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Inter-World War Years (1919-1938)

Section includes records relating to the Australian military and naval forces during the years between the World Wars.

1) Administrative Records

AWM1 Pre-Federation and Commonwealth records

AWM27 Records arranged according to AWM Library classification

AWM49 Inter-war Army records

AWM51 AWM security classified records

AWM61 Eastern Command registry files

AWM62 Southern Command registry files

2) Biographical Records

AWM182 Office of the Military Secretary, Officer's Record of Service ledgers

3) Naval Records

AWM50 Records of HMA Naval Establishments, Sydney

AWM124 Naval historical collection

AWM185 Records of the Royal Commission on Cockatoo Island Dockyard

AMW187 Records of the Royal Commission... [into]...the retirement of Lieutenant Commander A D Casey from the Royal Australian Navy

AWM239 RAN Medical Officers' journals

4) Private Records

PR88/154 AVM A T Cole, administrative diaries and papers related to RAAF duties. 1916-1946

PR90/129 Major General C Rosenthal, administrative papers. 1914-1935

5) Intelligence Records

AWM347 Directorate of Military Intelligence - Collection of historical war records