Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 8395375

Reference: ANZ/FIRST-AU0IMP

Title: Australian ANZACs from the National Archives of Australia

Description: This dataset lists Australian ANZACs - they are people who have personnel files for their service in the Australian Imperial Force (AlF) during the First World War. The personnel files are held by the National Archives of Australia (Archives). The entries in this dataset are linked to their personnel files on the Archives site. There you can find Attestation Papers, Service and Casualty Forms and other miscellaneous military documents and correspondence. Soon you will be able to find additional information from Archives and other sources on the Archives site.

URL: http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/444674
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UPP: ANZ/FIRST-AU0IMP/323912

Credit: © National Archives of Australia

Source information

ID: 8511547

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1901/0026710961

Additional: Names and parents' names match service records.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8511549

Reference: gbm_cwgc_casualties_iwm_ww1

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/768919

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Source information

ID: 8511550

Reference: au_aif_embarkation_roll

Title: Australian Imperial Force Embarkation Roll 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: ANZ/AIF/EMBARKATIONROLL/197467

Credit: © Australian War Memorial

Source information

ID: 8511554

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/27579/0003/1

Additional: In 1911 neither Frank nor his mother are at their home address. However his father and sister match 1901 census.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8511555

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: BMD/M/1889/1/AZ/000224/318

Additional: We know Frank's parents were Alfred and Lucy.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 8511558

Name: Frank Steeples

Title: Royal Navy Register of Seaman's Services

Description: A record of Frank's service from 1909 to 1912. He signed up for 12 years, but 'ran'.

Connected by: Linda571

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60522/43343_651_0-00436/310944?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-g%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dfrank%26gsln%3dsteeples%26mswpn__ftp%3dBarnsley%252c%2bYorkshire%252c%2bEngland%26mswpn%3d88568%26mswpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c0%257c3257%257c3251%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c5292%257c88568%257c0%257c%26cpxt%3d1%26cp%3d11%26catbucket%3drstp%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3dln3%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d310944%26recoff%3d4%2b5%26db%3dRoyalNavySeamen%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d4&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
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Additional: Name, age and place of birth match.

Source information

ID: 8511559

Reference: gbm_adm188

Title: Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Linda571

UPP: GBM/ADM188/134337

Additional: Names, age and place of birth match.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 8922216

Title: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France - 1

Description: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France, where Frank Steeples is honoured and remembered.

Connected by: Vincent96527

Source information

ID: 8922217

Title: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France - 2

Description: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France, where Frank Steeples is honoured and remembered.

Connected by: Vincent96527

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