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Researching Australian military service: Peacekeeping

Overview of Australians and peacekeeping
Nominal Rolls
Personal service records
Those who have died while serving
Where they served
Medals and award
Where to look for photographs

Australians and peacekeeping

Australian military history overview: Australians and peacekeeping

Nominal Rolls

Alexander M. Palmer, Australian peacekeepers and peacemakers. (Perth: Military Minded,1996). Contains a list of those Australians who served in peacekeeping operations between 1975 and April 1996, together with where and when they served.

East Timor

10 Force Support Battalion "The force behind the force". 10 Force Support Battalion in East Timor, 20 September - 20 February 2000 (2000). Nominal Roll, pp. 93–98
3rd Combat Engineer Regt Kevin J. Vann, Bridging the gap: the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment in Timor. (Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications, 2001.) Appendix 3: List by sub-unit.

Personal service records

These files are still held by the Department of Defence.

Those who have died while serving

The Roll of Honour records the names of service men and women who died during or as a result of service with Australian military forces. The Roll of Honour introduction provides detailed information about Roll of Honour eligibility.

Where they served

As it is less than 30 years since official records for this conflict were created, files are not yet available for public access (Archives Act 1983). For published works, refer to our reading list Australians and peacekeeping.

Medals and awards

Where to look for photographs

  • Collections Search gives access to digitised images of photographs 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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