Research Tips

  Uncovering information about your family military history can be both surprising and extremely satisfying – you also need to be warned in advance that it can highly addictive! Step 1: Gather Information  Gathering as much information as you can about your ancestor will provide you with the best possible chance of locating their service history or medal entitlements. The Australian War Memorial, family members and good old Google are great starting places and can be supplemented with these highly useful resources: ancestry.com.au findmypast.com.au myheritage.com trove.nla.gov.au FOXHOLE TIP:  For UK family members, the following links may be helpful: forces-war-records.co.uk nationalarchives.gov.au britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk...