New South Wales Military Records

New South Wales

 * New South Wales Roll Of Honour, index, ($).
 * 1816-1982 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1818-1830 - Various records of the New South Wales Regiment at FamilySearch, images. The New South Wales Regiment was also known at various times as the 102nd Regiment of foot, the 100th Regiment of Foot, and the Veterans' Regiment.
 * 1850-1942 - Military records : marriages, baptisms and births of military units in New South Wales, ca. 1850-1942 at FamilySearch, images.
 * 1905-1970 - New South Wales, Australia, Cowra Military Camps Personnel Photo Index, 1905-1970, index, browse, and images, ($).
 * 1906-1960 - New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960, index and transcription, ($).
 * 1907-1951 - Soldier (Closer) Settlement/Returned Soldiers Transfer files 1907-1951 at New South Wales Archives. Transfer of land ownership originally obtained under the Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers schemes. It records surname and first name (may be that of transferor or transferee), file number, residence of owner, settlement purchase number, parish, county and date of transfer.
 * 1907-1936, 1951 - New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951 at FindMyPast, index and transcription, ($).
 * 1914-1917 - Bank Of New South Wales Roll Of Honour, WW I at FindMyPast, index and photos, ($).
 * 1914-1919 - Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914 to 1919 at New South Wales Archives. Name search for railway employees who died in the First World War.
 * 1914 - Australian Railway Supply Detachment,1914 at New South Wales Archives, image and name listing.
 * 1914-1918 - NSW Government employees granted military leave, 1914 to 1918 at New South Wales Archives, index. This index includes the names of over 10,000 NSW Government employees reported to have been granted military leave, or to have enlisted as nurses and military or navy personnel during World War I, 1914-18
 * 1916-1939 - New South Wales, Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files 1916-1939, index and transcription, ($).

Australia

 * Australia's Redcoat Settlers
 * Commonwealth War Graves Commission
 * Office of Australian War Graves
 * All Australia Memorial, ($), index.
 * Australian War Memorial digitized collections
 * Discovering Anzacs
 * Graves and memorials of Australians in the Boer War
 * Australians in the Boer War
 * Australian ANZACS in the Great War 1914-1918
 * Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, ($), index.
 * Australian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918, ($), index.
 * Australian Imperial Force Nominal Roll 1914-1918, ($), index.
 * Australian Imperial Force, Nominal Roll Of The First Railway Section 1917-1920, ($), index.
 * Australian Military Forces WW2 Missing and Prisoners Of War, ($), index.
 * Australian World War II Nominal Roll, 1939-1945, ($), index.
 * World War II Nominal Rolls website
 * Korean War Nominal Roll
 * Nominal Roll of Vietnam War Veterans

=Archives== NSW Government State Records and Archives 161 O'Connell Street Kingswood NSW 2747 Australia
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 * Family history guides and links
 * NSW Probate Records Guide Tips and techniques to find all the details of NSW probate records.

New South Wales Archives Guides

 * Boer War Records Guide The war between the British and the two Dutch South African republics — the Boer War — began on 11 October 1899 when the Boers declared war on the British. It lasted until 31 May 1902. This Guide provides a brief overview and list of the main sources in our collection relating to New South Wales' participation in the Boer War.
 * Coastal Fortifications Guide A brief overview of the major sources we hold that relate to coastal fortifications, defense works and military buildings.
 * Military Personnel Guide This guide provides information on how to find arrivals of early military personnel and a list of records in our collection relating to Early British Army Regiments in NSW; Volunteer Force; Sudan Expedition; Boer War; World War I and World War II.

Record Contents
Military records identify individuals who either served in the military or who were eligible for service. Evidence that an ancestor served in the military may be found in family records, biographies, census, probate records, civil registration, and church records.

Military records may include:


 * Muster rolls
 * Personnel files
 * Regimental account books
 * Letters of deportment
 * Lists of officers
 * Pay vouchers or records
 * Pension records
 * Records of leave
 * Naval records
 * Descriptive rolls