Australian Army War Diaries - South East Asian Conflicts

Commanders’ diaries were prepared by officers commanding headquarters, units, and detachments serving in Malaya and Singapore, Sarawak-Brunei-Sabah, and South Vietnam, as a record of operational activity during service abroad. The aim of the diary was to provide data on which to base future improvements in army training, equipment, organisation, and administration, and to provide future historians with a record of activities of units and formations in operational periods. More …

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Class 1
Headquarters - Includes Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
Class 2
Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Class 3
Royal Australian Artillery
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Royal Australian Engineers
Class 5
Royal Australian Survey Corps
Class 6
Royal Australian Signals
Class 7
Royal Australian Infantry - Includes Special Air Service
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Australian Army Aviation Corps
Class 9
Australian Intelligence Corps - No diaries exist
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Royal Australian Army Service Corps
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Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
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Royal Australian Army Dental Corps
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Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Class 14
Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Class 15
Royal Australian Army Pay Corps - No diaries exist
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Royal Australian Army Provost Corps
Class 17
Miscellaneous units
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10 Task Force