A collection of links related to Australian war and service personnel records, including war graves and memorials.
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- Australian Capital Territory
- Queensland
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- National
Australian Capital Territory
- ACT Memorial - The Memorial has two parts: the physical Memorial, located opposite Civic Square on London Circuit; and this web site, containing a database of names and information about the people honoured by the Memorial.
Queensland
- Mackay War Memorials
- Queensland War Memorial Register - lists of locations of all Queensland War Memorials. For those that contain honour rolls, you can generally view images to see the name thereon
- WWI Pictorial Honour Roll of Queenslanders
Queensland Archives has compiled indexes of their archival records. Use these links to get to the page and search the index database by name.
- Aboriginal War Census Returns 1915-1916
- Army Reservist payments 1909 to 1920
- South African (Boer) War Paybooks 1899 to 1902
- Soldier Settlement ledgers 1917 to 1929
- Perpetual Lease Selections of soldier settlements 1917 - 1929
- Discharged Soldier Settler Loans 1917-1919
- TB Home applications 1923-1932
- List of Queensland State Archives First World War records
- Records on Frontier Wars and violence in Queensland
- World War 1 soldier portraits
New South Wales
- Register of War Memorials in NSW crowd-sourced database about war memorials in New South Wales. It currently holds more than 3,500 war memorial records, and more than 200,000 veteran records
- Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour details of railway employees who worked for the New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways and who lost their lives as a result of their service in the First World War.
- Australian Railway Supply Detachment 1914 A complete index of a single photo from the State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection, now in the custody of NSW State Archives.
- Nominal Roll of the First Railway Section (AIF) Name search for NSW railway employees who formed the 1st Railway Section of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, also known as the 6th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company.
- NSW Government employees granted military leave over 10,000 NSW Government employees reported to have been granted military leave, or to have enlisted as nurses and military or navy personnel during World War I, 1914-18
Victoria
Western Australia
- Anzac heroes - This Anzac Heroes Centenary of Gallipoli website is dedicated to all Service Men and Women who enlisted in the Great War 1914-1918 from the Bunbury-Wellington District, and nearby dependent Communities in South West Western Australia
- Gallipoli Dead
- Anzac Heroes
South Australia
Some useful websites dedicated to South Australian history are now defunct, making it difficult to search for records online. The South Australian official archives are also not online however some of their records exist on third party sites such as FamilySearch and Ancestry (both require logins). We are endeavouring to expand our South Australian online records collection at our data site, Gendata.com.au - please visit regularly as we expand our SA collection - it's free and does not require an account. In the meantime you may find the following sites useful.
- The Manning Index of South Australian History The Index contains many thousands of references to South Australian newspaper and magazine stories for the years 1837 to 1937. It also includes extensive selected text from the indexed publications, other primary and secondary sources and numerous extracts from Mr Manning's own writings.
- WW1 Photographs Photographic portraits of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses who took part in World War One
- Index - Record of land held by soldier settlers, 1917-1931
- Digitised Copy - Record of land held by soldier settlers, volume 1 - A to L pages 1 to 235
- Digitised Copy - Record of land held by soldier settlers, volume 2 - M to Z pages 1 to 271
- Volunteer Military Force papers 1842-1870 GRG24/51
- Nominal rolls - Volunteer Military Forces, 1854-1886 GRG 149/1
- Papers on defence - B.T. Finniss, 1854-1877 GRG149/18
- Payments to members of Imperial Contingent to the South African War (Boer War), 1899-1900 GRG 24/115
- World War I Soldier, Sailor and Nurse Photographs 1918 - 1952 GRG 26/5/4
Tasmania
- 1804-1870 Military index-alphabetical index to those serving in regiments in Tasmania (NS436/1/17)
- The Tasmanian War Memorials database World War 1 and World War 2 by Fred Thornett
- Registers of volunteers enrolled in the Southern Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery with details of equipment issued and history, 1879-1899
- “A” Battery Gives date of enlistment, name, occupation, residence, age, height and chest measurement, Rank and equipment issue and date resigned
- “B” Battery part 1
- “B” Battery part 2
- 1887-1903 Registers of volunteers enrolled in the Southern Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery with details of equipment issued and subsequent history, Reserve Battery
Northern Territory
The archives can be searced online using the "Archives Navigator" service.
National
- RSL Virtual War Memorial
- Australian War Memorial - extensive access to military histories of serving Australians - many biographies and personnel records have been digitised for online viewing
- Australian War Memorial collection search - best way to search the AWM records by name, returns index references, photographs and more
- Oz-Boer Database - Australians who served in the Boer War
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- It's an Honour - searchable database of recipients of Australian Medals and Awards
- Australian Government Defence Honours & Awards - lists of medals, seachable by medal name
- National Boer War Memorial Association - Information on the Boer War and also online databases of service records
- Adopt a Digger - Researching WW1 diggers and nurses from Sunshine Coast region of Queensland
- Lost Leaders of Anzacs - Officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Died at Gallipoli, 1915
- WW1 Cemeteries - Photographs and names from military cemeteries and memorials around the world
- Families and Friends of the First AIF - Dedicated to Digger Heritage
- National Vietnams Veterans Museum - General information only, inprocess of digitising images
- Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War - contains information from the service records of more than 18,000 individuals who served during the Korean Wa
- Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans - lists approximately 61 000 men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975
- The Australian light Horse Association - ontains both historical and current information on famous regiments and famous battles, as well as information on both ordinary soldiers and commanders, existing Military Units, current Re-enactment Troops, and Light Horse Museums
- World War 2 Nominal Roll - contains information from the service records of some one million individuals who served during World War Two
- Medals Gone Missing - Worldwide medals register
- National Police Memorial - Honour Roll - The Memorial pays tribute to Australian Police Officers who have been killed on duty or have died as a result of their duties since the advent of policing in Australia and to recognise the unique nature of police service and the dangers that police face in their daily pursuits.
[Last updated August 2024]