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EMBARKATION ROLLS – Information on soldier at time of leaving Australia First World War Embarkation Rolls: Ralph Edward Goode Service Number: 106 Rank: Private Roll title: 2 Field Ambulance (October 1914) Conflict: First World War, Date of embarkation: 19 October 1914 Place of embarkation: Melbourne Ship embarked on: HMAT Wiltshire A18

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 Goode Service Number: 62 Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps Service: Army Conflict: First World War, Award: Mention in despatches Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 27 January 1916 Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 157, position 16 Date of London Gazette: 5 November 1915 Location 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 website Also 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 – 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

THINGS YOU CAN FIND NEWS REPORTSHONOUR ROLLSLETTERS

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 MEMORIALS MONUMENTS, 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 –

Notices for help: Sunday Herald Sun – Seeking help RSL Magazine - Mufti Vet Affairs - magazine

Commonwealth war graves website