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First World War Diaries

While on active service Army headquarters, formations and units are required to keep a unit war diary recording their daily activities. Archival series AWM4 comprises the diaries of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) created during the First World War. More …

  • AWM4, Class 1 - Formation Headquarters
  • AWM4, Class 2 - Ordnance
  • AWM4, Class 3 - Provost
  • AWM4, Class 4 - Claims
  • AWM4, Class 5 - Pay
  • AWM4, Class 6 - Chaplains
  • AWM4, Class 7 - Chemical
  • AWM4, Class 8 - Flying Corps
  • AWM4, Class 9 - Cavalry
  • AWM4, Class 10 - Light Horse
  • AWM4, Class 11 - Camel Corps
  • AWM4, Class 12 - Cyclists
  • AWM4, Class 13 - Artillery
  • AWM4, Class 14 - Engineers
  • AWM4, Class 15 - Railways
  • AWM4, Class 16 - Tunnelling & Survey
  • AWM4, Class 17 - Postal
  • AWM4, Class 18 - Baths & Laundries
  • AWM4, Class 19 - Salvage
  • AWM4, Class 20 - Gas
  • AWM4, Class 21 - Water Supply & Stores
  • AWM4, Class 22 - Signals
  • AWM4, Class 23 - Infantry
  • AWM4, Class 24 - Machine Guns
  • AWM4, Class 25 - Supplies & Transport
  • AWM4, Class 26 - Medical, Dental & Nursing
  • AWM4, Class 27 - Veterinary
  • AWM4, Class 28 - Remount
  • AWM4, Class 29 - Embarkation Staff Officer, AIF, Le Havre
    Diaries transferred to 30/2/…
  • AWM4, Class 30 - Repatriation & Demobilisation
  • AWM4, Class 31 - Canteens
  • AWM4, Class 32 - Schools
  • AWM4, Class 33 - Bases & Depots
  • AWM4, Class 34 - Miscellaneous (North Russia, Hobart, and groups returning in 1919)
  • AWM4, Class 35 - New Zealand Units

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