The National Archives of Australia holds records about service in the Australian defence forces from Federation in 1901. Find out how to access the records we hold relating to service with the:
We also hold other records relating to wartime service, including:
The National Archives is only authorised to give access to records that are more than 30 years old.
For wider research, you may also want to consult National Archives records about defence administration and policy or unit, operational and administrative records held by the Australian War Memorial.
See also the list of abbreviations used in some service records.