| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR85/325.013 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Item |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Wood, Alan |
| Date made | 1943-1985 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/118/030 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1980-1989 |
Wood, Alan (Historian, Services Reconnaissance Department, AIF) Wallet 13 of 22
Description
Collection compiled by Alan Wood in preparation to write the history of Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) commissioned by the Z Special Unit Association. This wallet consists of an account handwritten in pencil on two pads relating to operations of the Allied Intelligence Bureau. The pads numbered Pad 5 and 6 consist of appendices and include samples of NEA, SRD, SIA reports, FELO leaflets, New Guinea and New Britain operations, operations and conditions in 1943, changes in organisation, codes and cyphers, communications, training, coast watching in South Pacific area, naval intelligence, first allied Pacific offensive, first Japanese air raids, living and working conditions, and the peak of Japanese offensive October 1942.