Information sheets

Researching Australian military service: Gulf War 1990–91

Overview of the conflict
Nominal Rolls
Personal service records
Where they served
Medals and awards
Where to look for photographs and other items

Overview of the conflict

Australian military history overview: Gulf War

Nominal rolls

  • Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll created by Department of Veterans' Affairs lists Australian Defence Force personnel involved in that conflict. It includes all personnel involved in the hostilities and associated operations in the Persian Gulf between August 1990 and September 1991.
  • Frederick Kirkland, Operation Damask: being a record of Australia 's participation prior to, during and after the Gulf War, Iraq–Kuwait 1990–1991 (Cremorne, NSW: Plaza Historical Service, 1991). The nominal rolls are on pp. 168-207.

Personal service records

These files are still held by the Department of Defence.

Where they served

As it is not yet 30 years since official records for this conflict were created, files are still unavailable for public access (for more information see the Archives Act 1983).

Medals and awards

Where to look for photographs and other items

  • Collections Search gives access to images of photographs and other items held by the Memorial.
  • Picture Australia has images held by a range of major Australian libraries, archives and other cultural institutions.
  • State libraries and archives. For contact details see our information sheet Addresses

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