Useful Links

The links below will allow you to access useful information to research your veteran ancestor’s medal entitlements and military service.  

Also included are links to related websites for additional information.

Link yourself to the MRNZ website …. 

You are welcome to link to our website; we prefer that you use the following formats:

• Title:  Medals Reunited New Zealand© 
• Description:  We believe the rightful place of any medal that is found, is with the Veteran’s family or descendant kin – we help to make that happen.
• URL:  https://www.medalsreunitednz.co.nz

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New Zealand Defence Force

The NZDF office for enquires related to medals or obtaining a Veteran’s military file is:

Personnel Archives and Medals (PAM)

Phone :  04-527-5280

Email  :  [email protected]

Applications for medals and all written correspondence can be sent to:

NZDF Personnel Archives & Medals
Trentham Military Camp
Private Bag 905
Upper Hutt 5140
NEW ZEALAND

Related sites

NZ Defence Force Medals – http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/

NZDF Personnel Records – Please note only Boer War and WW1 personnel files of Army service members have been digitized – http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/personnel-records/nzdf-archives/resources/ww1-army-service-records.htm

New Zealand National Honours and Awards – Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet –http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/overview

NZDF Medal Tracking Database – a list of medals and other items sought by family members and collectors – http://www.nzef-ww1.com/online/tracker.ph

Useful links to websites of related interest …

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
• Papers Past – historic articles related to persons and events – https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers

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/

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/

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

          Written correspondence can be sent to:   

             Army Personnel Centre
             Disclosure 2, Mail Point 515
             Kentigern House
             65 Brown Street, Glasgow, G2 SEX

             SCOTLAND

• UK MEDALS

           For all inquiries regarding UK medal issues, write to:

          MOD Medal Office 
          Room G36 
          Innsworth House 
          Imjin Barracks 
          Gloucester 
          GL3 1HW 

          UNITED KINGDOM

Email: [email protected]

Telephone enquiries are handled by the Joint Personnel Administration Centre (JPAC).

Freephone (UK only): 0800-085-3600

Telephone (from overseas): *44-141-224-3600

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