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EMBARKATION ROLLS – Information on soldier at time of leaving Australia
First World War Embarkation Rolls: Ralph Edward GoodeService Number: 106Rank: PrivateRoll title: 2 Field Ambulance (October 1914)Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918Date of embarkation: 19 October 1914Place of embarkation: MelbourneShip embarked on: HMAT Wiltshire A18
This will give you the following information –
• Service number• Full name• Rank• Age
• Occupation• Martial status• Address
• Address of next of Kin• Religion
• Date of enlistment
Honours and Awards
Honours and Awards: Ralph Edward GoodeService Number: 62Rank: Lance CorporalUnit: Australian Army Medical CorpsService: ArmyConflict: First World War, 1914-1918Award: Mention in despatchesDate of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 27 January 1916Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 157, position 16Date of London Gazette: 5 November 1915Location in London Gazette: Page 11003, position 18
What Else Can be Found here?
• Roll of Honour – details of those who died while on active service• Nominal Rolls for pre-First World War conflicts (Australian Forces only)• Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files• Prisoner of War
What you have found on this website –
• Details of the Soldier at time they left Australia• Details of any awards or honours• Details of the Soldier at the time they arrived home• Where they lived at time of enlistment• Photos etc
Now you want to find out what happened in between
Their war service
For service details you need to access their service files.
These are found at –
www.naa.gov.au
Go to ‘record search’
All World War One files are now online.
View digitised record
This will give you details of their service;• Ships they sailed on• Camps they were in• Places they were moved to• Times they were wounded or removed to hospital• what hospitals they were at• Awards they received
TROVE - NEWSPAPERS• First look for the newspaper that covers
that area• Search for name of soldier
• Then try searching other papers
• More details the quicker the search
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper
OTHER RESOURCES
* LOCAL HISTORY GROUPS OR SOCIETIES
* LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUMS
* LOCAL HISTORY PUBLICATIONS* OTHER NEWSPAPERS
CHARLES BEAN’S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR
UNIT WAR DIARIES -AWM
UNIT HISTORIES
AIF PROJECT/ DISCOVERING ANZACS
BOOKS WRITTEN BY MEN FROM THE SAME UNIT
RSL CLUBS – display cases, objects, items hanging on the walls
ANZAC HOUSE – large collection - medals
Victorian Collections –
http://victoriancollections.net.au/
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