Honour Roll
Glossary of Terms
Definitions of terms used in the honour roll, service records, and related documentation.
- Rank/Rate/Branch
- The rank(officers), rate (non-commissioned) held by the individual at their date of discharge/death, with specialist task or trade held.
- Location
- Location the individual was recorded as being from according to their Service Record.
- Force
- Reference to one of the three branches of Australia's defence forces - Royal Australian Navy (RAN), (RANR) Reserves; Australian Army; Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF); or the Australian Merchant Navy (MN).
- Service Number
- The number allocated to the individual on enlistment into one of the three branches of Australia's defence forces. This number may be numeric, or an alpha/numeric combination. RAN officers, some RAN ratings and merchant mariners do not have a service number. In these cases, the words 'not applicable' will be displayed in the Service Number field on the Service Record screen.
- Birth Date
- The date nominated by the individual as their date of birth.
- Birth Place
- The city/town/country nominated by the individual as their place of birth.
- Next Of Kin
- The person nominated as being the next of kin by the individual.
- Enlistment Date
- The date an individual signed their enlistment Attestation Form for service in Australia's defence forces or, for the Merchant Navy, the date a merchant mariner engaged on a ship at the commencement of, or, during the war.
- Enlistment Location
- The residential address nominated by the individual as being their home address at the time of enlistment/engagement.
- Home Port/Port Division
- RAN - Melbourne and Sydney were the Home Ports accepted for Officers of the RAN. Melbourne, Sydney & Fremantle were accepted as Port Divisions for ratings of the RAN.
- Roll Of Honour
- Indicates the individual's name is listed on a community Roll of Honour in Australia. This information has been sourced from individual casualty records held by the Office of Australian War Graves.
- Memorial Location
- Name location on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra (unless specified).