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Information about the Nominal Roll:
The entries in the roll record the following information for each individual, from left to right:
Names:
Names are listed alphabetically using the surname plus only the initial(s) of the first names even though most names are printed out in full. The service number in ascending order is used to list names in which the surname and first initial(s) are identical to others.
Within some sequences of surname and initials officers are listed separately, either before or after other ranks which have the same surnames and initial(s). Nurses are listed either before or after the alphabetic sequence of their surname plus initial(s). These sequences are most apparent for common surnames.
All information listed is from https://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/introduction/#search. Click on the link for other useful information.
Information about the Nominal Roll:
The entries in the roll record the following information for each individual, from left to right:
- Service number (Officers and nursing sisters were not allocated service numbers)
- Final rank
- Surname, first name (including some but not all honours)
- Unit of service at the time of death or at the end of the war
- Date of enlistment
- Non-effective entry (i.e. how that person became no longer effective, for example Returned to Australia); also referred to as "fate". A blank indicates that the person was still effective abroad at the time of compilation of the roll
- Date of death or start date of non-effect
Names:
Names are listed alphabetically using the surname plus only the initial(s) of the first names even though most names are printed out in full. The service number in ascending order is used to list names in which the surname and first initial(s) are identical to others.
Within some sequences of surname and initials officers are listed separately, either before or after other ranks which have the same surnames and initial(s). Nurses are listed either before or after the alphabetic sequence of their surname plus initial(s). These sequences are most apparent for common surnames.
All information listed is from https://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/introduction/#search. Click on the link for other useful information.