ARE YOU SEEKING AUSTRALIAN WARTIME SERVICE RECORDS and WORLD WAR 2 PAY RECORDS?
There are many places in Australia where you can obtain Defence Service Records and information on Australian Serviceman.
The information is available to all members of the public who wish to access the said records.
Firstly - There is a link on my links page to obtain Australian Service Dossiers for any World War 2 Serviceman from the National Archives of Australia (NAA). These World War 1 dossiers have now been digitized and are available free of charge by logging into the NAA site and downloading them. You CAN also obtain World War 2 Dossiers; Korean War Dossiers; Malaya/Borneo Dossiers; Vietnam Dossiers and any Serviceman who served in the Defence Forces with no Overseas Service - as long as the information you seek is at least 30 years old from the time you request the information. Also available in the National Archives site are - RAAF Casualty Files which contain information on all RAAF personnel who Died or were Prisoner's of War in the Second World War and Korean War. You can also obtain the Pay Records and Pay Allotment Cards for ALL Australian Servicemen who served in World War 2. (AIF and Militia). The Pay Files are held in the State of Enlistment. They contain the Serviceman's Name, Regimental Numbers (some had more than one number) Charge Reports and Fines; Date of Embarkation to Middle East and/or Papua and New Guinea, and the name of the person (allottee) they were sending money too back home. (in some cases it was not their Next of Kin), the allottees Name and addresses of residence which can be of help if you are doing your Family History and want to locate them. Also there are separate Folders for those who were Prisoner's of War and in these Files are the Serviceman's Paybooks with a photo of the Serviceman in the Paybook. They also contain Letters written by the Next of kin to the Army enquiring about Pay etc. There is also Pay Records for RAAF World War 2 Personnel. These Pay Records are held in the National Archives of Australia in the State of Enlistment for the Serviceman.
Also in the Victorian Office of the National Archives are held Files on the Prisoner of War Trust Fund. These Files contain information on money that was available to Prisoner's of War who were a little flat-cashed at the time and couldn't obtain money from elsewhere. They contain information such as Name; Regt No; the POW Camps they served in and any medical conditions that were suffered as a result of their imprisonment.
WORLD WAR 2 NOMINAL ROLLS Queensland AIF QX1 - QX5000 QX5001 - QX10000 QX10001 - QX15000 QX15001 - QX20000 QX20001 - QX25000 QX25001 - QX30000 and QX30001 - QX35000 and Queensland MILITIA Q1-Q15000
I have completed seven (7) volumes of the Queensland World War 2 Nominal Roll. They are the most comprehensive Nominal Roll ever to be compiled with every serviceman cross-referenced to include all Service Numbers that he had whilst serving in the Forces. This includes World War 1 Service; some Pre-World War 2 service; Militia (Q) AIF (QX) Post World War 2 Service; RAAF and RAN Service Numbers. It includes the Serviceman's Regiment Number, Rank, Full Name, his Operational Unit, any Decorations he may have received, Comments about his Service ie. Other Service Numbers, POW Status; if Killed - How, When, and Where it occurred and Burial Details; and Next of Kin which can include Mother, Fiancées, Defacto Relationships, other Brothers and Sisters who also served in the Forces and much more.
They take in the first 35000 names of the AIF: - QX1 to QX5000 QX5001 to QX10000 and QX10001 to QX15000 QX15001 to QX20000 QX20001 to QX25000 QX25001 to QX30000 and
QX30001 to QX35000.
I have also completed the first book of Queensland Militia who served in World War 2. This Nominal Roll comprises ALL those who served in the Militia including those who subsequently enlisted in AIF. It also includes Militia personnel who did their compulsory 3-month call-up and who were then sent back to their particular unit and continued with their part-time CMF. These records include their Pay Cards, as there will be NO other record of these service personnel. MILITIA - Q1-Q15000
If you are interested in purchasing a copy the cost will be Thirty-five Dollars each volume including P&H. The Nominal Roll is also available on CD for just Thirty-five Dollars; It includes QX1 to QX25000 and Militia Q1-Q15000
Just send your remittance by cheque or money order to the above address.
Also available are :- NOMINAL ROLL of PAPUAN SERVICEMAN (Prefixed - P, PX, PN and R (includes Native Servicemen and Natives who served with M FORCE) and NOMINAL ROLL of NEW GUINEA SERVICEMEN - includes NGVR; (Prefixed - NG, NGX and NGN -Native Servicemen) and all Civilians who lost their lives on Montevideo Maru and/or where killed in Air Raids in and around Rabaul, New Britain and Kavieng, New Ireland during the War).
These books are also available for Thirty-five Dollars a book including P&H. or on CD for Twenty-five Dollars.
For more Information Just write to - Mr John WINTERBOTHAM 2/24 Russell Street, CLEVELAND, Qld, 4163 or email me.
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