Thought anyone interested in the AFC might be interested
in the following:
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 13:21:16 +1000
From: Ian Haidon <ianh@aa.gov.au>
To: military-history@mailbase.ac.uk
Subject: World War One Personnel records
Members of the list may interested to know that the personal dossiers of
the over 330,000 Australians served overseas in the War of 1914-1918 are
preserved in the National Office of the Australian Archives in Canberra.
The dossiers which, include those of the 65 VC winners, relate primarily to
members of the First Australian Imperial Force but they also include
records of members of the:
Australian Flying Corps
Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
Australian Army Nursing Service
An example of the records and information on how to obtain copies of them
can be found on the Australian Archives Web site. The url is
<http://www.aa.gov.au/AA_WWW/AA_Sect_Serv/
AA_WW1/AA_WW1.html>
Cheers,
.....and nice to be
back...at last 80)
Mick.
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