Chronological guide to official records - Malaya and Indonesian Confrontation
Chronological guide to official records
Malaya and Indonesian Confrontation (1948-1966)
Records relating to the Australian military and naval forces during the Malayan Emergency, post Emergency operations in Malaysia, and the Indonesian Confrontation. Records less than 20 years old are generally unavailable under the Archives Act 1983.
1) Unit and Operational Records
AWM95 Australian Army commanders' diaries [related control series: AWM96]
AWM101 Records of Chief of the General Staff
AWM125 Written records – Miscellaneous - Southeast Asian conflicts, 1948-1975
AWM177 Australian Army commanders' diaries, duplicates
AWM370 Records of 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1946-2001
2) Administrative Records
AWM121 Army Office Operations Branch records
AWM122 Department of Defence, Joint Planning Committee records from joint military operations and plans
AWM175 Press releases (Defence, Navy, Army, Air, Supply)
AWM176 Defence instructions
AWM200 Records of Headquarters FARELF (Far East Land Forces) [related control series: AWM202, AWM203, AWM204]
AWM201 Records of Headquarters Australian Army Force FARELF (Far East Land Forces) [related control series: AWM212]
AWM205 Records of Army Working Group (AWG) [related control series: AWM212]
AWM206 Records of Headquarters ANZUK Force (Australia New Zealand United Kingdom) Force [related cotrol series: AWM212, AWM213]
AWM207 Records of Administration Headquarters ANZUK (Australia New Zealand United Kingdom) Force [related control series: AWM209, AWM210, AWM211, AWM214]
AWM208 Records of units under command of Headquarters ANZUK (Australia New Zealand United Kingdom) Force [related control series: AWM212, AWM215]
AWM216 Records of Defence Administrative Office (DAO), Singapore [related control series: AWM212, AWM217]
AWM264 Chiefs of Staff monthly reports (1951-1956)
3) Biographical Records
AWM119 Office of Military Secretary, Army honours and awards confidential working files
AWM150 Roll of Honour cards, Malayan Emergency
- Series available in microform
AWM151 Roll of Honour cards, Malay Peninsula
- Series available in microform
AWM152 Roll of Honour cards, Sabah/Sarawak
- Series available in microform
AWM237 Roll of Honour cards, supplementary sources
4) Official Historians' Records
AWM263 Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts 1948-1975 - Crises and commitments: The Politics and Diplomacy of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1965 - Records of Peter Edwards
AWM267 Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 - Medicine at war: Medical aspects of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia 1950-1972 - Records of Brendan O'Keefe and F. B. Smith
AWM269 Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 - Emergency and Confrontation - Records of Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey
AWM278 Official History of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1975 - Up top: Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asian Conflicts, 1955-1972 - Records of Jeffrey Grey
5) Naval Records
AWM78 Reports of Proceedings, HMA Ships and Establishments
AWM124 Naval historical collection
- Series of original records and other material acquired by the Navy Historical Records Section and its successors. Covers a broad range of subjects.
AWM178 Records of the Royal Commission into the loss of HMAS Voyager
AWM179 Records of the Royal Commission into the statement of Lieutenant Commander Cabban (Second Royal Commission into the loss of HMAS Voyager)
AWM180 Naval investigations and enquiries
6) Private Records
PR83/124 Air Commodore D W Colquhoun, Joint Services Staff College notes. 1941-1964