Much has been written about the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, and its predecessors - the Australian Light Horse and Australian Armoured Regiments of the 2nd World War. The following bibliography is a list of related RAAC and Light Horse books.

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Boer War:

Official Record	Murray, Pembroke Official Records of the Australian Military Contingents to the War in South Africa (Government Printer, Melbourne, 1911)
Overview	Ridpath, John  The Story of South Africa (Oceanic Publishing, Sydney, 1901)
	Birch Jr, James History of the War in South Africa (Parish Publishing, Toronto, Canada, 1901)
	Barton, Wilkinson et al The Story of South Africa (2 volumes) (World Publishing Company, Sydney, 1901)
	Chamberlain, W M  To Shoot and Ride: The Australians in the South African War, 1899-1902 (Military History Society of Australia, Victoria, 1967)
	Chamberlain, Max and Droogleever, Robin  The War with Johnny Boer: Australians in the Boer War 1899 - 1902 (AMHP, Loftus, NSW, 2003)
	Wilcox, Craig  Australians in the Boer War 1899 - 1901 (Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Victoria.  2002)
	Palmer, Alexander  The Boer War casualty roll 1899–1902 (A. M. Palmer, Perth, WA 1999)
	Austin, Ronald  The Australian illustrated encyclopedia of the Zulu and Boer Wars (Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria 1999).
	Field, Lawrence M  The Forgotten War: Australian Involvement in the South African Conflict of 1899 - 1901  (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 1979).
	Denton, Kit  For Queen and Commonwealth: Australians at War Volume 5 (Time-Life Books Australia, Sydney, 1987)
	Australian Imperial Contingent, 1900 (Melbourne)
	Stirling, John  The Colonials in South Africa 1899 - 1901. The Record, Based on Dispatches. (William Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1907)
	Green, James  The Story of the Australian Bushmen. (Being Notes of a Chaplain) (William Brooks, Sydney and Brisbane, 1903)
	The Australian Bushmen's Contingent. Final Souvenir - in South Africa 1900
	The Australian Bushmen's Contingent. (Australian Arms)
	Newbury, George A  The Australian Commonwealth Horse (G Newbury, 1990)
	Wallace, Robert  The Circumstances Surrounding the Siege of Elands River Post  (Robert Wallace, NSW, 1992)
	Wallace, R L The Australians at the Boer War (AWM, Canberra, 1976)
	Chamberlain, Max  The Australian Commonwealth Horse: a study of political, social and economical aspects of the Federal involvement in the South African War, 1899-1902 (The Author, 1978)
	Wilkinson, Frank  Australian Cavalry: the NSW Lancer Regiment and the First Australian Horse (Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1901)
Queensland Contingents	Clark, Rex  First Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent in the South African War 1899-1900 (The Military Historical society of Australia, A. C. T. Branch, 1971)
NSW Contingents	Henderson, William  The New South Wales Contingents to South Africa, from October 1899 to March 1900, with a "Roll Call of Honour". being the names of our Officers and Men at the Front (Turner and Henderson, Sydney, 1900)
	Sutton, Ralph  For Queen and Empire. A Boer War Chronicle, 75th Anniversary Edition, 1974 (NSW Historical Society, 1974)
	Macleod, L R  For Queen and Empire. An Illustrated History of the Patriotic Movement of 1899-1900  (Sydney, 1900)
	The Transvaal War. Souvenir of the NSW Contingents on Active Service (NSW Bookstall, Sydney - no date recorded)
	The New South Wales Contingents for South Africa. Being a Pictorial Record of the organisation of the Colonies' Forces for active service, and the scenes of unparalleled enthusiasm marking their departure for the Front. (Sydney, 1900)
	Wilson, Frank  Australian Cavalry, The NSW Lancers Regiment and the First Australian Horse (London, 1901)
	Dunn, Brian and Blundell, Peter  The Boys in Green. A Centenary History of the 1st Australian Horse And the Light Horse Units of Harden and Murrumburrah, New South Wales.
Victorian Contingents	Harding William,  War in South Africa and the Dark Continent from Savagery to Civilisation. A History of the Australian Contingents in the South African War, Their Work for Queen and Empire. (Australian Publishing Company, Melbourne 1901)
	Courtney, J H  South Africa - 1899 - 1902. Souvenir of 1st Battalion, 5th Australian Infantry Regiment (Melbourne 1912)
	Reay, W T  Australians in War, With the Australian Regiment from Melbourne to Bloemfontein
	How Victoria's Sons Served the Empire. In the Transvaal AD 1900 (Victorian Contingents to South Africa) Circa 1900
	Satchwell, Albert  On Active Service (Camperdown, Victoria 1901) (Author's experience with the VMR in South Africa)
Western Australian Contingents	Burridge, John  Western Australian contingents to the South African War (J Burridge, Perth, WA, 1972)
South Australian Contingents	Blackmore, Edwin Gordon  The Story of the South Australian Bushmen's Corps (Hussey and Gillingham, Adelaide, 1900)
Tasmanian Contingents	Bufton, John  Tasmanians in the Transvaal War (1905)

World War One :

ANZAC Mounted Division
Desert Mounted Corps	History of MT of Desert Mounted Corps during operations in Palestine and Syria 1918 (1919)
	Preston, R M P  Desert Mounted Corps: An account of the cavalry operations in Palestine and Syria 1917 - 1918 (Houghton Mifflin, Great Britain, 1922)
	Foster W J  Operations of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine from 28th October, 1917 to 31st December, 1917 (Government Printer, Melbourne, 1924)
3rd Light Horse Brigade	Wilson, Lachlan Chisholm - Operations of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade, AIF. 27th October 1917 to 4th March 1919 (1920)
	Wilson, Lachlan Chisholm - The Third Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Force in the Egyptian rebellion, 1919 (1937)
4th Light Horse Brigade	G N Nutting and E W Hammond  History of the Fourth Light Horse Brigade, AIF.  The War of 1914-1918, and the Egyptian Rebellion, 1919 (W.R. Smith & Paterson, Brisbane, 1953)
1st Light Horse Regiment	Vernon , P. V. (Philip Venables). The Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1960 : incorporating a narrative of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F. 1914-1919. (Halstead Press, Sydney, 1961)
	Vernon , P. V. (Philip Venables). The Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1985 : incorporating a narrative of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F. 1914-1919. (Halstead Press, Sydney, 1986)
2nd Light Horse Regiment	Bourne, G. H.(George Herbert), The History of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force, August 1914-April 1919 .
	Starr, Joan; Sweeney, Christopher. Forward : the history of the 2nd/14th Light Horse ( Queensland Mounted Infantry). (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia 1989)
	Needham-Walker, D R  Biography of the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, AIF (The Queenslander Digger, Brisbane, Qld, 1926)
3rd Light Horse Regiment	Blackwell, Frank M. & Douglas, D.R. The Story of the 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment. (Third Light Horse Regimental Club, Adelaide , 1950)
	Sir George Bell - 3rd Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F, 1914-1919 (Devonport, Tasmania: Advocate Newspaper Press, 1919)
	3rd Light Horse Regiment (The Advocate, Tasmania, 1919)
	Smith, Neil C. The Third Australian Light Horse Regiment 1914 - 1918. Melbourne 1993
	Pickering, Peter J. Tasmania's A.I.F. Lighthorsemen: C Squadron 3rd Light Horse Regiment - (Hobart, TAS 2006)
4th Light Horse Regiment	Smith, Neil C. Men of Beersheba : a history of the 4th Light Horse Regiment, 1914-1919 ( Melbourne : Mostly Unsung Military History Research and Publications, 1993)
	Holloway, David Hooves, Wheels and Tracks: A history of the 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse Regiment and its predecessors (The Bookprinter, Melbourne 1990)
	Smith, Cyril Barkley. The 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment : some aspects of its war service, 1914-1918 (4th Light Horse Regiment Association, Melbourne,1954))
5th Light Horse Regiment	Wilson, L. C. ( Lachlan Chisholm); Wetherell, H (Henry). History of the Fifth Light Horse Regiment (Australian Imperial Force) from 1914 to October, 1917 and from October, 1917 to June, 1919. (Sydney : Motor Press of Australia Limited, 1926)
6th Light Horse Regiment	Berrie, George Lawrence Under Furred Hats : 6th A.L.H. Regt. (Sydney : W.C. Penfold, 1919)
7th Light Horse Regiment	Richardson, J D. The 7th Light Horse Regiment 1914-1919 (Sydney: Radcliffe Press, 1919)
8th Light Horse Regiment	Simpson, Cameron Victor, Maygar's Boys : a biographical history of the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-19 (Moorooduc, Vic : Just Soldiers, Military Research & Publications, 1998)
	Box, Allan  The best fellows anyone could wish to meet. George Auchterlonie and the 8th Light Horse Regiment (Leongatha, Vic) at least 2 editions
9th Light Horse Regiment	Darley, T. H. (Thomas Henry) . With the Ninth Light Horse in the Great War. (Hassell Press, Adelaide, 1924)
	Names of personnel who served on the strength of 9th Australian Light Horse  Regiment, 1st AIF, 1914 - 1918, also members of 3rd Machine Gun  Unit Club (Canberra, ACT, 1948)
10th Light Horse Regiment	Olden, A C N, Westralian Cavalry in the War: the story of the Tenth Light Horse Regiment
11th Light Horse Regiment	Hammond, Ernest W., History of the 11th Light Horse Regiment, Fourth Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, War 1914-1919. ([ Australia : The Regiment], 1942 ( Brisbane : W. Brooks))
12th Light Horse Regiment	Hollis, Kenneth Thunder of the Hooves (AMHP - Late 2008)
13th Light Horse Regiment	Hunter, Doug. My Corps Cavalry: The history of the 13th Light Horse Regiment (McCrae, Vic :Slouch Hat, 1999)
14th Light Horse Regiment	Starr, Joan; Sweeney, Christopher. Forward : the history of the 2nd/14th Light Horse ( Queensland Mounted Infantry). (University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1989)
15th Light Horse Regiment	Buckley, Martin J. The NSW Northern River Lancers: Light Horse and Motor Regiments, 1903-1944. (Lismore, NSW: N.P., 1991)
Light Horse - General	Berrie, George Lawrence  Morale, A Story of Australian Light Horsemen (Holland and Stephenson, Sydney, 1949)
	Burness, P  The Nek: The Tragic Charge of the Light Horse at Gallipoli (Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, Sydney, 1996)
	Dinning, Hector  Nile to Aleppo. With the Light Horse in the Middle East (Allen and Unwin, London, 1920)
	Fowler J E (Chook)  Looking Backward (Roebuck Society, Canberra, ACT, 1979)
	Gullett, H and Barrett C  Australia in Palestine (Robertson, Sydney, 1919)
ANZAC Wireless Signals Squadron	Burke, Keast  With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: the story of ANZACs in Asia (sydney, 1927)
Camel Corps	Langley, George Furner; Langley , Edmee Mary, Sand, Sweat and Camels : the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps (Kilmore; Victoria : Lowden Publishing Company, 1976)
	Bowyang, Bill. The Fighting Cameliers. (Sydney : Angus & Rob ertson, 1934)
	Inchbald, Geoffrey. Imperial Camel Corps. (London : Johnson, 1970)

	World War 2:
2/6th Divisional Cavalry Regiment	O'Leary, Shawn. To the Green Fields Beyond: The Story of the 6th Australian Division Cavalry Commandos. N.P.: Regimental Assn, 1975
2/7th Divisional Cavalry Regiment	Hartley, F.J. Sanananda Interlude: The 7th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment. (Book Depot,  Melbourne , 1949.
2/9th Divisional Cavalry Regiment	Pura, Colin  Black Berets - The History and the Battles of the 9th Division Cavalry Regiment - Syria - Alamein - Labuan - Tarakan (9th Division Cavalry Regiment Association, Melbourne 1983)
	Martindale R J and Martindale R L  Blokes from the Cav: personnel of 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment & 2/9th Australian Cavalry (Commando) Regiment (1993)
2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment	Allard, J. M. et al. Tank Tracks: The War History of the 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment (Sydney 1953)
2/5th Australian Armoured Regiment	Anonymous. 2/5 Australian Armoured Regiment. (W.R. Smith and Paterson Pty Ltd, Brisbane, 1950) - Very Small blue book - Nominal Roll only
2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment	Anonymous. History of the 2/6 Australian Armoured Regiment. (Bulletin Printery Pty Ltd, Southport , Queensland,  1945.)
	Handel, Paul  The Vital Factor: A History of 2/6th Australian Armoured Regiment 1941 - 1946 (AMHP, Loftus, NSW 2004)
2/7th Australian Armoured Regiment	Lewis, Maurie T  The life and times of the 2/7th Australian Armoured Regiment (Pymble, NSW, 1995)
	Armoured Antics : 2/7th Australian Armoured Regiment AIF (Drawings)
2/9th Divisional Cavalry Regiment	Kerr, Colin. Tanks in the East: Story of an Australian Cavalry Regiment. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1945
2/8th Australian Armoured Regiment	Jackson, James et al  Armour to Anchors - The history of the 2/8th Australian Armoured Regiment 1941 - 44 and service with the 41, 42, 43 Landing Craft Coys. 1944-46 AIF (2/8th Armoured Regiment Association, 1989)
2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment	Donovan, Peter. Waltzing Matildas: The Men and Machines of the 2/9th Australian Armoured Group in Australia and Borneo, 1941-1946. N.P.: 2/9th Association, 1988
2nd Australian Tank Battalion	Anonymous. Speed and Vigilance: The Story of the 2nd Australian Tank Battalion, 1939-44. Sydney : New Century Press Ltd, 1945
1st Armoured Brigade ASC Company	Kidd, Neville  Unofficial history, nominal roll and movements of the company (1st Australian Armoured Brigade ASC Association 1970s) - 11 page monograph
10th Light Horse (Militia)	Rogers, Edward A Trooper's Story. The 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment (AIF) 1941-1944  (A & L Printers WA, 1993)
	Vietnam War to Present Day:
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse	Holloway, David  Hooves, Wheels and Tracks: A History of the 4/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
1 APC Squadron - South Vietnam	Modystack, Neville  The Pony Soldiers: The Australian Light Horse Vietnam 1965-66 (AMHP, 2006)
3rd Cavalry Regiment - South Vietnam	Anderson, Paul  When the Scorpion Stings - 3rd Cavalry Regiment in South Vietnam
RAAC in Vietnam	McKay, Gary and Nicholas, Graeme  Jungle Tracks: Australian Armour in Vietnam
History of the RAAC	Handel, Paul  Fifty Years of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps
	Hopkins, Ronald  Australian Armour: A History of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps 1927-1972
	Handel, Paul Dust, Sand and Jungle - A History of  Australian Armour 1927 to 1948
	Cecil, Mike  Battle Group Leopard: Australian Armour Exercises in the North

 

 

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