Booklet - Illustrated Notes for Volunteer Defence Corps
1942Staple bound soft cover booklet. Dark blue front & back cover, white pages with black text and illustrations inside.
32 pages
Details
Details
Front page:
"Illustrated Notes for Volunteer Defence Corps, Australia, 1942.
Distribution: 1 copy per section
"The Argus," 12/41-10M
"Not to be published. The information given in this document is not to be communicated, either directly or indirectly, to the Press or to any person not holding an official position in His Majesty's Service"
The "Illustrated Notes for Volunteer Defence Corps, Australia, 1942" was a crucial, confidential training manual for Australia's VDC, detailing guerrilla warfare, stalking, camouflage, small arms, and self-defense for civilian volunteers preparing for potential Japanese invasion, featuring diagrams and cartoons to teach tactics. Published by Army HQ and printed by The Argus, this manual served as a vital guide for local defense and resistance.
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