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How to obtain Italian personnel records

jwsleser

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Members seeking the military records or other information of family member who served in the Italian Army can request records/documents from the following offices.

To obtain Officers’ military records, the request must be addressed to:

MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA
Direzione Generale del Personale Militare
V Reparto - 10ª Divisione Esercito
Viale dell'Esercito, 186
00143, Roma
persomil@persomil.difesa.it

To obtain NCOs and soldiers’ military records, the request must be addressed to: the Document Centers (former military districts) associated with the province in which the military member was born. Military Centers (http://www.esercito.difesa.it/organizzazione/capo-di-sme/cmcapitale/I-Centri-Documentali and territorially associated State Archives (www.archivi.beniculturali.it/UCBAWEB/indice.html. Currently all of these records are now held in the state archives.

The main document to ask for is the foglio matricolare (service record).

Information about Fallens’ burial sites, prison camps/POWs, people dead and missing in action, (roll of honour), the request must be addressed

MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA
COMMISSARIATO GENERALE PER LE ONORANZE AI CADUTI
Via XX Settembre, 123/A
00187, ROMA
onorcaduti@onorcaduti.difesa.it

Information concerning medals of honour granted, the request must be addressed to

MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA
COMMISSARIATO GENERALE PER LE ONORANZE AI CADUTI
Via XX Settembre, 123/A
00187, ROMA
onorcaduti@onorcaduti.difesa.it
 
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Bry

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Ok,so only a family member can request military records of soldiers,which might not be granted.
Are higher ranking officers an exception to this?
 

jwsleser

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AFAIK, no. The rule is only family members, but I don't know how well the requests are vetted.
 
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