Charmion, your records are more limited than those we can access in Australia.

National Archives of Australia The National Archives holds records about service in the Australian defence forces from Federation in 1901. Find out how to access the records we hold relating to service with the:
Australian Army (Army)

    Boer War
    World War I
    Service between the world wars
    World War II
    Service after World War II

Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

    Service up to 1970
    Service after 1970

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

    Service up to and including World War II
    Service after World War II

We also hold other records relating to wartime service, including:

    civilian service
    courts-martial files
    merchant navy
    munitions workers
    soldier settlement
    veterans' case files
    war gratuities

Under the Archives Act, you have a right of access to Commonwealth government records that are in the open access period.

For wider research, you may also want to consult the Archives records about defence administration and policy or unit, operational and administrative records held by the Australian War Memorial.

See also the list of abbreviations used in some service records. View documents from service records from the Boer War, World War I and World War II.

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& here's the service record of my great uncle James Royal Lambert who died in France in 1917 & here the photobrooch his mother wore every day until she died 20yrs later