, ARMY LISTS 1839-1946 IMAGE BROWSE
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-army-lists-1839-1946-image-browse
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND - HART'S ANNUAL ARMY LISTS 1839-1915
These are digitized copies of Hart's Annual Army Lists. They list the names of all the officers and the regiments they were in across the British Empire.
https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/100739612
FINDMYPAST - HARTS ARMY LIST 1840
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/harts-army-list-1840
FOLD3 - UK, WAR OFFICE: RECORDS OF OFFICERS' SERVICES (WO76) 1846-1875
This series comprises records of officers' services. The records give the different ranks held by the officer and his services, together with certain personal particulars. The dates listed for the series overlap and may not be reliable. Pieces 1-379 are arranged and grouped by regimental record office, with pieces 380-533 similarly arranged by units as brigaded in 1962. Pieces 534-554 are listed in order of regimental precedence.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/1073/uk-war-office-records-of-officers-services
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY, ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS 1716-1899
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ARMY OFFICER PROMOTIONS 1800-1815
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-army-officer-promotions-1800-1815
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PENSION FORMS 1755-1908
FAMILYSEARCH - PENSION PAYMENTS 1845-1880
Original records housed at the Public Record Office (now the National Archives), London. These records pertain to pension payments to former members of the various branches of the British military, or to their widows and children, who had settled in places other than Great Britain.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/545881?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - UK, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA: REGIMENTAL REGISTERS OF PENSIONERS, 1713-1882
The Royal Hospital Chelsea was the administrative office for the British army and was responsible for distributing pension payments to British soldiers since the 1680s. While some pensioners surrendered their pension to the hospital and lived there (“in-pensioners”), many more lived outside the confines and received their pensions elsewhere (“out-pensioners”). This database contains records for soldiers who were applying for their pension after service in the British military. The records also include records of discharge.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3255/
ANCESTRY - UK, ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA PENSIONER ADMISSIONS AND DISCHARGES, 1715-1925
This collection is made up of registers of the award of out-pensions of the Royal Hospital Chelsea to soldiers discharged from the British Army who had served for at least 12 years.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60917/
ANCESTRY - UK, ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA PENSIONER SOLDIER SERVICE RECORDS, 1760-1920
This collection comprises service documents of soldiers (but not officers) who either became in- or out-pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61068/
ANCESTRY- UK, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA RETURNS OF PAYMENT OF ARMY AND OTHER PENSIONS, 1842-1883
This collection includes records of pension payments from the Royal Hospital Chelsea dated between 1842 and 1883. The records include entries related to pensions for British Army servicemen and other miscellaneous pensions.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62604/
ANCESTRY - IRELAND, ROYAL HOSPITAL KILMAINHAM PENSIONER DISCHARGE DOCUMENTS, 1724-1924
The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, located near Dublin, Ireland, dates back to 1680 and provided a home for retired soldiers for the around 250 years. While some pensioners surrendered their pension to the hospital and lived there (“in-pensioners”), many more lived outside the confines and received their pensions elsewhere (“out-pensioners”). Pensions from the Royal Hospital Kilmainham were administered to soldiers who had served for at least 12 years in the British Army and were discharged from Irish regiments, as well as from some English, Scottish and Welsh units.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60908/
FINDMYPAST- BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PENSION FORMS 1755-1908
MUSEUMS OF HISTORY, NEW SOUTH WALES STATE ARCHIVES COLLECTION - UNASSISTED IMMIGRANTS INDEX 1842-1855
Unassisted (or free) passengers who came to Australia at their own expense, including ships' crew and military.
https://mhnsw.au/indexes/immigration-and-shipping/unassisted-immigrants-index/
ANCESTRY - UK, MILITARY CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND AWARD ROLLS, 1793-1949
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1686/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, NAVAL AND MILITARY COURTS MARTIAL REGISTERS, 1806-1930
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60780/
FOLD3 - UK, COURTS MARTIAL REGISTERS 1806-1930
This collection contains various United Kingdom naval and military courts martial registers, including records from Naval, Field General, Military, District and General Courts covering the years 1806 to 1930.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/953/uk-courts-martial-registers
The British Admirality records relating to Australia have been digitized and can be seen at the Australian Joint Copying Project. These include records of His or Her Majesty's ships 1673-1893, records of service 1739-1822 and records of Royal Marines 1803-1817. See British Government.
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES SERVICE AND PENSION RECORDS 1704-1939
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES SERVICE AND PENSION RECORDS 1704-1919 BROWSE
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY, SHIPS' MUSTERS 1739-1861
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-royal-navy-ships-musters
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY PERSONNEL 1831
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/british-royal-navy-personnel-1831
FINDMYPAST - BRITISH ROYAL NAVY ALLOTMENT DECLARATIONS 1795-1852
From 1795 petty officers, seamen, non-commissioned officers, and marines were allowed to remit part of their wages for the maintenance of their mothers, wives, or families. In order to achieve an allotment, the individual needed to complete an allotment declaration, and then their payments were entered into a register of allotments. The database is searchable.
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, WILLS OF ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES PERSONNEL 1786-1882
These records are the original wills of warrant officers and ratings as well as Royal Marines other ranks. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62613/
ANCESTRY - ROYAL NAVY MEDICAL JOURNALS, 1817-1856
The journals in this database were kept by ships medical officers, who were required to keep a record of patients, treatments, and outcomes during a voyage. This collection includes 671 volumes. The majority are convict ships bound for Australia.The journals are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/2318/
FOLD3 - UK, ROYAL NAVY MEDICAL JOURNALS
This contains indexed images of medical journals from 19th-century British ships, including names of patients, other passengers and crew.The journals in this database were kept by ships’ medical officers, who were required to keep a record of patients, treatments, and outcomes during a voyage. This collection includes 671 volumes, each from a single ship and covering a particular time period. The majority are convict ships bound for Australia or Van Diemen’s Land.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/960/uk-royal-navy-medical-journals
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (ENGLAND) - ROYAL NAVY RATINGS' SERVICE RECORDS 1853-1928 (ADM 139,188,362 AND 363)
Available here are over 700,000 Royal Navy service records for ratings who entered the service between 1853 and 1928. A rate or rating is a junior enlisted member who is not a warrant officer or commissioned officer. Some of the records cover periods of service up to at least 1950.The database is searchable. Images of service records are available on a pay-to-view basis.
ANCESTRY - WEB: UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL NAVAL SEAMEN INDEX, 1853-1872
This data is published by the National Archives of the United Kingdom.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/70684/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL NAVY REGISTERS OF SEAMEN'S SERVICES, 1848-1939 (ADM 188,362 AND 363)
These are held by the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew, Surrey, England. These registers record the service of seamen in the Royal Navy. Details given include birthdate, birthplace, vessels served on, and dates of service. The registers include seamen who began their service as early as 1848, with dates of service up through 1928 for most records. The records are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60522/
FOLD3 - UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL NAVY REGISTERS OF SEAMEN SERVICES 1848-1928
These registers record the service of seamen in the Royal Navy. Records include birthdate, birthplace, vessels served on, and dates of service. The registers include seamen who began their service as early as 1848, with dates of service up through 1928 for most records, though there are a few records with dates post-1939.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/992/royal-navy-registers-of-seamen-services
MYHERITAGE - UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL NAVY RATINGS’ SERVICE RECORDS INDEX, 1853-1928
This collection is an index of over 800,000 Royal Navy service records for ratings who entered the service between 1853 and 1928. A rate or rating is a junior enlisted member who is not a warrant officer or commissioned officer. The content in this collection originates from the National Archives in England.
FAMILYSEARCH - LISTS OF ROYAL MARINES ETC
This contains alphabetical card files and lists of Royal Marines, ca. 1838-1849. Records were in possession of Clarice M. Cubbin, Cardiff Heights, New South Wales.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/407934?availability=Family%20History%20Library
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES (ENGLAND) - ROYAL MARINES' SERVICE RECORDS 1842-1925 (ADM 159)
The database is searchable. Images of service records are available on a pay-to-view basis.
ANCESTRY - WEB: UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL MARINES REGISTERS OF SERVICE INDEX 1842-1925 (ADM 159)
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/9739/
MYHERITAGE - UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL MARINES’ SERVICE RECORDS INDEX, 1842-1925
This collection is comprised of service registers of men who joined the Royal Marines between 1842 and 1925. The content in this collection originates from the National Archives in England.
ANCESTRY - UK, COMMISSIONED SEA OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1660-1815
This database is a listing of the officers who served in the Royal Navy. Beside the name of each officer is his rank and the year in which he served in that rank. The records are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/7268/
MYHERITAGE - UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS’ SERVICE RECORDS INDEX, 1756-1931
This collection is comprised of service records for officers who joined the Royal Navy between 1756 and 1931. The collection includes service records for commissioned officers joining the Navy up to 1917 and warrant officers joining up to 1931. They also feature the records of Royal Marines officers commissioned between 1793 and 1925. The content in this collection originates from the National Archives in England.
FINDMYPAST - BRITAIN, ROYAL NAVY, NAVY LISTS 1827-1945
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/britain-royal-navy-navy-lists-1827-1945
FINDMYPAST - BRITAIN, ROYAL NAVY, NAVY LISTS 1827-1945 BROWSE
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/britain-royal-navy-navy-lists-1827-1945-browse
FINDMYPAST - ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS' SERVICE RECORD CARDS AND FILES, 1840-1920
ANCESTRY - BRITISH NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 1849
This database contains a biographical dictionary of every living officer in the British Navy in 1849.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/8546/
ANCESTRY - UK, NAVY LISTS, 1888-1970
This database includes multiple volumes of the Navy List, the Royal Navy's official published list of officers. The list includes both commissioned and warrant officers, and along with names, lists can indicate rank, seniority, decorations, and other details.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/2406/
FAMILYSEARCH - PENSION PAYMENTS 1845-1880
Original records housed at the Public Record Office (now the National Archives), London. These records pertain to pension payments to former members of the various branches of the British military, or to their widows and children, who had settled in places other than Great Britain.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/545881?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - UK, NAVAL MEDAL AND AWARD ROLLS, 1793-1972
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/1687/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, NAVAL AND MILITARY COURTS MARTIAL REGISTERS, 1806-1930
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60780/
FOLD3 - UK, COURTS MARTIAL REGISTERS 1806-1930
This collection contains various United Kingdom naval and military courts martial registers, including records from Naval, Field General, Military, District and General Courts covering the years 1806 to 1930.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/953/uk-courts-martial-registers
The colony of Victoria had militia and naval militia forces and permanent artillery and naval forces.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - VICTORIAN COLONIAL DEFENCE PERSONNEL RECORDS 1854-1901
The colony of Victoria had militia and naval militia forces and permanent artillery and naval forces. The records are held in Melbourne and date from 1863. Some of the records have been digitized. The following is Fact Sheet 134 from the National Archives of Australia.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVY CREW AND SHIPS RECORDS
These include logbooks. The following is Fact Sheet 31 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-31-Navy-crew-and-ships-records.pdf
FRIENDS OF CERBERUS - INFORMATION ON THE VICTORIAN NAVY
This includes certificates of service for the Permanent Victorian Navy Force 1884-1905 sourced from the National Archives of Australia (B5537, Volume 1).
The appointment, promotion and transfer of officers in the Victorian Colonial Armed Forces may be found in Victoria Government Gazettes. See Victorian Government Gazettes.
The Army included the Australian Flying Corps from 1912 to 1921; the Royal Australian Air Force was formed in 1921.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - REGISTERS OF SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES PAID TO THE DEFENCE FORCES, VICTORIA 1863-1912 (B5721)
These are partly digitized. They include the Permanent Artillery Corps.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - REGISTERS OF SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES PAID TO THE VICTORIAN ARTILLERY AND VICTORIAN REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY 1890-1911 (B5718)
These are partly digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ARMY SERVICE RECORDS
The following is Fact Sheet 136 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-136-army-service-records.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PERMANENT MILITARY FORCES AND ARMY MILITIA DOSSIERS 1901-1973 (B4717)
The database includes members of the Permanent Military Forces 1901 to circa 1945. The records are digitized. The records are incomplete, covering only some army personnel who served during this period. Some records have been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ARMY PERSONNEL FILES, 1947-PRESENT (B2458)
The files are indexed through the catalogue and some have been digitized. This series includes National Servicemen conscripted under the scheme operating from the mid 1960s until the early 1970s.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ARMY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS HELD IN MELBOURNE 1901-1962
The records are held in series described as 'correspondence files' which in general cover the wide range of Australian Army policy, operational and administrative issues.They include files relating to rifle ranges, drill halls and training depots. The following is Fact Sheet 135 from the National Archives of Australia.
The appointment, promotion and transfer of officers in the Australian Armed Forces may be found in Commonwealth Government Gazettes. See Commonwealth Government Gazettes.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, DUNTROON
The following is Fact Sheet 165 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-165-royal-military-college-duntroon.pdf
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - AUSTRALIAN NAVAL FORCE RECORDS 1903-1911
Australian Naval Force service records from 1901 to 1913 are held by the Australian War Memorial. The Australian Naval Force Engagement and Service Records database contains the details of Australian sailors before the formation of the Royal Australian Navy.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=Australian%20Naval%20Force
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - VICTORIAN NAVAL FORCES ENROLMENT BOOK 1884-1911 (B5520)
This has been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CERTIFICATES OF SERVICE, VICTORIAN NAVY AND COMMONWEALTH NAVY FORCES VICTORIA 1884-1911 (B5537)
These are partly digitized.
FRIENDS OF CERBERUS - INFORMATION ON THE VICTORIAN NAVY
This includes certificates of service for the Permanent Victorian Navy Force 1884-1905 sourced from the National Archives of Australia (B5537, Volume 1).
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVY SERVICE RECORDS HELD IN MELBOURNE 1911-1959
The following is Fact Sheet 138 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-138-navy-service-records-held-in-melbourne.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVY SERVICE RECORDS HELD IN CANBERRA
The following is Fact Sheet 30 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-30-Navy-service-records.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVY CREW AND SHIPS RECORDS
The following is Fact Sheet 31 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-31-Navy-crew-and-ships-records.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SERVICE CARDS FOR PETTY OFFICERS AND MEN 1911-1970 (A6770)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVY ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS HELD IN MELBOURNE 1911-1959
The following is Fact Sheet 137 from the National Archives of Australia.
The appointment, promotion and transfer of officers in the Australian Armed Forces may be found in Commonwealth Government Gazettes. See Commonwealth Government Gazettes.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SERVICE CARDS FOR NAVY OFFICERS 1911-1970 (A6769)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS - NAVAL OFFICERS 1912-PRESENT (A3978)
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, NAVY LISTS, 1888-1970
This database includes multiple volumes of the Navy List, the Royal Navy's official published list of officers. The list includes both commissioned and warrant officers, and along with names, lists can indicate rank, seniority, decorations, and other details. These lists include officers in the Australian Navy.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/2406/
FOLD3 - UNITED KINGDOM, NAVY LISTS 1888-1970
Published regularly since 1814, the Navy List is a good starting place for researching the career of an officer in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Queen Alexandra's Royal Nursing Service, Coast Guard, and other naval entities. The list includes both commissioned and warrant officers, and along with names, lists can indicate rank, seniority, decorations, and other details.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/938/uk-navy-lists
FINDMYPAST - BRITAIN, ROYAL NAVY, NAVY LISTS 1827-1945
These lists include officers in the Australian Navy.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/britain-royal-navy-navy-lists-1827-1945
FINDMYPAST - BRITAIN, ROYAL NAVY, NAVY LISTS 1827-1945 BROWSE
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/britain-royal-navy-navy-lists-1827-1945-browse
The predecessor of the Royal Australian Air Force was the Australian Flying Corps from 1912 to 1921 and this was part of the Australian Army.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE SERVICE RECORDS
The following is Fact Sheet 32 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-32-RAAF-service-records.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FILES OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS 1921-1948 (A9301)
These are indexed through the catalogue and they have been digitized.
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FILES, 1921-1948 (A9300, A9301)
These records were provided by the National Archives of Australia. Each airman or airwoman has multiple pages of information relating to their service, and files may include casualty files, accident reports, and unit records. The files may be browsed and are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61989/
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FILES-ALL RANKS 1949-PRESENT (A12372)
These are indexed through the catalogue and some have been digitized.
The appointment, promotion and transfer of officers in the Australian Armed Forces may be found in Commonwealth Government Gazettes. See Commonwealth Government Gazettes.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS PERSONNEL FILES 1921-1948 (A9300)
These are indexed through the catalogue and most have been digitized.
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FILES, 1921-1948 (A9300, A9301)
These records were provided by the National Archives of Australia. Each airman or airwoman has multiple pages of information relating to their service, and files may include casualty files, accident reports, and unit records. The files may be browsed and are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61989/
These were the equivalent of today's Australian Army Reserve. They were previously known as Citizens Forces, Citizen Military Forces or the Militia.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - VOLUMES OF MUSTER ROLLS AND PAY LISTS FOR VICTORIAN MILITIA FORCES 1884-1935 (B5437)
These have been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ARMY MILITIA SERVICE RECORDS, ATTESTATION RECORDS 1901-2000 (B4747)
The database includes attestation forms for members of the Commonwealth's Militia; also known as the Citizen Military Forces. These forms were completed by the person on enlistment. The records are digitized. The records are incomplete, covering only some army personnel who served during this period.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - PERMANENT MILITARY FORCES AND ARMY MILITIA PERSONNEL DOSSIERS 1901-1973 (B4717)
The database includes members of the militia forces enlisting in the period 1919 to 1940. The records are digitized. The records are incomplete, covering only some army personnel who served during this period.
ANCESTRY- AUSTRALIA, ARMY MILITIA SERVICE RECORDS INDEX, 1901-1940 (B4747)
The records are held by the National Archives of Australia. The database includes attestation forms for members of the Commonwealth's Militia; it was also known as the Citizen Military Forces. These forms were completed by the person on enlistment.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61986/
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA, 1911-1929
The following is Fact Sheet 160 from the National Archives of Australia.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICE RECORDS 1939-1945
The following is Fact Sheet 162 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-162-national-service-and-war-1939-45.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CITIZEN MILITARY FORCES PERSONNEL DOSSIERS 1939-1947 (B884)
These are indexed through the catalogue and they have been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICE 1951-1959
The following is Fact Sheet 163 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-163-national-service-1951-59.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICE PERSONAL DOSSIERS 1952-1960 (MT1128/1)
These are indexed through the catalogue.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICE 1965-1972
The following is Fact Sheet 164 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-164-national-service-1965-72.pdf
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ARMY PERSONNEL FILES, 1947-PRESENT (B2458)
The files are indexed through the catalogue and some have been digitized. This series includes National Servicemen conscripted under the scheme operating from the mid 1960s until the early 1970s.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - VICTORIAN NAVAL RESERVE, VICTORIAN NAVAL BRIGADE AND COMMONWEALTH NAVAL MILITIA MUSTER ROLLS 1875-1908 (B5549)
These are not digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVISTS IN VICTORIA-REGISTERS OF ATTENDENCE AT DRILLS AND PAYMENT OF RETAINER 1885-1913 (B5492)
These have been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE (RANR) RECORD OF SERVICE - CITIZEN NAVAL FORCES 1897-1912 (SERIES CT190/1 TO CT190/50)
These are indexed through the catalogue and are mostly digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICE CARDS FOR ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE 1950-1965 (A12907)
These are indexed through the catalogue and some have been digitized.
Victorians may also have served as members of Allied Forces.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - PRE FIRST WORLD WAR CONFLICTS NOMINAL ROLLS
Soldiers who served in the Boer War may be searched in Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls.
CASUS-BELLI.CO.UK MILITARY BOOKS AND MEDALS - REGISTER OF THE SECOND ANGLO-BOER WAR 1899-1902
This register includes Australians.
http://www.casus-belli.co.uk/index.asp?PageId=108
ANCESTRY - WEB: SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND BOER WAR BRITISH SERVICE REGISTER, 1899-1902
This register includes Australians.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/60619/
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, BOER WAR CONTINGENTS 1899-1902
This is the official records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/australia-boer-war-contingents
FINDMYPAST - ANGLO-BOER WAR RECORDS 1899-1902
This database of more than 470 sources may reveal the unit your ancestor served with and any medals, honors, or awards they won. The register also contains a completely revised casualty list of 59,000 casualty records.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/anglo-boer-war-records-1899-1902
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS TO SOUTH AFRICA
Official Records of the Australian Military contingents to the War in South Africa, 1899-1902. It was published by P. Murray in 1911.
Military-Genealogy.com, comp. Boer War Casualties 1899-1902. The Naval and Military Press Ltd. www.military-genealogy.com. This is a database of soldiers who either died or were wounded during the Boer War.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1912
MYHERITAGE - CASUALTIES OF THE BOER WAR, 1899-1902
This collection contains details on all officers and men of the South African Field Force from the outbreak of war on 11th October, 1899 to 31st May, 1902 and the Natal Field Force from 20th October, 1898 to 26th October, 1900.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - BOER WAR RECORDS
The records include:
These have all been digitized. The following is Fact Sheet 67 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-67-boer-war-records.pdf
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - PRE FIRST WORLD WAR CONFLICTS NOMINAL ROLLS
Military personnel who served in China may be searched in Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - WORLD WAR 1 EMBARKATION ROLLS
This gives details of approximately 330,000 AIF personnel, recorded as they embarked from Australia for overseas service during the First World War.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=First%20World%20War%20Embarkation%20Roll
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE EMBARKATION ROLL 1914-1918
These are transcribed records. They are searchable.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, FIRST WORLD WAR EMBARKATION ROLLS
This collection contains records of members of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) who boarded ships for overseas service during the First World War. The records are sourced from the Australian War Memorial. They are searchable and free to access.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20207/australia-first-world-war-embarkation-rolls?s=833891551/?utm_source=partner_Victoriangenealogy&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=Victoriangenealogy_sep23​_​textlink​&​tr_ad_group=textlinks&​tr_funnel=supersearch
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - WORLD WAR 1 NOMINAL ROLLS
This gives details of approximately 324,000 AIF personnel and was recorded to assist with their repatriation to Australia from overseas service following the First World War.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=First%20World%20War%20Nominal%20Roll
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE NOMINAL ROLL 1914-1918
These are transcribed records. They are searchable.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, FIRST WORLD WAR NOMINAL ROLL, 1914-1918
This collection contains the names of over 320,000 Australian Imperial Force personnel who served in World War One. Records typically include date of enlistment, rank, service number and unit with which the person served, date of death, and the fate of the individual.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - FIRST AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE PERSONNEL DOSSIERS 1914-1920 (B2455)
Service records for all military personnel who served in World War 1 are held by the National Archives of Australia and all have been digitized. These included people who enlisted but did not serve overseas.
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, WORLD WAR 1 SERVICE RECORDS 1914-1920
This collection includes service dossiers for Australians who served in the First World War in the following units:
The dossiers also include records for personnel who served in Australia rather than overseas. Records for wartime service in the Royal Australian Navy are not included. The dossiers include attestation papers and service and casualty forms; they are not complete service records.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=60864
FOLD3 - WORLD WAR 1 SERVICE RECORDS
This includes the images of the service records.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/936/australia-wwi-service-records
FOLD3 - AIRMEN DIED IN THE GREAT WAR
Services covered are the Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force, and the Australian Flying Corps as well as United States Air Service airmen who were attached to these services. The records detail over 9,350 men and women, regardless of whether death was caused by action, accident or illness.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/957/airmen-died-in-the-great-war
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, NOMINAL ROLL OF THE FIRST RAILWAY SECTION 1917-1920
This is an index of railway employees who formed the 1st Railway Section of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force during World War One. The original records are on microfilm at New South Wales State Records.
VICTORIA POLICE MUSEUM - VICTORIAN POLICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1
https://www.policemuseum.vic.gov.au/anzac-commemorations
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS AND RECORDS
This website aids in finding World War 1 Australian veteran information. It includes a number of digitized books: the All Australia Memorial Book, Victorian Edition, the Education Department's Record of War Services, Some of Australia's Fighting Families, Australian Jewry Book of Honour, and the National Bank of Australasia Ltd. Record of War Service of Bank and Staff 1914-1919.
https://australianmilitarymemorialsandrecords.com/
FINDMYPAST - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAR SERVICE
This includes short biographies and photographs of most of the 752 people employed by the Education Department who served in World War 1. It also mentions people employed by the Education Department whose sons or brothers died on service as well as those who volunteered and were rejected (mostly on medical grounds).
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/education-department-war-service
FINDMYPAST - WAR SERVICES OLD MELBURNIANS
Members of the Old Melburnians Society who served in World War 1. Old Melburnians had attended Melbourne Grammar School.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/war-services-old-melburnians
LEADERS OF ANZAC
This website details the officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who died at Gallipoli in 1915.
See Prisoners of War and Missing Persons.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - WILLS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY FORCES-WORLD WAR 1 MT297/14)
These are indexed into the catalogue.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - APPLICATIONS TO ENLIST IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE 1915-1918 (MT1486/1)
They are the unsuccessful enlistment applications. These have all been indexed into RecordSearch and some have been digitized.
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, APPLICATIONS TO ENLIST IN THE AIF, 1915-1918
This collection contains attestation papers for individuals who wished to join the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) between 1915 and 1918. The applications are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61984/
The Australian government tried to bring in conscription in 1916; a plebiscite of the Australian people stopped them doing this. Exemption courts were held in 1916 for men trying to get exemptions from compulsory military service.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - EXEMPTION COURT RECORDS
Exemption court records are held by Public Record Office Victoria. See Other Australian Court Records.
NEWSPAPERS - EXEMPTION COURT HEARING ARTICLES
The exemption court hearings may have been reported in newspapers. See Newspapers, Magazines and Journals.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SERVICE RECORDS AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING AUSTRALIANS SERVING WITH OTHER IMPERIAL FORCES, WORLD WAR 1 (MT1487/1)
These are indexed into the catalogue and they have been digitized.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - SECOND WORLD WAR NOMINAL ROLL
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during World War 2.
http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIAN WORLD WAR II NOMINAL ROLL, 1939-1945
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - SECOND AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE PERSONNEL DOSSIERS 1939-1947 (B883)
These are indexed through the catalogue and some have been digitized.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - CITIZEN MILITARY FORCES PERSONNEL DOSSIERS 1939-1947 (B884)
These are indexed through the catalogue and they have been digitized.
BENDIGO FAMILY HISTORY GROUP - ARMY HEADQUARTERS SURVEY REGIMENT PERSONNEL LIST 1942-1945 (INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE)
This snapshot is dated 6 May 2021.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210506150322/https://www.bendigofamilyhistory.org/freeindexsearch.htm
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, WORLD WAR 2 MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS 1939-1945
This collection includes service records for Australians who served in the Second World War in the following units:
These are not images of service records but extracted information.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=61172
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, WORLD WAR II SECOND AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES AND CITIZEN MILITARY FORCES SERVICE RECORDS 1939-1947 (B883, B884)
These records were provided by the National Archives of Australia. This collection contains service documents for individuals serving for the AIF (Second Australian Imperial Forces) or CMF (Citizen Military Forces) during World War II.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61987/
FOLD3 - AUSTRALIA WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE RECORDS
This collection includes service records for Australians who served in the Second World War:
This includes the images of the service records.
FINDMYPAST - WORLD WAR 2 ALLIES COLLECTION
The collection includes service records, draft registrations, enlistment records, prisoners of war as well as casualty lists, cemetery indexes, and rolls of honour for those who served during World War II.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/world-war-2-allies-collection
ANCESTRY - UK, WORLD WAR II INDEX TO ALLIED AIRMEN ROLL OF HONOUR , 1939-1945
This collection comprises a comprehensive list of British, Commonwealth, Dominion, and Allied European air service members who lost their lives in service during the Second World War. More than 129,000 air service members are recorded in this index-only collection, which includes valuable personal information, such as aircraft serial numbers, details that may be hard to find in other collections.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62274/
FINDMYPAST - AIRMEN DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-1945
This collection includes all British, Commonwealth, Dominion and European Allied airmen and airwomen who died while under Royal Air Force control or with their own national air services during the Second World War.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/airmen-died-in-the-second-world-war-1939-1946
INTERNATIONAL BOMBER COMMAND CENTRE - LOSSES DATABASE 1936-1968
The IBCC Losses Database records the details of 58,438 Bomber Command deaths throughout its existence including pre-war and post-war losses.
https://internationalbcc.co.uk/history-archive/losses-database/
ANCESTRY - WEB: UK AND ALLIED COUNTRIES, INDEX OF INTERNATIONAL BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES, 1936-1966
This is a web-based index of Royal Air Force Bomber Command casualties between 1936 and 1966.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/70893/
FINDMYPAST - BOMBER COMMAND LOSSES, 1939-1945
This collection includes close to 58,000 service personnel who died whilst serving with Bomber Command during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/bomber-command-losses-1939-1945
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE SINKING OF HMAS SYDNEY, NOVEMBER 1941
On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast. The loss of the Sydney with its full war complement of 645 remains Australia's worst naval disaster. The following is National Archives of Australia Fact Sheet 111.
See Prisoners of War and Missing Persons.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - WILLS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY FORCES-WORLD WAR 2 (MT441/4)
These are indexed into the catalogue.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - KOREAN WAR NOMINAL ROLL
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during the Korean War.
http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - MALAYAN EMERGENCY ROLLS AND AWARDS REGISTERS 1950-1963
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during the Malayan Emergency.
FINDMYPAST - MALAYAN EMERGENCY COMMONWEALTH DEATHS 1948-1960
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - VIETNAM WAR NOMINAL ROLL
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during the Vietnam War.
http://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR
The following is Fact Sheet 117 from the National Archives of Australia.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION ROLLS AND AWARDS REGISTERS 1963-1966
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during the Indonesian Confrontation.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - PRELIMINARY GULF WAR NOMINAL ROLL
This lists Australia’s defence forces that served during the First Gulf War.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - SOMALIA ROLL 1992-1993
Nominal roll of the first Battalion Royal Australian Regiment deployed with United Nations Operations in Somalia (UNISOM): Unified Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF) 1992-1993.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=Somalia%20Roll
Local rolls of honour may be found in newspapers during the war and in the years after the war. See Newspapers, Magazines and Journals.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA - ROLL OF HONOUR
There is a Roll of Honour on the Australian War Memorial website that details members of the Australian armed forces who died while on active service.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=Roll%20of%20Honour
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, CANBERRA - COMMEMORATIVE ROLL
There is also a Commemorative Roll on the Australian War Memorial website that details Australians who were not members of the Australian armed forces who died during or as a result of wars in which Australians served. It includes those Australians who died while members of Allied Forces, the Merchant Navy, philanthropic organisations attached to the forces or as war correspondents or photographers.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=Commemorative%20Roll
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIA, MILITARY COMMEMORATIVE ROLLS AND ROLLS OF HONOUR
This database includes:
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIA, ROLL OF HONOUR
This collection contains death records of members of the Australian armed forces who have died during or as a result of service either during wartime or operations from the year 1885 onwards. These records are sourced from the Australian War Memorial. They are searchable and free to access.
FAMILYSEARCH - GEELONG HONOUR ROLL 1914-1919
This includes details of those who served, as well as those who died in World War I. Original records were housed at the Geelong Historical Records Centre.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/553050?availability=Family%20History%20Library
GEELONG AND DISTRICT WEBSITE - GEELONG DISTRICT: HONOUR BOARDS
These have been indexed into the Geelong and District Database.
http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/databases/potpourri/ppindexes
VICTORIA POLICE MUSEUM - HONOUR ROLL OF VICTORIAN POLICE MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR 1
https://www.policemuseum.vic.gov.au/anzac-commemorations
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ROLL OF HONOUR
Sydney, Bank of NSW, 1921.
http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/digitised-biographies
FINDMYPAST - BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES ROLL OF HONOUR
The Bank of New South Wales produced a presentation bound book to celebrate the lives of the 793 men, 42% of the bank’s staff of 1800, who enlisted in the armed forces of Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. These men came from the bank’s head office in Sydney and their branch offices in every Australian state, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji as well as the London office. This is searchable and may be browsed.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/bank-of-new-south-wales-roll-of-honour
PHYLLIS WILSON - NURSES WHO DIED DURING OR AS A RESULT OF WAR SERVICE SINCE THE BOER WAR (TROVE)
The snapshot is dated 11 March 2022.
If military service personnel have been taken prisoner it will be stated in their military service record. For enemy military service personnel taken prisoner and held in Australia see Internees and Prisoner of War Records.
AUSTRALIAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR MEMORIAL, BALLARAT
This website has a database of all Australian prisoners of war.
http://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/
PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS HISTORICAL ARCHIVES
This includes index cards for prisoners and detainees captured and sent to detention camps during World War 1 held by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/
FOLD3 - BRITISH WORLD WAR I WOUNDED AND MISSING
This is a list of wounded and missing British, Australian, Canadian, South African personnel in all theatres of war about whom enquiries have been made. This collection also contains enquiries for details of death and burial of all those listed as killed. The names are grouped into corps/regiments and in the case of infantry there is, wherever available, information as to which battalion, company and platoon the casualty belonged to. There is similarly unit identification for Corps and Services, such as brigade and battery for Royal Artillery, field company for Royal Engineers.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/976/british-wwi-wounded-and-missing
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WOUNDED AND MISSING PERSONS FILES
This gives details of Australian personnel reported as wounded or missing during the First World War.
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES WORLD WAR 2 MISSING AND PRISONERS OF WAR
These are transcribed records. They are searchable.
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR, 1939-1945
These are sourced from the National Archives of the United Kingdom.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=61642
FOLD3 - UNITED KINGDOM, ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR 1939-1945
These are sourced from the National Archives of the United Kingdom.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/1015/uk-allied-prisoners-of-war-1939-1945
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE ARCHIVES - AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY NATIONAL OFFICE MISSING, WOUNDED AND PRISONER OF WAR ENQUIRY CARD INDEX
This has been digitized and may be accessed through the Archives Catalogue.
https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM AND ALLIED COUNTRIES, WORLD WAR II LIBERATED PRISONER OF WAR QUESTIONNAIRES, 1945-1946
This collection comprises questionnaires filled out by prisoners of war who were liberated at the end of the Second World War in 1945. The questionnaires were given to thousands of British and Commonwealth soldiers captured by Germany, Italy, or Japan. The questionnaires provide information about various dates related to each soldier's military service and time as a prisoner of war.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62114/
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - SECOND WORLD WAR PRISONERS OF WAR AND MISSING PERSONS
This gives details of Australian Military Forces prisoners of war and missing personnel from operations in the Far East and South West Pacific Islands as at 30 June 1944.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE SINKING OF THE MONTEVIDEO MARU
In 1942 prisoners of war were captured in Rabaul by the Japanese. They also captured civilian internees in the area. The Japanese attempted to transfer these prisoners to Japanese territory. The first group, which was made up of 845 POWs and over 200 civilian internees left Rabaul on 22 June 1942 on the Montevideo Maru, a freighter requisitioned by the Japanese navy, for Hainan, off the southern coast of China. On 1 July this vessel, which was not marked as a POW carrier, was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine USS Sturgeon close to Luzon, resulting in the deaths of all prisoners and internees on board.
The following is Fact Sheet 266 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-266-the-sinking-of-the-montevideo-maru.pdf
ANCESTRY - UK AND ALLIED COUNTRIES, WORLD WAR II REGISTERS OF PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIANS HELD IN SINGAPORE 1942-1945
This collection contains registers of Allied prisoners of war who were held in Singapore between 1942 and 1945. Japanese camp administrators originally created these records and most are handwritten in pre-printed ledgers, although some may be typed. All records are in English. They are searchable and may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/62616/
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - RECOVERED PRISONERS OF WAR ROLLS 1939-1945 WAR
This dataset records the second AIF prisoners of war in the Middle East and their movements thereafter. It does not include those who died as prisoners of war.
MYHERITAGE - BRITISH EMPIRE ARMIES AND OTHER LAND FORCES - PRISONERS OF WAR 1939-1945
This collection is a register of men of the Armies and other Land Forces of the British Empire, held prisoners of war in Germany and German occupied territories.
MYHERITAGE - BRITISH EMPIRE NAVAL AND AIR FORCES - PRISONERS OF WAR 1939-1945
This collection is a register of Australian, British, Canadian, New Zealand, South African and other Naval and Air Force prisoners of war held in Germany and German occupied territories.
ANCESTRY - FREE ACCESS: EUROPE, REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS AND GERMAN PERSECUTEES, 1939-1947
This collection consists of foreigners and German persecutees in Germany between 1939-1947 who were persecuted by public institutions, social securities and companies. The records may also include information on those who died, including burial information. The documents were assembled according to the Zones of Occupation - American, British, French and Soviet - by the Allied forces within Germany. Areas outside Germany were also recorded. This collection includes prisoners of war.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61758/
For badges worn by soldiers who had returned from military service see Honours and Awards.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - VETERANS CASE FILES
The Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA), previously known as the Repatriation Department (1917-1974 and 1975-1976) and the Department of Repatriation and Compensation (1974-1975), has responsibility for functions such as the provision of repatriation services, medical and hospital treatment, and payment of pensions and allowances to eligible veterans and dependents. Case files, sometimes known as repatriation files or DVA case files, were created for each veteran who sought the services of the department, and may include medical, hospital, clinical treatment or pension files. The following is Fact Sheet 54 from the National Archives of Australia.
https://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-05/fs-54-Veterans-case-files.pdf
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - WORLD WAR 1 SOLDIER SETTLEMENT SCHEME 1917-1935
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, BATTLE TO FARM, 1919-1935
Soldier settlements were land settlement schemes where soldiers who had returned from World War 1 were able to lease or buy land. They are searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61864/
FINDMYPAST - VICTORIA, WORLD WAR ONE SOLDIER SETTLERS INDEX
Soldier settlements were land settlement schemes where soldiers who had returned from the war were able to lease or buy land. The original records are held by Public Record Office Victoria. The index is searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/victoria-world-war-one-soldier-settlers
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - COMMONWEALTH RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME (CRTS) APPLICANTS AND TRAINEES
The following is Fact Sheet 179 from the National Archives of Australia.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - COMMONWEALTH RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEME (CRTS) ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS
The following is Fact Sheet 178 from the National Archives of Australia.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - LAND OF OPPORTUNITY: AUSTRALIA'S POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION BY GRAEME POWELL WITH STUART MACINTYRE, 2015.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - INDIGENOUS MILITARY SERVICE
This list provides information about people of Indigenous descent who enlisted for service in conflicts including the Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?roll=Indigenous%20Service
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - SERVICE NEWSPAPERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
These are digitised, full text newspapers covering the period of World War Two. Featuring over 200 titles from England, US, New Zealand and Australia which were produced for military and civilian units serving at home and abroad. Australian titles include AIF News, Guinea Gold Australia Edition, Wings (Official magazine of the R.A.A.F.), Salt (Authorized Australian Army Education Journal), and The First Aider. A State Library of Victoria library card is required for access.
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - MUFTI 1934-2000
The official journal of the Returned and Services League (RSL) Victorian Branch.
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/mufti
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
This is located in Canberra. It houses a collection that commemorates the defence force of Australia. This includes information about people, photographs, private and official records, manuscripts, art, sound and film recordings, published and digitized collections, technology and heraldry. It also includes books, articles, unit histories and information about military events.
VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL AUSTRALIA
Virtual War Memorial Australia is an commemorative collection, purpose built to honour the personal experiences of all those who have served the nation in times of conflict, from the Boer War through to Afghanistan. It pays special honour to those who lost their lives as a result of their service and equally honours those who returned, forever changed.
It includes people, memorials, conflicts, units, places, and cemeteries.
SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE
This is located in Melbourne. It commemorates Victorians who served in the defence forces.
https://www.shrine.org.au/Home
AUSTRALIAN ARMY HISTORY UNIT
https://www.army.gov.au/our-heritage/history
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HISTORY
http://www.navy.gov.au/History
https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/history-and-traditions
THE ANZAC PORTAL
The full name of the website is: Anzac Portal: Education and Community Awareness for the Anzac Centenary 2014-2018. This website is maintained by the Department of Veteran Affairs. It contains information about Australia’s wartime history.
http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/
AUSTRALIANS AT WAR FILM ARCHIVE
This website is maintained by University of New South Wales, Canberra.
http://australiansatwarfilmarchive.unsw.edu.au/
FOLD3 - MILITARY RECORDS
This is an Ancestry website. Whilst its focus is mainly United States military history, it has military records and publications about many military conflicts. It includes Australian World War 1 Military Service Records, Australian World War 2 Military Service Records, United Kingdom Allied Prisoners of War 1939-1945, Australia Military Book Collection, Military Books, Airmen Died in the Great War and Distinguished Conduct Medals.
DIGGER HISTORY
Unofficial history of the Australian and New Zealand Armed Services
http://www.diggerhistory.info/
AUSTRALIANS IN THE BOER WAR - OZ-BOER DATABASE PROJECT
The Australians in the Boer War (Oz-Boer) Database Project marks the centenary of the participation by Australia in the Second Anglo-Boer War by making it easier for genealogists, numismatists, local historians and other researchers to locate source materials dealing with individual Australian participants.
https://members.tip.net.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi
THE AUSTRALIAN BOER WAR MEMORIAL
This website has information about the National Boer War Memorial in Canberra which was opened in May 2017. It includes information about Australians in the Boer War.
https://www.bwm.org.au/index.php
THE AIF PROJECT
This website is maintained by University of New South Wales, Canberra. It details Australian ANZACs in World War 1.
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html
DISCOVERING ANZACS (TROVE)
This website was maintained by National Archives of Australia and Archives New Zealand. It included a diverse selection of government records about Australians and New Zealanders in World War 1 and the Boer War. Personal photographs, memorabilia and stories were able to be uploaded. The snapshot is dated 28 November 2022.
https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20221128071655/https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/
ANGELL PRODUCTIONS PTY. LTD. - NURSES WHO SERVED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE)
This includes both civilian and military nurses. The snapshot is dated 30 March 2022.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220326032733/http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm
LOST MEDALS - AUSTRALIA
This is currently not operational.
http://www.lostmedalsaustralia.com/
MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
This is based in the United Kingdom.
https://www.militaryhistoricalsociety.co.uk
FINDMYPAST - MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETINS
The Military Historical Society is based in the United Kingdom.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/military-historical-society-bulletins
FIRST FLEET FELLOWSHIP VIC INC.
https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/
MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
GEELONG MILITARY RE-ENACTMENT GROUP
This is a sub group of the Military Historical Society Geelong Inc.
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY HISTORICAL COMPANY
http://www.artilleryhistory.org/
NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
https://www.navyhistory.org.au/
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VETERANS BURIED IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (PANDORA)
This website version dated 12 February 2014 is sourced from Pandora.
https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140212050412/http://www.acwv.info/
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE FIRST AIF INC.
The Families and Friends of the First AIF Inc (FFFAIF Inc) is dedicated to Digger heritage and keeping the memory alive of the First AIF Diggers who served in the Great War of 1914 -1918.
FRIENDS OF GALLIPOLI
http://www.friendsofgallipoli.org/
THE SPITFIRE ASSOCIATION
Spitfires were aircraft flown before, during and after World War 2.
https://www.spitfireassociation.com/
BOMBER COMMAND COMMEMORATIVE ASSOCIATION VICTORIA INC
This organization exists to ensure, in perpetuity, the continuance of the memory of those Australians, and particularly the Victorians, who served in RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.
RATS OF TOBRUK ASSOCIATION INC.
In World War 2 Tobruk in Libya was besieged in 1941. About 14,000 Australian soldiers were there during the siege, adopting the name “Rats of Tobruk”.
http://www.ratsoftobrukassociation.org.au/
AMERICAN EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
https://www.bartosh.com/amexsvc/
ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE OF VICTORIA LIBRARY
The aim of the Royal United Services Institute of Victoria (RUSI of Victoria) is to encourage the discussion of national security and defence matters, and to improve public awareness and understanding of such matters.
https://www.rusivic.org.au/library
NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM
This is located in Chelsea, London, England. The National Army Museum Collection is the world’s largest and most significant accumulation of objects and archives relating to the British Army and other Land Forces of the British Crown (including the former Indian Army until 1947).
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS
These are located in Britain.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
This is located in Canberra. It houses a collection that commemorates the defence force of Australia. This includes information about people, photographs, private and official records, manuscripts, art, sound and film recordings, published and digitized collections, technology and heraldry. It also includes books, articles, unit histories and information about military events.
RAAF MUSEUM POINT COOK
https://www.airforce.gov.au/raaf-museum
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE BOER WAR: AUSTRALIANS AND THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1902 BY CRAIG WILCOX, REVISED 2001.
A guide to the official government records of Australia's involvement in the Boer War. It includes both colonial and Commonwealth records.
MYHERITAGE - AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENTS TO SOUTH AFRICA
Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa, 1899 - 1902. It was published by P. Murray in 1911. It is searchable.
ANCESTRY - WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA-A HISTORY OF THE BOER WAR 1899-1900
This may be browsed.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/35148/
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australia's involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by the official historian Charles Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1416844
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES, 1914-1918
This was published between 1938 and 1943.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1416843
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - GALLIPOLI MISSION
This book deals with a small mission of eight Australians - including Charles Bean (the author), George Lambert (artist), and Hubert Wilkins (photographer) - who visited Gallipoli in 1919 to carry out research on the battlefields of the 1915 campaign, discuss a plan for the Gallipoli war graves, and obtain from the Turks their story of the fighting.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1416967
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - ANZAC TO AMIENS
One volume summary account of Australia's part in the 1914-1918 War. The story of all three fighting services is laid out in relief against a background of Australia's political and industrial problems, and of main world events. This was published in 1946.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1416966
FOLD3 - AUSTRALIA MILITARY BOOK COLLECTION
These books encompass a wide range of topics such as military campaigns in foreign countries, histories of military units, and other interesting topics. All of the books come from Australia.
https://www.fold3.com/publication/948/australia-military-book-collection
AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS AND RECORDS
This website aids in finding World War 1 Australian veteran information. It includes a number of digitized books: the All Australia Memorial Book, Victorian Edition, the Education Department's Record of War Services, Some of Australia's Fighting Families, Australian Jewry Book of Honour, and the National Bank of Australasia Ltd. Record of War Service of Bank and Staff 1914-1919.
https://australianmilitarymemorialsandrecords.com/
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA'S FIGHTING SONS OF THE EMPIRE. PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF AUSTRALIANS IN THE GREAT WAR
Australia's Fighting Sons of The Empire. Portraits and Biographies of Australians in the Great War. Perth, Australia: Palmer and Ashworth, 1919. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30261
ANCESTRY - ANZAC MEMORIAL, 1914-1918
Anzac Memorial. Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Branch Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League of Australia, 1919. Much of the book is comprised of a Roll of Honour, listing nearly 20,000 Australians who died in the war. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/61966/
FINDMYPAST - ALL AUSTRALIA MEMORIAL
The All Australia Memorial was published after the war and contains war stories and biographical details of those who died in service between August 1914 and December 1918. It is searchable.
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/all-australia-memorial
MYHERITAGE - ANZAC MEMORIAL
'The Anzac Memorial' is a comprehensive compilation of names and primary source material from the First World War, and is compiled as a memorial to the Anzacs who fought and died in the Great War. It was published in 1919. It is searchable.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL HISTORIES
The official history of Australia's involvement in the Second World War represents one of the longest and largest historical endeavours Australia has ever seen. The enterprise began in January 1943 with the appointment of Gavin Long as General Editor. The 22 volumes, written by 14 authors, were published by the Memorial over a 25-year period between 1952 and 1977.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1417143
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - THE SINKING OF HMAS SYDNEY: A GUIDE TO COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT RECORDS BY RICHARD SUMMERRELL, REVISED 2010
The loss of HMAS Sydney almost without trace in November 1941, following an encounter with the German raider Kormoran off the Western Australian coast, remains one of the most intriguing mysteries of Australia's wartime history.
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS' OCCUPATIONS: DEFENCE FORCES
This lists resources held by the state library relating to people in the defence forces. These include World War 1 unit histories which have been digitized.
https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/c.php?g=435343&p=6711333
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - ABBREVIATIONS USED IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II SERVICE RECORDS
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - GLOSSARY
This provides assistance with military terminology and acronyms.
https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/glossary/a
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