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, Hobard, and groups returning in 1919)
• AWM4, Class 35 - New Zealand Units