Published Resources Details
Resource
- Title
- B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947
- Imprint
- National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch
- Url
- https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=B884
- Abstract
This series consists of service documents for members of the Citizen's Military Forces who served during the period 1940-1947. Service numbers consisted of a single number with an alphabetical prefix for the state or territory in which the enlistment took place as follows:
Q - Queensland
N - New South Wales
V - Victoria
S - South Australia
W - Western Australia
T - Tasmania
D - Northern Territory
NG - New Guinea (used for European enlistments only)
P - Papua (used for European enlistments only)In addition to these territorial based prefixes, three additional prefixes were used exclusively for indigenous Papua New Guinean soldiers serving in special indigenous units within the Australian Army:
NGN ('New Guinea Native') - used for indigenous New Guineans enlisted in the New Guinea Infantry Battalion
PN ('Papua Native') - used for indigenous Papuans enlisted in the Papuan Infantry Battalion
R ('Rabaul') - used for indigenous Papua New Guineans enlisted in the 'M' Special Unit Infantry Battalion in February 1945.See also: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947.
Related entries
People
Related Published resources
isRelated
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=B883. Details