Researching Australian military service: First Gulf War, 1990–91
- Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll created by Department of
Veterans' Affairs lists Australian Defence Force personnel
involved in that conflict. It includes all personnel involved in
the hostilities and associated operations in the Persian Gulf
between August 1990 and September 1991. - Frederick Kirkland,
Operation Damask: being a record of Australia 's participation
prior to, during and after the Gulf War, Iraq–Kuwait 1990–1991
(Cremorne, NSW: Plaza Historical Service, 1991). The nominal
rolls are on pp. 168-207. These files are still held by the
Department of Defence. As it is not yet 30 years since official
records for this conflict were created, files are still
unavailable for public access (for more information see the
Archives Act 1983). Official histories are a detailed
chronological record of all services and all theatres of
conflict. David Horner, Australia and the new world order: from
peacekeeping to peace enforcement: 1988-1991 (Ca