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Service details, honours and awards

The Office of Australian War Graves does not hold records of service details, honours and awards. The sources for these details are as follows:

Service details

Royal Australian Navy
Directorate of Sailors’ Career Management
(Sailors’ Records)
Navy Headquarters
Department of Defence
Russell Offices
Canberra ACT 2600

Directorate of Naval Officers’ Postings
(Officers’ Records)
Navy Headquarters
Department of Defence
Russell Offices
Canberra ACT 2600

Australian Army (World War I)
Including the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (New Guinea), Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Australian Army Nursing Service, and depot or home records for personnel who served within Australia.

World War I Personnel Records Service
Australian Archives
PO Box 7425
Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610

Australian Army (World War II and since)
Soldier Career Management Agency
GPO Box 393 D
Melbourne VIC 3001

Royal Australian Air Force
Officer in Charge
Discharge Personnel Records (Air Force)
Queanbeyan Annexe A
Department of Defence
Russell Offices
Canberra ACT 2600

Honours and awards

Royal Australian Navy
Staff Officer Medals (Navy)
Queanbeyan Annexe
Department of Defence
Russell Offices
Canberra ACT 2600

Australian Army
Honours and Awards Directorate
Army Medal Section
GPO Box 5108BB
Melbourne VIC 3001

Royal Australian Air Force
Air Force Medals Section
Queanbeyan Annexe
Department of Defence
Russell Offices
Canberra ACT 2600

Boer War records

The Office holds limited burial and memorial location of Australians who died in South Africa during the Boer War. For further information, please contact the National Office of the Office of Australian War Graves or the Melbourne Archives Centre:

PO Box 8005
Burwood Heights VIC 3151
Phone: (03) 9285 7999
Fax: (03) 9285 7979

Dossiers 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF)

The personal dossiers of these servicemen and women are preserved at the National Archives of Australia in Canberra. Depot or home records for personnel who served in Australia are also held.

Any member of the public can obtain a copy of a World War I service record. A copy of a dossier can be obtained for a charge of $16.20, forwarded with a Dossier Request Form. If a record is not located, the monies will be returned. To obtain a copy of a Dossier Request Form, write to:

World War I Personnel Records Service
National Archives of Australia
PO Box 7425
Canberra Mail Centre ACT 2610

Other Commonwealth of Nations Forces

For inquiries regarding service details, honours and awards for service in other Commonwealth of Nations forces, in the first instance contact the relevant High Commission in Canberra, ACT.