"Apparently the records office burnt down and the family can not trace any service records" Hello All I don't mean to muddle in something I know little about, however I am confused about the above statement and not being able to get (Charman) some ones Military Record. I was able to get my 2 cousins records (WWII era) through the mail after an online search (photos and all). I thought that was marvelous. Australia has the best genealogy records in the world. I haven't been able to get a thing from Ireland, I can't even get my Uncles USA military record and I live here. I have been wanting to ask a question of my own about locating a veteran who may still be alive. Does Australia have Veterans Associations that meet regularly? I thought I might be able to send them a letter to post in the club in an attempt to locate my cousins and/or any of the family members. Regards, Liz Gardner New York, USA Irish Genealogy Search: Athea, County Limerick: Herbert, Broderick, Fitzgerald, Carroll, Cotter, Cahill Inniscarra, Tower, Blarney, Stuake/Donoughmore, County Cork: Forde, O'Callaghan, Desmond, Sullivan Killkenny City, Killkenny County: Patrick Wall Marrickville, Sydney, NSW Australia: Maurice Woulfe and Bridget Woulfe nee Herbert

Liz There are a number of veterans' organisations, the biggest is the RSL. See http://www.rsl.org.au/ However, Australia has compulsory electoral enrolment and the Australian Electoral Commission issues microfiche rolls sometimes twice a year. There are separate microfiche rolls for each state and territory but they are in alphabetical order by state or territory. Australia has six states and two territories, a maximum of eight look ups. The microfiche have full names unlike the telephone directory that has name and initials. My bet is that Australia has a New York consul who may have a set of microfiche. Or you could e-mail info@aec.gov.au. If they cannot answer your request the should be able to indicate where in the United States you can find a set of microfiche. Anthony Staunton -----Original Message----- From: GardRed@aol.com [mailto:GardRed@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2006 9:47 AM ... I have been wanting to ask a question of my own about locating a veteran who may still be alive. Does Australia have Veterans Associations that meet regularly? Regards, Liz Gardner New York, USA

Hi Have you searched on the Australian National Archives at http://www.naa.gov.au/ There are all sorts of records there Cheers Kathryn ----- Original Message ----- From: <GardRed@aol.com> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: [AUS-MIL] Re: AUS-MILITARY Veterans > "Apparently the records office burnt down and the family can not trace any > service records" > > Hello All > I don't mean to muddle in something I know little about, however I am > confused about the above statement and not being able to get (Charman) some ones > Military Record. I was able to get my 2 cousins records (WWII era) through the > mail after an online search (photos and all). I thought that was marvelous. > Australia has the best genealogy records in the world. I haven't been able to > get a thing from Ireland, I can't even get my Uncles USA military record and I > live here. > I have been wanting to ask a question of my own about locating a veteran who > may still be alive. Does Australia have Veterans Associations that meet > regularly? I thought I might be able to send them a letter to post in the club in > an attempt to locate my cousins and/or any of the family members. > > Regards, > Liz Gardner > New York, USA