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Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX71121 Captain Alan Rea Carrick, 2/1 Heavy Battery, prisoner of war, Japan, 1941-1945, 1984.
Wallet 1 of 2 - Consists of two folders containing music and notebooks from Carrick's time as a prisoner of war at Zentsuji camp in Japan.
Folder 1 contains two books of handwritten music. One music book also includes a list of operas in present-day repertoires, and the other a proposed programme for a Christmas concert at Zentsuji in 1943.
Folder 2 contains three notebooks with details on food, farming and recipes. An A5-sized notebook includes notes and ledgers on a poultry-raising project, a plan for a home garden, notes on a home orchard, and a record of commodities found in the home states or locales of the Australian, American and British officers at Zentsuji. A black, pocket-sized notebook, titled "Food Book No. I", includes various recipes and styles of cooking drawn from the Philippines, Java and Norway, as well as notes on cheese making and cheese-based recipes. "Book No. II", made from scrap Japanese paper, includes "British Empire Specialities"; recipes and styles of cooking from Malaya, the British Isles and Ireland.
Wallet 2 of 2 - Consists of two folders containing notebooks, diary extracts, letters and a manuscript from Carrick's time at Zentsuji camp and, later, concerning the Royal Australian Artillery Association.
Folder 1 contains a fragile and detailed diary of 'war reminiscences', which includes details on food, casualties, movements and treatment by the Japanese, and a booklet maintained by Carrick as a unit war diary of J Force for the period 10 May 1943 to 1 July 1945. The folder also includes loose pages as an addendum to the unit war diary, covering the period from 25 June to 28 September 1945.
Folder 2 contains copies of two letters, dated 13 February and 21 June 1984, between Lieutenant Colonel D.N. Brook and Carrick regarding the publication of a history of artillery in South Australia, and the copy of a manuscript titled "The Heavy Batteries in Rabaul and Timor 1941-42", with recollections provided by Carrick.
Box 1 of 1 - Contains an album of photographs compiled during Carrick's wartime service. The album includes photographs of the landscape, wildlife and of Aboriginal people dancing, hunting and in corroboree from Carrick's service in the Northern Territory in 1941. The album also includes photographs of Carrick's family, which he received at Zentsuji in 1944 and 1945, and formal photographs from circa 1945 of officers from the United States Army, Navy and Naval Reserve held captive at Zentsuji camp. Five small portraits of other United States officers are loosely inserted into the pages of the album.
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