| Accession Number | AWM26 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Official Record |
| Object type | Official Record |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Operations files, 1914-18 War
Description
The items in this series comprise copies of unit war diaries and precis as well as other operational files. Included among these are copies of headquarters and operational records created by the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, France and the United States.
The files are identified on the database by the chronological period, unit or organisation and then by sub-period. The units or organisations represented in the files range in seniority from General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (GHQ BEF), through army, corps, divisional and brigade levels, down to individual battalions.
The end result of the series being formed was that a complete set of records was created for the Official Historian in a form that enabled him, for any given period, to efficiently assemble all relevant documents for the units involved in operations at any given time. From examination of the files in the series and the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18, volumes III to VI, it is clear that Bean relied extensively on this series in their writing.
- AWM26 29 - Period 1 – Armentieres – 4/4/1916 to 3/9/1916
- AWM26 41 - Period 2 – Somme 1916 – 10/7/1916 to 19/10/1916
- AWM26 52 - Period 2 – Somme 1916 – 10/7/1916 to 19/10/1916
- AWM26 64 - Period 3 – Ypres Salient – 22/7/1916 to 30/4/1917
- AWM26 83 - Period 3 – Ypres Salient – 22/7/1916 to 30/4/1917
- AWM26 86 - Period 3 – Ypres Salient – 22/7/1916 to 30/4/1917
- AWM26 87 - Period 3 – Ypres Salient – 22/7/1916 to 30/4/1917
- AWM26 94 - Period 3 – Ypres Salient – 22/7/1916 to 30/4/1917
- AWM26 105 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 108 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 117 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 118 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 127 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 137 - Period 4 – Somme Winter – 20/10/1916 to 22/2/1917
- AWM26 145 - Period 5 – German Withdrawal – 23/2/1917 to 6/6/1917
- AWM26 147 - Period 5 – German Withdrawal – 23/2/1917 to 6/6/1917
- AWM26 156 - Period 5 – German Withdrawal – 23/2/1917 to 6/6/1917
- AWM26 188 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 192 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 193 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 197 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 199 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 201 - Period 6 – Battle of Messines – 1/5/1917 to 30/7/1917
- AWM26 222 - 3rd Battle of Ypres, 1st ANZAC Corps
- AWM26 361 - Period 10 – Defence of Amiens – 8/3/1918 to 31/7/1918
- AWM26 487 - Final Offensive
- AWM26 507 - Period 12 – Final offensive – 1/8/1918 to 30/11/1918