Alfred A. Wilks - papers, 1924-1983
Alfred A. Wilks - papers, 1924-1983
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1924 - 1983
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MLMSS 7044
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1 box - 0.34 Meters
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Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
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1945-1959; Papers concerning his police career, being mainly with the Commonwealth Investigation Service. Include correspondence, memoranda, reports and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 7044/1/1)
Papers concerning the 1954 Royal Visit to Australia:
1948, 1952; Correspondence mainly concerning proposed 1948 Royal Visit (Call No.: MLM...
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Alfred A. Wilks - papers, 1924-1983
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Notes
General note
This collection was acquired as part of the papers of Ivan D. Chapman, located at MLMSS 7043. Wilks' brother had gifted the papers to Chapman towards his research on Charles Cousens which resulted in the publication of Tokyo Calling: The Charles Cousens Case (1990). While Wilks' papers document his work with the Commonwealth Investigation Service,...
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Moira Chapman in 1995
Administrative / Biographical history
Alfred Amos Wilks (1901-1983) entered the N.S.W. Police Force in 1924. He was engaged as personal escort to the Duke of Gloucester during his visit to Australia in 1934. In 1939 he was appointed for special duty with Commonwealth agencies including Military and Police Intelligence, then seconded to the Security Service in 1942. He resigned from the...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 7044
Record Identifier
nQR2aXx1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2aXx1
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Reference code
412928
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