Genealogy Chat

can anyone offer advice to were i can look for my dad,i have him on the cenus when he was young then at his grandparents in 1924 but then nothing till 1935 when he married my mum,he told my mum he serverd 15ys in australian army ,but i dont think thats so as he was born 1896 and in 1924 was present at his grandmothers death,his name was herbert morgan born east barnet,any advice anyone can give will be helpul thank you joyce

Hi Joyce, Have you looked on the National archives of Australia website? There are a number of Herbert Morgan's born in England listed as serving in the Australian army. It may be worth a look. Tracy

thanks tracy will have alook and see thank you lol joyce

hi tracy have tried to get this and it says page cant be displayed lol joyce

Try this link Joyce. http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/family_history/armed_services.html Gwyn

thank you gwyneth will go and try now lol joyce

hi gwyneth i dont no how to thank you it seems after all my dad was telling the truth found him from 1914 -1920 it has next of kin malcolm which was his father,theonly thing i dont understand is the records and what they mean lol joyce

So Dad was right then! I'm glad you found him. Maybe one of our Australian members can shed some light on the records Joyce. Gwyn

hi gwyneth when my mum was alive she tried to get his pension but she did,nt have his service number which i now have but dont no how to go about it,were would i find the australian members is there any on the board,and once again thank you i cried when i found my dad lol joyce

Hi Joyce, I am really pleased you found him, I can take a look at the record entry if you want me to, if you could let me know what page number he was on when you did the search I will take a look. You should be able to request a digital copy of his service records on line (no charge). They usually take around 6 weeks but all of the records I have requested have been great, some with 50 pages of information. If I can help please let me know. Tracy

hi tracy just printed it out on one page it has this morgan herbert;service number 3195;place of birth-middlesex.england;place of enlistment-warmambool viv.next to kin father morgan malcolm series number b2455-morgan herbert 1914-1920 acess,open location,canberra.barcode 7986721 and on the other sheet is herbert morgan 1914-1920 location act nat ove png coc series number 2455 item control b 2455 acess open i dont know what all this means can you help lol joyce

Bear with me a few minutes Joyce, I will go take a look for you. Back soon, Tracy

Hi Joyce, Back now, if you go back to the search results, click on MORGAN, HERBERT (under where it says Control Symbol) it will then take you to the next page, click on 'Request Digital Copy' (no charge). Within the next six weeks (give or take a week or two, they appear to be about a month behind with requests at the moment) the digitised copy of his service record will appear on line. If you get stuck again, shout and I will request the copies for you. Tracy

hi tracy have sent that but have got another one which reads australian imperal force-nominal roll,it has my dads name on could you explain what this means if you can thank you for your help lol joyce

Hi Joyce, The nominal roll is a list of all members of the Australian Imperial Force who served oversea during WW1. It gives details of name, rank, length of service and date of enlistment etc. I have sent you a PM, I have copied the page which relates to your father if you would like it. Tracy

Joyce, There is some really good news about your fathers service records. (all 54 pages of them). I have sent you another PM. Tracy