RESEARCHING WWI VETERANS RALPH EDWARD GOODE Some ideas

RESEARCHING WWI VETERANS (RALPH EDWARD GOODE) Some ideas for finding more information

WWW. AWM. GOV. AU SEARCH FOR A PERSON 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, 1914 -1918 Date of embarkation: 19 October 1914 Place of embarkation: Melbourne Ship embarked on: HMAT Wiltshire A 18

VIEW DIGITISED RECORD: EMBARKATION ROLL

This will give you the following information – • Service number • Full name • Rank • Age • Occupation • Martial status • Address of next of Kin • Religion • Date of enlistment

Nominal Roll – Information on soldier at repatriation (return home)

Honours and Awards: Ralph Edward Goode Service Number: 62 Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Australian Army Medical Corps Service: Army Conflict: First World War, 1914 -1918 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 – www. naa. gov. au 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 - • First look for the newspaper that covers that NEWSPAPERS area • Search for name of soldier • Then try searching other papers • More details the quicker the search https: //trove. nla. gov. au/newspaper

THINGS YOU CAN FIND NEWS REPORTS HONOUR ROLLS LETTERS

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 MONUMENTS, CENOTAPH, MEMORIALS HONOUR BOARDS AVENUES OF HONOUR

AIF PROJECT/ DISCOVERING ANZACS CHARLES BEAN’S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR UNIT HISTORIES UNIT WAR DIARIES -AWM 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 – http: //victoriancollections. net. au/

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

Commonwealth war graves website