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
- Class 4
- Royal Australian Engineers
- Class 5
- Royal Australian Survey Corps
- Class 6
- Royal Australian Signals
- Class 7
- Royal Australian Infantry - Includes Special Air Service
- Class 8
- Australian Army Aviation Corps
- Class 9
- Australian Intelligence Corps - No diaries exist
- Class 10
- Royal Australian Army Service Corps
- Class 11
- Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
- Class 12
- Royal Australian Army Dental Corps
- Class 13
- Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps
- Class 14
- Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- Class 15
- Royal Australian Army Pay Corps - No diaries exist
- Class 16
- Royal Australian Army Provost Corps
- Class 17
- Miscellaneous units
- Class 18
- 10 Task Force

