1918-1939

Department of Defence Historical Document
Report on the Activities of the Australian Military Forces
1929-1939

(Jess Report)

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Sir Carl Jess compiled this report in the early stages of the Second World War. It is both a history of the Australian Army in the lean years from the Great Depression to the Second World War, and also a study of the effort required to mobilise for war in a country desperately unprepared.


Veterinary Manual for War 1923

A 1923 publication covering Veterinary services, sections and duties produced by the War Office and Issued by the Command of the Army Council.


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