Mike
They are very good at record research in the Australian Defence Department. Tens of thousands of personel have their records digitised the same as our mate Harold Sheperd above. The boom in the Family History hobby has helped more of these records come to light.
What a lot of more recent ex-service people don't know is that they can get their own full records, not just the basic service and medical like that above for relatives.
When I got out I wanted full information for a pension etc and asked for my full records. I got about 200 pages of everything ranging from my signature on the bit of paper first day in the Army to course reports, officer confidential reports (you never see the comments after the first one your C.O. writes and it is very interesting to see what higher officers, particularly the Corps Director, has to say about you!). In my case I got another folder of about 150 pages of every flying test, aircraft conversion and qualification exam.
The medical records extended to the full treatment sheets with doctor's comments and daily hospital charts.
It is all out there for free, you just have to ask.
Lang
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