Published Resources Details
Resource
- Title
- B4717 PMF (Permanent Military Forces) and Army Militia Personnel dossiers, 1901-1973
- Imprint
- National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch
- Url
- https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=B4717
- Abstract
B4717 Army Militia records, dossiers of PMF (Permanent Military Forces) and Army Militia personnel, alphabetical series.
This series consists of service records for individuals (men and women) serving with the Australian Military Forces in several different capacities. Personnel covered generally fall within the following categories:
(1) members of the militia forces enlisting in the period 1919 to 1940;
(2) members of the Permanent Military Forces 1901 to circa 1945;
(3) representatives of philanthropic organisations (eg the Australian Red Cross, the YMCA, and Salvation Army) holding honorary ranks from 1939 to 1945;
(4) accredited journalists and war correspondents (1939 to circa 1945);
(5) and commissioned officers in the Cadet Corps (inter-war and Second World War period).