The Australian War Memorial site has added some additional war diaries that are downloadable. AWM52 Class 4 Artillery AWM52 Subclass 4/1 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters AWM52 Subclass 4/2 - Field Regiments (so far only part of 2/2nd Field Regiment RAA AWM52 Subclass 4/24 - Training Units (so far only 2nd AA Cadre) AWM52 Class 10 - Supplies and Transport AWM52 Subclass 10/3 - General Transport Companies (so far only 2/102 and 2/104th Companies) AWM52 Class 14 - Australian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers AWM52 Subclass 14/2 - Field Workshops (so far only 2/4th Army Field Workshop) AWM52 Class 21 - Graves AWM52 Subclass 21/2 - Units (so far only 7th, 17th Graves Registration Enquiry Units) AWM52 - Class 40 - Australian Army Service Corps AWM52 Subclass 40/2 - Salvage (so far only 7th Division Salvage Unit) The following remain as they have been for a number of years: AWM52 Class 1 - Headquarters Units AWM52 Class 8 - Infantry AWM52 Class 25 - Miscellaneous Here is the link for the war diaries: 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Forces) unit war diaries, 1939-45 War
I have found a number of other war diaries for a scattering of Australian units at the Australian War Memorial site. These are not listed under the link in the previous message. You can find these from this link: Advanced Search | The Australian War Memorial The additional units are shown on the lower left side of the page along with the number of files for each unit. Be sure to hit the Show More link. The 7th Division Salvage Unit, 7th Graves Registration and Enquiry Unit, the 2/4th Field Workshop and the 2/104th General Transport Company already appear in the main link above. The new units are: 6th Field Ambulance (also includes the distinct 6th Light Field Ambulance) 116th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 12th Water Transport Company 2/12th Field Company 18th Field Company 27th Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Workshop 2/9th General Hospital 1st Radar Detachment 137th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
An additional Australian war diary was just added - 5th Works Company. Here is the link: AWM52 22/1/14 - 5 Works Company (5 Works Coy) [Whole diary - 1 item] (Dec 1944 - Jun 1945)
It seems that the Australian War Memorial has been gradually adding additional war diaries recently. I found these additions today: 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment 2/1st Medium Regiment 138th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery 140th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery 141st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (Mobile) They can be found here under the appropriate category. 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Forces) unit war diaries, 1939-45 War
Further war diaries have been added to AWM52 at the Australian War Memorial site. The Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters war diaries have been added to: RAA HQ 9th Australian Division - Now completed. (4/1/16/11 to 4/1/16/29 added) AWM52 4/1/16 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters 9 Australian Division RAA HQ 11th Australian Division AWM52 4/1/17 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters 11 Australian Division RAA HQ Northern Territory Force (12th Australian Division) AWM52 4/1/18 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters Northern Territory Force RAA HQ Darwin and 9th Heavy Battery AWM52 4/1/19 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters 9 Heavy Battery
Further Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters have been added in AWM52 at the Australian War Memorial site. The following have been added: RAA HQ New Guinea Force RAA HQ York Force RAA HQ Moresby Base Sub Area RAA HQ 1 Australian Armoured Division RAA HQ 6 Field Brigade They can be found here: AWM52 Subclass 4/1 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters
An additional Field Regiment has been added to AWM52 at the Australian War Memorial site. It is 2/1st Field Regiment, RAA up until January 1941. Here is the link: AWM52 4/2/1 - Royal Australian Artillery, 2/1 Field Regiment
There are a few additions to the AWM files. The 2/1st Field Regiment listed above has had additional months added. Use the above link. Also the 137th Heavy AA Battery, RAA has some additional months added. Use the following link: AWM52 4/16/47 - 137 Australian Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery
The war diaries for 2/7th Field Regiment, RAA for April 1940 to December 1941 have been added here: AWM52 4/2/7 - Royal Australian Artillery, 2/7 Army Field Regiment Also additional RAA Headquarters have been added: Northern Command Artillery Headquarters AWM52 4/1/25 - Northern Command Artillery Headquarters Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters Southern Command AWM52 4/1/26 - Royal Australian Artillery Headquarters Southern Command Royal Australian Artillery Regiment Headquarters 9 Heavy Battery AWM52 4/1/27 - Royal Australian Artillery Regiment Headquarters 9 Heavy Battery Major General Royal Artillery Branch AWM52 4/1/28 - Major General Royal Artillery Branch
2/1 Field Regiment, RAA has had additional months added to the war diary. You can now find June 1944 to August 1945 added here: AWM52 4/2/1 - Royal Australian Artillery, 2/1 Field Regiment
The 2/1st Field Regiment, RAA has been completed with the addition of 10 more files, 4/2/1/19 to 4/2/1/27 and 4/2/1/35. You can find them here: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2659062
Additional months have been added to the 2/2nd Field Regiment, RAA at the Australian War Memorial site. Here is the link: AWM52 4/2/2 - Royal Australian Artillery, 2/2 Field Regiment
The 2/2nd Field Regiment, RAA war diaries have been completed at the Australian War Memorial site. Here is the link: AWM52 4/2/2 - Royal Australian Artillery, 2/2 Field Regiment The folios that have been added since the above posting are Numbers 6, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30
The 2/3rd Field Regiment, RAA war diaries have been started. The first twelve folios have been added, but at this time the download links have not been added. I put together the download links for the first twelve folios below: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.285/bundled/AWM2019.366.285.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.286/bundled/AWM2019.366.286.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.287/bundled/AWM2019.366.287.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.288/bundled/AWM2019.366.288.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.289/bundled/AWM2019.366.289.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.290/bundled/AWM2019.366.290.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.291/bundled/AWM2019.366.291.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.292/bundled/AWM2019.366.292.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.293/bundled/AWM2019.366.293.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.294/bundled/AWM2019.366.294.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.295/bundled/AWM2019.366.295.pdf https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws...n/AWM2019.366.296/bundled/AWM2019.366.296.pdf
Some war diaries for the Volunteer Defence Corps have been added at the Australian War Memorial: | The Australian War Memorial
It appears that, although the AWM is closed to the public, someone is working to add more war diaries online. A new section has been added under Subclass 3/1 - Armoured Corps with thirty-two sub sections. Not all of these have yet been fed in. They are complete through 2/5th Australian Armoured Regiment with most of 2/6 Armoured Regiment there. After that, you will need to check periodically to see if more are added. This will give us something to keep us busy during the pandemic. Here is the link: | The Australian War Memorial
More war diaries continue to be fed into Subclass 3/1 - Armoured Corps as noted above. Keep checking frequently if you are interested.
The Australian Armoured Corps war diaries are now complete. Here is the link: | The Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial has added the war diaries for the 1st Papuan Infantry Battalion here: | The Australian War Memorial