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Accession Number | PR85/325.017 |
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 17 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 pads numbered 13, 14 and 15. The pads contain notes from volumes of the Official History of the operations and administration of Special Operations Australia (SOA), the background of SOA. and SRD, statistics on battle casualties, stores, Z Experimental Station Cairns, training schools and camps, Directorates - Plans, Intelligence, Naval, Air, Technical, general equipment, specialised training, stores, method of operation, organisation and staff.