Roll of Honour original source records
The Roll of Honour was compiled from numerous source records, including service records, official casualty lists, Commonwealth War Graves Commission records, and the Roll of Honour circulars. They form the basis of the index cards from which the Roll of Honour database was compiled for conflicts from the Sudan to Somalia. Details of individuals included for subsequent conflicts are recorded in the Memorial’s correspondence files. The index cards form part of the Memorial’s Official Records collection with the following series number and titles:
| AWM141 | Roll of Honour cards, Sudan, 1885 |
| AWM142 | Roll of Honour cards, War in South Africa, 1899–1902 |
| AWM143 | Roll of Honour cards, China, 1900–1901 |
| AWM144 | Roll of Honour cards, 1914–1918 War, Royal Australian Navy |
| AWM145 | Roll of Honour cards, 1914–1918 War, Army |
| AWM146 | Roll of Honour cards, 1939–1945 War, Royal Australian Navy |
| AWM147 | Roll of Honour cards, 1939–1945 War 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Commonwealth Military Forces) |
| AWM148 | Roll of Honour cards, 1939–1945 War, Air Force |
| AWM149 | Roll of Honour cards, Korea |
| AWM150 | Roll of Honour cards, Malayan Emergency |
| AWM151 | Roll of Honour cards, Malay Peninsula |
| AWM152 | Roll of Honour cards, Sabah/Sarawak [Indonesian Confrontation] |
| AWM153 | Roll of Honour cards, Vietnam |
| AWM274 | Roll of Honour cards, Somalia |
| AWM108 | Roll of Honour circulars, 1939–45 War |
| AWM131 | Roll of Honour circulars, 1914–18 War |
| AWM164 | Roll of Honour circulars, 1914–18 War, supplementary series |
| AWM283 | Roll of Honour circulars, Japan and Korea |

