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=== Unit histories === | === Unit histories === | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 24 July 2015
| Australian Corps | |
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| Years active: | November 1917 – |
| Country: | Australia |
| Service: | Australian Army |
| Branch: | Australian Imperial Force |
| Type: | Formation |
| Specific type: | Army corps (tactical) |
| Full size: | |
| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | November 1917. |
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| Alternate names: | |
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| Disbanded: | |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | Corps Troops, Australian Corps |
| Subordinate level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | |
| End date: | |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 1st Australian Division |
| Subordinate level: | Division |
| Start date: | |
| End date: | |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 2nd Australian Division |
| Subordinate level: | Division |
| Start date: | |
| End date: | |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 3rd Australian Division |
| Subordinate level: | Division |
| Start date: | |
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| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 4th Australian Division |
| Subordinate level: | Division |
| Start date: | |
| End date: | |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 5th Australian Division |
| Subordinate level: | Division |
| Start date: | |
| End date: | |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
|---|---|
| Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
| Date entered: | November 1917 |
| Date left: | |
| Sources: | |
Contents
[hide]Personal narratives
William Birdwood
Australian War Memorial: 3DRL/3376 is a large collection of personal and official papers of Template:RefLives, later Lord Birdwood, who was commander of:
- Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (April 1915 to November 1915)
- Dardanelles Army, UK (November 1915 to January 1916)
- II ANZAC Corps (February to March 1916)
- I ANZAC Corps (March 1916 to November 1917)
- Australian Corps (November 1917 to May 1918)
- Fifth Army, UK (from May 1918)
The collection includes letters, diaries and official despatches. It covers all of Birdwood's career in the First World War but is particularly strong on the Gallipoli campaign.
Related media
Official Sources
Unit war diaries
Unit histories
Other official documents
- Template:WarDiaryAWM. Headquarters: intelligence summaries.
- Australian War Memorial: 3DRL/3376, Birdwood papers includes many official as well as personal documents.
