Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP)

Browse this reference book to find a potted history of each Regiment that came to Australia and New Zealand between 1788-1870 and locate available records from the War Office.
Includes details of where the regiment came from, ship and date of arrival, movements in the colony and departure.
Records list WO Classes documenting particular regiments including WO 12 (Muster & Pay Lists), WO 25 (Statements of Service) and WO 97 Discharge Papers and Pension records.
The reference book is available in the Family History Area (filed under “Australia – Military")

Read this handbook by former serviceman and military researcher Neil C. Smith to find a history of Australia’s British garrison and information on all relevant classes of records from the War Office in the AJCP.
Includes records available on databases such as Findmypast and what can be accessed via the National Archives (TNA) website. WO Classes include: WO 4*, 10, 11, 12, 17, 22, 25, 31*, 54*, 69*, 76*, 82, 86, 89, 90, 92, 96, 97
The reference book is available in the Family History Area (filed under “Australia – Genealogy handbooks")
*Note the classes with an asterisk are not part of the AJCP. Not all classes of British Government records of interest to Australians were copied.

A bibliography of books on British Regiments in Australasia. The sources draw on War Office records from the AJCP.
The reference book is available in the Family History Area (filed under “Australia – Military")

This is particularly well-researched and draws on WO Classes, in particular WO 12 (Pay and Musters lists), WO 17 (Monthly Returns), WO 25 (Returns of Officer’s Service).
In the footnotes you will also find many references to Colonial Office records especially in the relation to the Bigge Report. Commissioner Bigge was in NSW at this time & there are references in the Bigge Report to the regiment, including a Return of Regimental Courts Martial (WO 92).
There is a very detailed index, where you can look up details of the regiment and individual soldiers.

Includes a biographical entry of every soldier who served in the NSW Corps from 1790 to 1810.
Compiled from various War Office Classes including WO 12 Muster and Pay Lists and WO 25 Statements of Service.