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Margaret

Margaret Report 14 Nov 2006 12:21

Hi I am in need of help. According to family legend my father was in the Australia forces during the 1916-1930 (not sure for how long) I would like to trace him has anyone got any idea of how? Also according to legend again he had a boarding house in Sydney (he was in the Merchant Navy) sometime in the 30 to late 40's again can anyone help me trace this fact. Thanks Margaret

TaniaNZ

TaniaNZ Report 14 Nov 2006 12:31

Hi Margaret you are in luck as the australians have got great military websites detailing all their soldiers. I cant remember the addresses off hand but I will google and get back to you Regards Tania

TaniaNZ

TaniaNZ Report 14 Nov 2006 12:39

www.awm.gov.au Brilliant site Do a people search they even have digitalised images of embarkation records etc

TonyOz

TonyOz Report 14 Nov 2006 12:53

Hi Margaret. You might like to search these two sites also. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA. ( N.A.A ) Search now... as a guest. Type in Surname and or given name.Keywords (or name) eg:( Mary Smith ) Click on SEARCH http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html FIRST WORLD WAR NOMINAL DATA BASE: (ONLINE) http://www.awm.gov.au/database/133/index.asp Tony Oz ( Australia )

Researching:
Hull,Williamson,Hales,Sadd,Langton,Bateman -"Essex"...Copley,"Sussex" - "Yorkshire" Richardson -"Yorkshire"...Barnes - "Wiltshire" ...Coglan - "Lancashire"... McCarthy & Walsh ( Ireland )"Limerick & Kilkenny"