History of the Australian Army

Accession Number MSS1991
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Australian Army
Date made c.1962
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 89/1415
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Korea, 1950-1953
Second World War, 1939-1945
South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
Period 1920-1929
First World War, 1914-1918
Army organisation period 1953-1960
Army organisation period 1961-
Sudan, 1885
Description

5p typed document outlining the history of the Australian Army from pre-federation through to the 1960s. Briefly covers the Sudan War, Boer War, World War I, inter-war period, World War II, interim army, Korean war, National service, Malaya and the re-organisation of the Australian Army in 1957 and 1960.