World War 1
On 15 August 1914, the Federal Government called for volunteers from all over Australia to join the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) that could be sent anywhere in the world for the duration of hostilities and four months thereafter. The official enlistment age was 21 years or 18 years with the consent of a parent.
The volunteers were organised into Battalions, Light Horse Regiments and Field Artillery Units. Other supporting services followed and these included Railway Operating Units, Machine Gun Companies and Tunnelling Companies, amongst others. These groups were named and organised in many different ways over the 4 years of the war and it is not unusual to see the records of a soldier mention a battalion, a brigade and a division, and sometimes multiples of each. A summary of the organisation of the AIF can be found on Order of Battle.
Nurses were also encouraged to volunteer with the Australian Army Nursing Service AIF. They worked in Australian and Allied hospitals, clearing stations, hospital ships and rehabilitation hospitals. These nurses were required to be between 25 and 40 years of age, unmarried, educated, and have completed 3 years nursing training.
Each battalion, regiment or unit started its own service numbers from 1 and continued as recruits were enlisted. This means that more than one Australian soldier could have the same service number. Officers did not have service numbers and soldiers commissioned up from the ranks had their numbers abolished. Nurses also did not have service numbers.
After the war, the troops began returning to Australia and the last transport ship left England on 13th April 1920. The AIF was disbanded on 1st April 1921.
The personal documents of anyone serving with an AIF Battalion, Regiment, Company or Unit are indexed on this page.
Group photos and documents that pertain to an entire Battalion, Regiment, Company or Unit will be indexed under the Group Photos and Documents tab on this page.
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ADAMS, Francis Kilner - 7202
ALFORD, Ernest Vincent - 1293
ALLEN, Joseph Lowe - 2826
ANDREW, John Douglas - 2828
ATKINSON, Albert - 8
BAKER, Douglas George - 8441, W243577
BAKER, Norman William - 347
BAKER, William Leslie - 10857
BAMBROOK, Gordon Lindsay - 2765
BARRETT, William - 1519
BATES, Alfred - 6718
BATES, Wilfred Froud - 51
BICKLE, Herbert Thomas - 5987
BLAKE, Frederick Charles - 2384
BLANCHARD, William George - 855
BOWERA, Herbert J
BOYD, William Leighton - 7028
BRADSHAW, Francis George - 3980
BRADSHAW, George Arthur - 515
BRAY, Ernest Gilbert - 3990
BRAY, Robert Ford - 1107
BREMNER, Alfred Blake - 1116
BRIDGES, Albert Joseph - 25388
BRIGHT, Arthur William - 348, 676
BROWN, Frederick William - 5676
BROWN, Harold Clare - 3091,W15944
BUCKLEY, Harold - 3085
BURNHAM, Harry - 7912, 31681
BYRNE, Jack Alan - 2575
CANDLER, John - 1790
CAPORN, Frederick John - 6032
CARTER, Thomas Broughton - 2642
COLBOURNE, William - 17451
COLLINS, William Thomas - 22005
CONCANNON, George Lewis Blake
CONNOR, Daniel Ignatius - 2617
COOK, Halton Middleton - 928, W78068
COOPER, James Wesley Brittain - 3382
COUSINS, George Oriel - 3031
COX, Edmund Maitland - 15, 2853, 6254
CROFTS, Wilfred George - 3292
CROWTHER, Robert Calder - 38
CUNNINGHAM, Alexander - 8597
CUNNINGHAM, Edward Joseph - 2461
CUNNINGHAM, Frederick - 4291
CUNNINGHAM, James Matthew
CUNNINGHAM, John Mortimer - 31665
CUNNINGHAM, William Thomas - 39838
DAVIDSON, Robert Ednie
DAY, Walter Warner - 2652
DEWING, Edward John - 1993
DICKENSON, John Henry - W48254
DUNSTER, George Henry - 422
FALCONBRIDGE, Walter Thomas - 6819
FERGUSON, Donald Henry - 1866
FERGUSON, Joseph Beresford - 5173055
FEUTRILL, Harry Edward - 1942
FEWSTER, William Harry - 172, W40026
FIRTH, John William - 43, 285, 985
FISHER, James Thomas - 328
FLETCHER, Denzel Roy - 3115
FORSYTH, Samuel Charles - 6265
FOSS, Cecil Maitland
FOWLES, Herbert James - 1866
FRUIN, Thomas Harold - 10855
FYFE, Alexander Howard Parker
GANDER, Percy Wallace - 486, W65039
GANNON, Joseph Thomas - 1266
GARDINER, Richard John - 3593
GEORGE, Stanley Porson - 5842
GILLIES, Arthur - 4641
GODBEHEAR, Harold Stephen - 2146
GRANT, Claude Ewen - 5399
GRANT, Harold Isadore - 3592
GRANT, Leslie William - 656
GREAVES, Archibald William - 7059
GROVES, Charles - 383
GUY, Alfred Alexander
HAINING, Harold Roy - 38162
HAMERSLEY, Herbert George - 3658
HARRISON, Sidney - 3346
HAYES, Mary
HEASMAN, Albert - 595
HEPPINGSTONE, Arthur George - 1835
HEPPINGSTONE, Charles Robert - 508
HEPPINGSTONE, Claude Athol - 3062
HERON, John - 4443
HILLS, Robert Bernard - 2148
HOLDING, Leslie Norman William - 20301
HOLLAND, Henry Frederick - 2923
HOLLAND, Thomas Edward - 211
HOOKS, Robert Alexander - 3158
HORROCKS, Edwin James - 298
HORROCKS, Joseph - 555
HOST, John - 7016
HOUSTON, Hugh Kennedy - 960
HOWELLS, Albert Morgan - 19210
LAMONT, Neil - 459, 5887
LANDGREN, Robert Clarence - 17535
LE MESURIER, Claude Rodney - 32546
LORD, Thomas Walter - 18166
LOWSON, Robert James - 70
MARSHALL, James Henry - 5793
MATTHEWS, Peter Reid David - 3402
McHENRY, Bartley Liston - 7564
McLENNAN, Angus Douglas - 343, 1005
McLEOD, Malcolm Donald - 3390
McNICOL, Archibald
McWHINNEY, Arthur Charles - 122
MERRIFIELD, Charles - 20091
MILES, Albert Charles - 1125
MOODY, Frank - 52086
PARFITT, Ernest John - 625
PATERSON, David William - 25373
PATTON, Hilary - 739
PIGGOTT, Edward J
PILLING, William Thomas - 1110
PORTEOUS, Laurie Edney - 3087, 13453
PRESTON, Fred Robert - 3239
REEVES, Fredrick Sydney - 353
RICHARDS, Ernest Whitfield - 28490
RICHARDSON, Roy Chesson - 31377
RILEY, Charles Owen Leaver
ROBERTS, Stephen Richard Harricks
RONEY, Charles George William - 232
SALVAIRE, Antonio - 258
SCORER, Arthur - 533
SHEARING, Frederick John - 3149
SIGGINS, Eric Clarence - 1309
SPENCER, Clarence William - 22988
STANDRING, Arthur Favibank Tennant - 3117
STOCKDALE, Henry - 34943
TANNER, Ernest - 7147
TAYLOR, Stanley Ezra Viccars - 3977
THOMAS, Harry - 10887
THOMPSON, Samuel - 3479
THORN, Lindsay - 12323
TODD, Thomas J
TRELOAR, George Devine
TRUSLOVE, Mark Woodbine - 1713
TURNER, John Wesley Gladstone - 108
WADDELL, John Bryson - 2843
WALKER, William - 3298
WATKINS, George Thomas - 564
WATT, Alexander Stephen George - 1796
WAYNE, Arthur Sydney - 4148
WEST, Herbert - 3496
WILLIAMS, Hubert Gladstone - 506
WILLIAMS, Joshua Martin Alexander - 1395
WILSHUSEN, James - 7501
WILSON, Bertie Barrington Robert - 546
WILSON, Harry - 18016
WILSON, James Edward - 282
WILSON, Sidney William - 3510
WILSON, Stanley Alexander - 4559
WOODHEAD, Royce - 2260
WOOLLCOTT, Thomas Joseph - 15915
Order of Battle
3rd Pioneer Battalion
10th Light Horse Regiment
11th Infantry Battalion
12th Infantry Battalion
16th Infantry Battalion
32nd Infantry Battalion
44th Infantry Battalion
48th Infantry Battalion
51st Infantry Battalion
88th Infantry Battalion
4th Machine Gun Battalion
8th Field Artillery Battery
Australian Flying Corps