AIF records

[Chester837]

Just done some research on a local chap who enlisted in he 11th Bn Australian Infantry. Found him on the National Archives of Australia and opened his record.

WOW!

After 2 years of researching 'British' servicemen, to find a record that was a) ligible, intact & c) full of all the information that a researcher is looking for was just amazing.

Ah, what a pleasure it was to spend the afternoon reading through that record, including a moving, detailed report of the funeral; gun carriage, firing party and last post included.

[ralphjd]

Must agree here, AIF records are absolutely amazing, perhaps ours would be better if a certain Adolf H had not sent his bombers over in the next "conflict" . Ralph.

[Chester837]

There is that but there also seemed to be much more info in the Aussie records; maybe down to sheer volume of numbers I suppose

[Moonraker]

Excellent AIF war diaries as well, with lots of info about units based in England and usually typed, sometimes with useful annexes.

Moonraker

[17107BM]

Iv'e always found the National Archives of Australia site very user friendly and a joy to navigate, so much easier than ours. Maybe some lessons could be learned from down under!

Cheers all.