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 – PAM
Personnel Archives & Medals (PAM), Trentham Upper Hutt is responsible for the acquisition, storage and issue of operational, non-operational, special, meritorious and long service medals awarded to serving New Zealand military personnel. PAM also archives the personal service files of all former military personnel of each of the three armed services. PAM can advise (within the limits of the Privacy Act) service members, veterans and the families of former military personnel, on requests for information from personal records, medal entitlements, medals that have been issued, lost and replacement medals. NZDF PAM does not provide replacement medals for personnel who are no longer serving.
Personnel Archives & Medals
- To make a Medal or Record inquiry: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/medal-and-service-records/service-records/
- To send a letter to PAM:
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
- Researching WW1 Soldiers – https://www.archives.govt.nz/find-a-record/world-war-one-service-records
- 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 – Archives New Zealand
- 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 per view – 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: [email protected]
Telephone enquiries are handled by the Joint Personnel Administration Centre (JPAC).
** Freephone (UK only): 0800-085-3600
** Telephone (international calls): 0044-141-224-3600
- The National Archives
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
(020) 8876 9198
Online enquiry form:www.nationalarchives.gov.uk - Ministry of Defence
www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
SCOTLAND
- The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum
The Castle
Stirling
FK8 1EH
(01786) 475 165
Online enquiry form: www.argylls.co.uk - Armed Forces Memorial Roll of Honour
Armed Forces Memorial Trust
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
Online enquiry form or [email protected]
www.veterans-uk.info/afm/index.htm - The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Castle & Museum
Balhousie Castle
Hay Street
Perth
PH1 5HR
(01738) 638 152
Online enquiry form: www.theblackwatch.co.uk - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Online enquiry form
www.cwgc.org - General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House
3 West Register Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3YT
(0131) 334 0380
Online enquiry form: http://gro-scotland.gov.uk/index.html - The Highlanders’ Museum
Fort George
Ardersier
Near Inverness
Highlands
IV2 7TD
(01667) 460 466
[email protected]
www.thehighlandersmuseum.com - The King’s Own Scottish Borderers Association
Regimental Museum
The Barracks
The Parade
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1DG
(01289) 307 426
[email protected]
www.kosb.co.uk/museum.htm - Low Parks Museum
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Museum
129 Muir Street
Hamilton
ML3 6BJ
(01698) 328 232
[email protected]
www.cameronians.org - Gordon Highlanders Museum St Luke’s, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7XH (01224) 311200 [email protected] www.gordonhighlanders.com
- National Records of Scotland
H.M. General Register House
2 Princes Street
Edinburgh EH1 3YY
(0131) 535 1314
[email protected]
www.nas.gov.uk
www.nrscotland.gov.uk - The National War Museum
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
EH1 2NG
(0131) 225 9846 (Castle number)
No e-mail address or online enquiry form: http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/war_museum.aspx - The Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum
518 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3LW
(0141) 332 0961
[email protected]
www.rhf.org.uk - The Royal Scots Museum
Edinburgh Castle
Castlehill
Edinburgh
EH21 2NG
(0131) 225 9846 (Castle number)
Online enquiry form: www.theroyalscots.co.uk
