Series descriptive note

Series number

AWM100

Series title

Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam (Saigon) - Records of units under command

Series contents range

1 Jul 1962 – 1 Jul 1973

Extent

0 m

Access conditions

Subject to the Australian Archives Act (1983)

Agency controlling

Department of Defence

Custodial Agency

Australian War Memorial

Function and Provenance

Series AWM100 is now defunct. AWM100 was initially used as a general series incorporating the records of various units under command of Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam (Saigon). All previous contents have been relocated into new Series based on the respective individual units. See 'Series Links' below for a listing of these new series.

Australia's military involvement in the war in Vietnam lasted from 1962 to 1973, beginning with a small group (30) of training advisers in the Australian Army Training Team (AATTV). This commitment progressively grew to a Task Force consisting of three infantry battalions, an artillery regiment, an armoured squadron, a cavalry squadron and other supporting arms and services. The force, known as 1 Australian Task Force (1ATF), was located at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province, east of Saigon. This increase in force levels and the introduction of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) units required a larger joint service headquarters, and in May 1966 Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam (HQ AFV) was formed. HQ AFV was located within the Free World Military Assistance Office (FWMAO) in Saigon while HQ 1ATF remained at Nui Dat.With the reduction in the Australian commitment beginning in 1969, HQ AFV was disbanded on 5 Mar 1972 and the remaining forces renamed the Australian Army Assistance Group, Vietnam (AAAGV), which were fully withdrawn by 1973.The records previously in this series were transferred from the Department of Defence to the Australian War Memorial between November 1981 and March 1982, as part of the major consignment of Australian Army records from the Vietnam War, and were accessioned as OW82/11. Headquarters formations were allocated their own individual series, ie, HQ AFV (AWM98), HQ 1 ATF (AWM103), and HQ 1 ALSG (AWM116). AWM100 was used as a general series to include the records of various units under command of HQ AFV. Between 1999 and 2004, all items in this Series were moved into new series, for each individual unit/formation. See 'Series Links' below for a listing of these new series.

Content

The original Series 100 contained a mix of operational and administrative files from the headquarters and units under command. These have since been moved into the respective unit/formation series – refer to the list of Related Series below for details of the various Series utilized. The contents for these is described in the respective Series Note.

System of Arrangement and Control

Files retain the original Defence multi-number filing system, and where a file had no numbering they have been top numbered by systems imposed by the Memorial, the details of which can be found in the respective individual unit Series Note.

Using the Series

Refer to individual unit Series for access details.

Sources

AWM100 Series Dossier