Search Help

If you are not sure of a location, try browsing the list of place names using the "browse" button in the search menu at left.

Clicking on a War Memorial's name from the retrieved list will display a complete record.

If you wish to search for a known location to retrieve a list of War Memorials for the area, enter the name of a city or town in the box marked "Place".

The entered search word need not be an exact match, as a search on a simple word like "hill" will retreive a list of memorials for "Hunters Hill" as well as "Surry Hills"

As some post codes cover a wide area, and may include a number of suburbs or small towns, a post code search has been included to further assist in grouping memorials within an area.

General Comments:

It is quite possible for the one person to appear on a number of War Memorials. A veteran may be listed on a town square memorial and appear a second time on a school Honour Board. In some cases, a veteran may have served in a number of wars, and subsequently be recorded on separate memorials. Multiple listings can also occur if a veteran changed residency at various times during their life, each location claiming them as a "local".

Some War Memorials list only those who died during active service, while others record survivors as well as those killed.

First Name and Last Name Search Boxes:

You cannot limit a search to a First Name only, as quite logically, a list of all the "Johns" who served in times of war would be meaningless. The basic name search rules are:

• An entry in the First Name box must be accompanied by an entry in the Last Name box
• A Last Name can be entered without entering a First Name. See illustration, below.
  
  
  
  
  
• The First Name box can have a single initial, as with "P" or if known "P L". Periods are not supported, thus the search is for "P L" and not "P. L ."
  A complete First Name could be entered, as with "Peter", but this approach is not recommended as the vast majority of War Memorials list initials only.
• A full last name entry, such as "Page" will retrieve all those veterans with that name.
• A Last Name entry for a simple left hand string, such as "Pa" will retrieve a number of last names beginning with "Pa", as with "Page", "Palmer", "Park" etc.
• Mac and Mc Name Elements. Use McCarthy (Mc no spaces Carthy) rather than Mc space Carthy. Mc and Mac are both present in the database and reflect entries on war memorials.

Explanation of Displayed Fields

An explanation of the fields displayed and codes used follows.