RESEARCHING WWI

VETERANS(RALPH EDWARD

GOODE)

Some ideas for finding more information

WWW.AWM.GOV.AU SEARCH FOR A PERSON

EMBARKATION ROLLS – Information on soldier at time of leaving Australia

First World War Embarkation Rolls: Ralph Edward GoodeService Number: 106Rank: PrivateRoll title: 2 Field Ambulance (October 1914)Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918Date of embarkation: 19 October 1914Place of embarkation: MelbourneShip embarked on: HMAT Wiltshire A18

VIEW DIGITISED RECORD: EMBARKATION ROLL

This will give you the following information –

• Service number• Full name• Rank• Age

• Occupation• Martial status• Address

• Address of next of Kin• Religion

• Date of enlistment

Nominal Roll – Information on soldier at repatriation (return home)

Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards: Ralph Edward GoodeService Number: 62Rank: Lance CorporalUnit: Australian Army Medical CorpsService: ArmyConflict: First World War, 1914-1918Award: Mention in despatchesDate of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 27 January 1916Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 157, position 16Date of London Gazette: 5 November 1915Location in London Gazette: Page 11003, position 18

Honours and Awards - Recommendations

View Digitised Document

What Else Can be Found here?

• Roll of Honour – details of those who died while on active service• Nominal Rolls for pre-First World War conflicts (Australian Forces only)• Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files• Prisoner of War

While at AWM websiteAlso check - ‘Collections’

• Diaries• Art work• Heraldry• Photos• Films

What you have found on this website –

• Details of the Soldier at time they left Australia• Details of any awards or honours• Details of the Soldier at the time they arrived home• Where they lived at time of enlistment• Photos etc

Now you want to find out what happened in between

Their war service

For service details you need to access their service files.

These are found at –

www.naa.gov.au

Go to ‘record search’

All World War One files are now online.

View digitised record

This will give you details of their service;• Ships they sailed on• Camps they were in• Places they were moved to• Times they were wounded or removed to hospital• what hospitals they were at• Awards they received

TROVE - NEWSPAPERS• First look for the newspaper that covers

that area• Search for name of soldier

• Then try searching other papers

• More details the quicker the search

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

THINGS YOU CAN FINDNEWS REPORTS

HONOUR ROLLS

LETTERS

OTHER RESOURCES

* LOCAL HISTORY GROUPS OR SOCIETIES

* LOCAL HISTORY MUSEUMS

* LOCAL HISTORY PUBLICATIONS* OTHER NEWSPAPERS

•ELECTORAL ROLL – LOOK FOR THEIR HOUSE* STREETS OR PARKS NAMED AFTER THEM

* CEMETERY RECORDS

WAR MEMORIALSMONUMENTS, CENOTAPH,

MEMORIALS

HONOUR BOARDS

AVENUES OF HONOUR

CHARLES BEAN’S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR

UNIT WAR DIARIES -AWM

UNIT HISTORIES

AIF PROJECT/ DISCOVERING ANZACS

BOOKS WRITTEN BY MEN FROM THE SAME UNIT

RSL CLUBS – display cases, objects, items hanging on the walls

ANZAC HOUSE – large collection - medals

Victorian Collections –

http://victoriancollections.net.au/

Notices for help:

Sunday Herald Sun – Seeking help

RSL Magazine - Mufti

Vet Affairs - magazine

Commonwealth war graves website