Research and education

You might find it interesting to research your family's military history. One way to do this is to explore the individual stories of veterans.

To start, you'll need to know some basic details, such as:

• full name
• date and place of birth
• armed service in which they served
• approximate year of enlistment

Depending on the conflict or operation in which they served, their war service records might be available online, or available on request from either the National Archives of Australia or the Department of Defence.

Find out about:

• Researching Australians at war
• Recording oral histories
• Schools
• Competitions