Service Record Enquiries
The following is a guide on how to request Service Records held by the New Zealand Defence Force.
All enquiries must be in writing and include your full postal address.
One Free Copy – You can request one free copy each financial year by writing to:
Personnel inquiries Officer (Navy)
NZDF Personnel Archives
C/- Trentham Military Camp
Private Bag
Upper Hutt
You need to supply the precise details of the file requested – Full Names, Service Number, Next of Kin, Date of Birth (if known) – and notification of death if required. You will be provided with as much information as possible from any record found.
Requesting your own file – You can request a copy of your own service record free of charge by writing to the Personnel Enquiries Officers. your request must be put in writing and signed to validate your enquiry.
Charges
Charged Copies – Once your fist copy has been actioned free, any further requests will be treated as charged searches.
Search Charge – 2nd or repeated requests for individual files within the same 12 month period (1 July – 30 June) $28.00 per file
Method of Payment – Payment is by Cheque Only. Cheques should be made payable to ‘The New Zealand Defence Force’ and overseas payments by a bank draft drawn on a New Zealand Bank. There are no credit card facilities.
Payments must be received before a request can be processed.
The website can be found HERE.
Well worth it guys. Had lost my original so applied and reply did not take long. Heaps of info including DO’s reports. So much I had not realised was on there, including remarks by the Recruiting Officer when I first attended session from school “Is immature and inclined to be too talkative but is a reasonable bet”. Cheek.
The Recruiting Officer had you down to a Tee….nothing changed over the years…
More cheek…perhaps you should be recruiting too
Good to think that service records can be accessed Jim, but will leave mine where they are especially the DO’s comments, but probably beats trying to read upside down what he said when standing in front of his desk with eyes downcast and him thinking he was getting through to me. Also better than trying to screw the top of his desk off as I had a go at doing one dark and dreary night in Navy Office Comms away back in the 1950s. Also who was the Comms Officer that kept dirty magazines in his office drawer way back then. They certainly helped pass the night shift.