The links below will allow you to access useful information to research your family’s military service and medal entitlements.
Also included are links to websites of related interest.
You are welcome to link our website to yours – we prefer that you use the following format:
- Title: Medals Reunited New Zealand©
- Description: We believe the rightful place for any medal that is found, is with family – we can help you make this happen.
- URL: https://www.medalsreunitednz.co.nz
NZ Defence Force medals
NZDF PAM is responsible for the purchasing, storage and issue of operational, non-operational, special and long service medals to former and currently-serving New Zealand military personnel. They can provide advice (within the limits of the Privacy Act) on medal entitlements, medals that have been issued and where to get replacements. The NZDF does not provide replacement medals for personnel no longer serving.
Personnel Archives & Medals (PAM)
- To make a medal or archive inquiry: http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/
- To send a letter:
NZDF Personnel Archives & Medals
Headquarters New Zealand Defence Force
Private Bag 905
UPPER HUTT 5140
Additional information you should include (if known):
- Rank and Service (Army / Navy / Air Force)
- Regiment / Battalion / Unit / Ship
- Period of Service
- Next of Kin, Address and Occupation at time of Enlistment
Don’t forget to include your current postal address, phone number and e-mail address.
Website links by country
NEW ZEALAND
Researching Military Personnel
- Researchers Guide to WW1 – http://natlib.govt.nz/researchers/guides/first-world-war
- Researching WW1 Soldiers – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/researching-first-world-war-soldiers
- New Zealand’s WW1 Centenary Commemoration – general historical information & stories – http://ww100.govt.nz/
- Aircrew Remembered – http://www.aircrewremembered.com/– an outstanding website that records the deaths of every wartime allied military aviator (pre-WW1 to the present) .. and much, much more …
- NZ Army Nursing Service (NZANS) Association – history and nominal rolls of the NZANS – http://www.nzans.org/
- New Zealand Engineers Tunneling Company (WW1) – http://www.nzetc.co.nz/
- Vietnam War – http://vietnamwar.govt.nz/ – N Z government site that provides a complete overview on all aspects of the war including participating units, complete nominal roll, honours & awards, etc – http://www.vietnamwar.govt.nz/resources/veterans-roll
Military Records On-line
- Archives New Zealand (WW1) – what the collection contains – http://archives.govt.nz/world-war-one
- Archives NZ – Archway – access to all NZers military & personal records (digitized files of all Boer War & WW1 soldiers and nurses; additional files may be found here that are not on AWMM Cenotaph below – http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
- Auckland War Memorial Museum (AWMM) Cenotaph website – digitized files of all Boer War & WW1 soldiers and nurses (incomplete) – http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search
- Maori in the Great War – http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor-t1-body-d1.html
- NZ (Maori) Pioneer Battalion (WW1) – https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/maori-pioneer-battalion
- 28 Maori Battalion (WW2) – https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/roll
- Personal Diaries & Other Written Accounts of WW1 – http://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/off-at-last-the goodbye-would-have-been-to-awful
- Internal Affairs – Birth, Death, Marriage searches; printouts and certificates cost $ Pay to view site – https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/
- Ancestry.com – $ Pay to view site – https://www.ancestry.com.au/
Digital NZ Military History
- NZ Military History – NZ Wars, WW1, WW2 – http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz – Chapters on each major period of war
- NZ History – http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/ – ask this website anything NZ related
- New Zealanders at War – https://nzhistory.govt.nz/
- New Zealand History – excellent resource for overview of NZ’s participation in all wars, photographic collections, oral history – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war-and-society
- Cold War Conflict – summaries of New Zealand’s role in conflicts after the Second World War, including Vietnam – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/new-zealand-and-the-cold-war
- Te Ara: Encyclopedia of New Zealand – https://teara.govt.nz/ – all conflicts, medals, biographies, locations etc
- Alexander Turnbull Library Collection – https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/a-z/alexander-turnbull-library-collections
- Digital NZ – http://www.digitalnz.org/ – WW1 & WW2 digitized photos, newspapers, articles, other printed matter
- From Memory – oral war history program run by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage provides hints on interviewing war veterans in general.
- National Library of New Zealand – https://natlib.govt.nz/
- Papers Past – historic articles related to persons and events – https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
War Graves and Memorials
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission – excellent resource for finding all war dead, grave locations, also downloadable commemorative Certificate – http://www.cwgc.org/
- NZ War Graves Project – https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/ – New Zealand War Graves Trust. This is the site where the photographs, research and background information from the Trust’s project are lodged.
- War Grave & Memorials in New Zealand – a list.photos of all official war graves & memorials in NZ http://www.wargraves.co.nz/
- War Memorials Register in New Zealand – http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/the-memorials-register
- National War Memorial – Hall of Memories, Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Carillion etc – http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
- Veterans Affairs NZ – commemorations, cemeteries, gravestones & memorials – http://www.veteransaffairs.mil.nz/
Forums & Societies
- Great War Forum – a great site to pose questions regarding any aspect of any war; also a source for photographs – http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php
- British Medals Forum – excellent forum to discuss any medal associated (worldwide) – http://www.britishmedalforum.com/
- Merchant Navy Forum – http://www.merchant-navy.net/
- NZ Military History Society – http://www.nzmhs.org.nz/
Military Museums in NZ
- Royal New Zealand Navy (Torpedo Bay) Museum (Devonport, Auckland) – http://navymuseum.co.nz/
- National Army Museum (Waiouru) – http://www.armymuseum.co.nz/research/family-history/
- Air Force Museum (Wigram, Sockburn) – http://www.airforcemuseum.co.nz/main/Collections/
- Auckland War Memorial Museum – http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/ – see Armoury Information Centre
General Information – uniforms, badges, rank, equipment, etc
- Digger History – NZ & Australian historical and general military information – http://www.diggerhistory.info/
- NZ Defence Force – http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/
- RNZRSA – http://www.rsa.org.nz/ – the national body site with useful WW1 commemoration information; refer also to separate NZRSA Branch pages for useful localised link
- Ex-Vietnam Services Association – http://www.evsa.org.nz/documents.php
AUSTRALIA
- Australian War Memorial – http://www.awm.gov.au/
- Australian National Archives – http://www.naa.gov.au/
- Lost Medals Australia – MRNZs counterpart in Australia; focuses on returning Australian veterans’ medals – http://www.lostmedalsaustralia.com/
- Australian Light Horse Forum – http://www.lighthorse.org.au/forum/
- Light Horse Research – http://alh-research.tripod.com/Light_Horse/
- Family & Friends of the First Australian Imperial Force (FFFAIF) – http://fffaif.org.au/
CANADA
- Archives Canada – WW1 Personnel Files – https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/personnel-records.aspx
UNITED KINGDOM
- Aircrew Remembered – a site dedicated to honouring and remembering aviators from all nations and all eras, particularly WW1 and WW2 – http://www.aircrewremembered.com/links.html
- Lost Medals – MRNZ’s counterpart in the UK ; focuses on returning UK veterans’ medals – http://www.lostmedals.co.uk/
- British Service Records – UK servicemen and women personnel records, send an inquiry – http://www.veterans-ukinfo/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf
- To use the S.A.R. Form (Subject Access Request) – http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/sar.pdf
- Email – http://www.veterans-ukinfo/pdfs/service_records/army_pack.pdf
- Written Correspondence:
>> For inquiries regarding PERSONNEL RECORDS etc:
Army Personnel Centre
Disclosure 2, Mail Point 515
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 8EX – SCOTLAND Tel: UK – 0845-600-9663
>> For inquiries regarding UK MEDALS:
MOD Medal Office
Room G36
Innsworth House
Imjin Barracks
Gloucester
GL3 1HW – UNITED KINGDOM
>> Email UK MEDALS: DBS-Medals@mod.gov.uk
Telephone enquiries are handled by the Joint Personnel Administration Centre (JPAC).
** Freephone (UK only): 0800-085-3600
** Telephone (international calls): 0044-141-224-3600
