Military and defence

What else is there?

• Hart’s Annual Army Lists (Indexed) to 1911 (See also sources online above)
• 1863-1885 Volunteer Forces (TA1105)
• 1885-1901 Defence Force of Tasmania (TA676)
• 1877-1912 Records of Officers’ Services, Tasmania Command (COM1/15)
• 1877-1922 Index to Records of Officers Services (COM1/16)
• 1878-1921 Register of Officers of the 12th Australian Infantry Regiment with details of their Appointments and Services (COM1/17)
• 1878-1884 Nominal Roll of Volunteers, Launceston Artillery (COM1/46)
• 1889-1916 Nominal Roll Books, 16th Battery AFA Launceston (COM1/47)
• 1899-1903 Register of volunteers in the Southern Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery (COM1/23)
• 1804-1870 Index to Military Officers in Tasmania (NS436/1/3)
• 1804-1870 List of Commissariat Officers and Royal Engineers (NS436/1/6)

Boer War

Tasmania sent eight contingents with 36 Officers and 821 men to South Africa.

• 1899-1901 Correspondence about the South African War (CSD26)

The Commonwealth became responsible for defence after federation.

World War 1

• 1914-1918 Tasmania’s War Record (CD-ROM). Copy of a book by L. Broinowski and Sir John Gellibrand
• World War 1 standard issue pocket wallet to carry letters and pocket book – contains pressed flowers, Gospel according to Matthew, train ticket, poetry, mementos and miscellaneous diaries of C J Allen (NS933/1/5)
• Photographs and postcards from our collection
• Australia in World War 1 (NFSA and AWF film)
• 1914-1918 Australian Imperial Force Unit War Diaries (Australian War Memorial)
• Accounts of Tasmanian’s participation in World War 1
• Personal narratives of Tasmanians in World War 1

Civil Defence Legion 1939-1945

Some useful records include:

• Civil Defence Legion agency (TA206)
• General correspondence (CB27/1)
• Index to general correspondence (CB27/2)
• List of persons offering special services to the Legion (CB27/40)
• Organisation chart of the Civil Defence Legion (CB27/37)
• Map of Tasmania showing priority invasion areas (CB27/49)
• Plans showing priority target areas in Hobart and surrounds (CB27/50)
• Plans showing target areas in Launceston and surrounds (CB27/51)

See also these Tasmanian diaries and notebooks in Launceston (LMSS) and Hobart (NS).

World War 2 and Beyond

See the National Archives. Diaries, reminiscences and an interesting collection of private records.

Some published library resources

• The British Army in Australia 1788-1870 Index of Personnel (with regiment number) by James Hugh Donohoe.
• 1770-1870 Dress and Insignia of the British Army in Australia and New Zealand by R.H. Montague
• Tasmanian military
• Tasmanian military history
• The Boer War
• The World Wars