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This series generally relates to individuals serving in forces other than the Australian Military Forces.  The subjects are most commonly members of non-Australian, Imperial military units – including the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, the Canadian armed forces, the Royal Air Force, and a variety of British regiments, corps, and auxiliary organisations. There are also some civilian war workers and serviceman’s spouses covered.  The majority are Australian by birth, or resided in Australia [some are Imperial Army Reservists living in Australia]. The documentation frequently consists of notices and correspondence to and from Base Records, A.I.F., concerning such matters as casualties, the forwarding of personal effects, embarkation, repatriation, and notifications to next of kin in Australia.

The format of the records is not consistent, however where file covers exist they are most commonly the form 'Australian Imperial Force: Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad' [Form A5(a)], with the word ‘Australian’ deliberately crossed out. Aside from copies of correspondence many of the papers present consist of file notes written on the reverse side of unrelated documents, and forms that have been utilized as scrap paper. Occasionally various types of medical history form and service history card are also present. 

Finally, there are a small number of records present in this series that relate to members of the Australian forces employed on home service. It appears likely that these records have been misfiled from MT1486/1 [refer to series registration MT1486/1 for description of records].

All items in this series have been entered onto RecordSearch.

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