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Plaques

There are mistakes and errors on some of the plaques attached to the trees.

Some are probably transcription errors and some are due to the fact that the details may have changed between the time of the tree planting and the time the person finished their service.

Notes are provided to explain any inconsistancies between the Service Records and the plaque.

General

Any text that is hilighted like this means that if you rest the cursor over it there will be some extra information displayed, quite often an explanation of an anacronym. On a mobile device tap once to display extra information, tap again to remove.

Finding a Person

• Selecting the People menu item will display a list of all the people that have so far been researched.
• You may use the Search feature at the top right of the page at any time.

  
• Type is a dropdown list of what to search on.
• If the Type is Surname then enter the first few letters of a person's surname and click on the Search button to display a list of all people who match. If the search field is left blank then a list of all of the people will be displayed.
• The search field is not case sensitive; does not matter if you type capitals or lowercase.
• Click on a person in the list to display their details.

Advanced Search

• If you click on the dropdown box - where it says Surname - you will see a list of all the search criteria.
  Once you click on one of the items in the list, if the search field is present enter text as required, then press Search to display a list of all people matching the search criteria. Select a person from that list to display their details.

  Video Tutorial
• Surname

  Enter the first letter, several letter or the full surname in the search field the press Search. If you leave the search field blank a list of all the people will be displayed.
• Died of Desease

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who died of desease.
• Died of Wounds

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who died of wounds.
• Killed in Action

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who were killed in action.
• Prisoner of War

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who were prisoners of war.
• Wounded in Action

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who were wounded in action.
• Honours & Awards

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people who recieved an honour or an award.
• Served - starts with

  Enter the first few letters of the place where served in the search field the press Search.
  currently supports gal (Gallipoli), boe (Boer War)
• Unit - starts with

  Enter the first few letters of the unit name in the search field the press Search.
• Unit - contains

  Enter some text that might be anywhere in the unit name in the search field the press Search.
• No Tree

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people for which there is currently no tree or no plaque.
• Info Required

  There is no search field, press Search. Displays a list of all the people for which help is required in supplying or correcting information. The information required is listed on the page displaying a person's details.
• Ship - contains

  Enter some text that might be anywhere in the embarkation ship name in the search field the press Search.
• Anywhere - contains

  Enter some text that might be anywhere in the datadase in the search field the press Search. This will also search hidden fields. ie. the text may not appear anywhere on the screen.

Searching for Service Record at the NAA

An online search for Personel Service Records is available on the National Archives of Australia (NAA) website:-
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/using/search/index.aspx

If I have been able to locate a Service Record for a person there will be a link to the above site on the details page for that person. (if you send me an email I can mail back my copy.)

• Login as a Guest
• You must enter something in the Keywords field.
• The search will try to match all the terms in the keyword field with the title/description in the record.
• Entering a surname and a service number will often find the right person.
• If not the try :-
  • Surname and a Given name
  • Surname and place of birth
• The date fields are optional but may help narrow the search.
• Follow this link for a guide to finding someone on the NAA database.