On the 21st of September 1914 the Australian Government approved the raising of the Australian Army Pay Corps. Its task, the implementation and management of the largest and most complex system of financial and pay administration ever seen at that time in Australia. Overwhelmed and under-resourced from the start, this is the story of an AIF unit that, in its own quiet but distinguished way, provided essential service, not least to Soldiers and their dependents throughout the terrible conflict of 1914-1918.
