Products and Services

Museum Medal Mounting Service

The museum provides a service for the mounting and restoration of service medals. For further information on Defence service medals, honours and awards and eligibility for these go to the Defence Honours and Awards website.

Loan Collection

The museum has a set of items, mainly consisting of uniforms and personal equipment that are available for hiring out on loan to school, theatrical or community groups. These items are surplus to our main collection and also include a number of reproduction items based on original patterns. Items can also be made available to corporate organisations for special displays.

For loan enquiries including current fees charged and conditions of loan please contact the Keeper of the Loan Collection.

Research Enquiries

As the museum does not have full-time staff, then it can only provide limited assistance to individuals wishing to carry out research. If you are researching army service records of family members or others then you should first try these external sources for guidelines on searching and for access to records:-

Army History Unit - Family History
The Army History Unit website provides a Family History page which includes a useful summary of how and where to search for information relating to army service from the Boer War period (1899-1902) through to post-World War Two conflicts. It provides direct links to many record sources and also advises where you can obtain service records of those who enlisted in the Australian Regular Army from 1948, including those who did not see active service.

Australian War Memorial - Research and Family History
The Family History section of the AWM website provides useful information on researching family history records and links to a number of record sources.

Publications

Special Publication - Australian War Badges of World War 1 and World War 2
by Graham Donley

This publication is the first colour illustrated descriptive text covering the official Australian War badges of World War 1 and World War 2.

These badges were awarded by the Government to those who:

Volunteered to join the overseas service but who were denied enlistment for various reasons and who then wore the badges on their civilian clothing to avoid receiving ridicule and even white feathers from the general populace
Actually served at home or overseas during these conflicts, and to;
Female relatives of those who had served, or were serving, or had lost their life as a result of that service.

For those who hold badges for which no details are known, reference is also made to the method of obtaining information on the recipient of the badge

This book is available from the Army Museum of Western Australia for $45 plus $3 packaging and postage (within Australia). (Please make out any cheques or postal orders to The Army Museum of WA Foundation)