FHACT Monthly Meeting (Register)

FHACT September Monthly Meeting is a hybrid meeting. Members and guests interested in attending should register for this event via Zoom or in person. After registering to attend via Zoom, you will receive an email with a link to the external Zoom website to complete the registration.

"Investigating Military Service from the Family History Perspective."

Join us for a presentation by Emma Basalama, Reference Officer at the Australian War Memorial, as she explores how the Memorial’s archival collections can support research into individual military service. Emma will briefly touch on the history of the Memorial to provide context for its holdings and highlight the relevance of these records for family historians and researchers alike.

She will also discuss the services offered by the Memorial’s Research Centre, including how access and support have evolved with the opening of the new Charles Bean Research Centre as part of the Memorial’s Development Project.

Emma’s role involves assisting the public—by phone, online, and in person—particularly with enquiries from families seeking information about relatives who served. She also helps manage access to the Memorial’s archival collections. Emma holds a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies, and her research interests include peacekeeping and prisoners of war in the Pacific and South East Asia.