History of MP Training Manuals

History of MP Training Manuals

The following are the various MP Training Manuals used by the Corps throughout its history. This does not cover instructions, GROs, ROs or any other instrument or directive for MP Training after WW1.

The Australian War Memorial contains file AWM 25 803/2/721, containing various correspondence about the duties of MP during WW1. There was no official training document at this time as the Corps was new and most of the policing procedure was RMP, adapted to suit Australian requirements. (See Duties of Divisional Police WW1)

The Defence Library Service in Canberra was found to have an original copy of "Regulations for the use of the Provost Marshal's Branch, British Armies in France, Second Edition", dated 1917.

Manual of the Corps of Military Police 1936 (This was the only publication in this office at that time according to the Provost Marshal's Report - History of Provost Marshal Directorate HQ AMF 1939, AWM 54 803/1/1)

Manual of the Military Police Branch, Australian Army Provost Corps 1943

Manual of the Royal Australian Army Provost Corps 1952

Manual of Land Warfare, Part 2 - Military Police Training, Vol 1 Pam No.1, Employment of RACMP (All Corps) 1983.

Manual of Land Warfare, Part 2 - Military Police Training, Vol 1 Pam No.1, Employment of RACMP (All Corps) 1990.