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Soldier Settlement miscellaneous files index 1916

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Name	Surname	Address	Land District	Certificate No	Class of Holding	Date of Decision	Previous System No
James	WALLACE	Post Office Moree	Moree	1916/00026	Homestead Farm	10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Harold Henry	HUDSON	"Shoreham" 20 Carshalton Street Croydon	Windsor	1916/00029	Suburban Holding	10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Charles Calor	SMITH	"Chelsea" The Avenue Strathfield	Gosford	1916/00025	Homestead Farm	10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Thomas William	SCALDWELL	Hawkesbury College		1916/00012		10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Robert Charles	CLAYDON	190B York Street North Sydney	Metropolitan	1916/00017	Suburban Holding	10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
David Lomas	DAVIDSON	"Nini" Leichhardt Street Waverley		1916/00037	Orchard Land or Residential Block	24 Aug 1916	[19/7034]	Details
John Trustlove	WOOD	131 Alfred Street Milsons Point	Metropolitan	1916/00019	Suburban Holding	10 Jul 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Arthur James	GREGG	"Como" Adelaide Street Woollahra	Gosford	1916/00004	Homestead Farm	7 Jun 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Henry Albert	KIESER	"Suvla" Dover Road Rose Bay	Mudgee	1916/00003	Homestead Farm or Crown Lease	23 Jun 1916	[19/7034]	Details
Kenneth Edward	BLAIR	Oberon & Hazelbrook Blue Mountains		1916/00002	Grazing Land	23 Jun 1916	[19/7034]	Details

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The indexing of two boxes of Qualification Certificates in these miscellaneous files appear to be the only surviving examples of World War 1 Qualification Certificates from New South Wales.

The index records certificate number, surname and first name of applicant, residence at time of application and in some cases the land district required for settlement. Also recorded is the class of holding required by the returned soldier, such as a Homestead Farm, Returned Soldiers Special Holding, Suburban Holding or Crown Lease.

What are Qualification Certificates?

The passage of the Returned Soldiers Settlement Act 1916, (Act No 21 1916) allowed the settlement of returned soldiers on Crown and Closer Settlement lands. When applying for land, an ex-serviceman was required to complete a Qualification Certificate which was a declaration of his or her status as an ex-service person and eligibility for land. This Certificate was then presented to the Returned Soldiers' Classification Committee and forwarded with the application to the Local Land Board for processing.

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