Newcastle Family History Society Inc.

Now available: Research Guide No 4

Is There a Serviceman or Woman in the Family?

This 32 page booklet in full colour guides the reader to places for finding information about service personnel from the well-known to the lesser-known local resources.

As well as describing various research centres, the guide offers information about:

  • The structure of the Australian Army
  • What a colour patch can tell us
  • The role of women in wartime
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Places of military interest in and around Newcastle
  • Looking for United Kingdom records
  • A page of websites.


This well-illustrated guide is available from the Society’s rooms in Elder Street, Lambton for $12 or you can place an order by contacting our Publications Officer.