Most sources mention only Carter's service in the Royal Australian Engineers and Z Special Force; in his article in the New Zealand Surveyor Carter writes: 'One or two "Hush-hush" Army units whose mission, as in Europe, was to operate behind enemy lines, were formed in Australia, mainly with British backing. To such a unit the writer, then a member of the British Army, in due course found himself attached.' (page 246). In a letter to the Army Records Office dated 23 January 1974, Carter wrote: "After some service in New Guinea I transferred to 'Z' Special Unit for training in guerilla activity and subsequently served in Borneo, by that time having transferred to the British Army (Services Reconnaissance Department)." (Letter included with Carter's service record at the National Archives of Australia, online at [1]Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (enter Carter's service number QX48608 in the keyword box).)
Most sources mention only Carter's service in the Royal Australian Engineers and Z Special Force; in his article in the New Zealand Surveyor Carter writes: 'One or two "Hush-hush" Army units whose mission, as in Europe, was to operate behind enemy lines, were formed in Australia, mainly with British backing. To such a unit the writer, then a member of the British Army, in due course found himself attached.' (page 246). In a letter to the Army Records Office dated 23 January 1974, Carter wrote: "After some service in New Guinea I transferred to 'Z' Special Unit for training in guerilla activity and subsequently served in Borneo, by that time having transferred to the British Army (Services Reconnaissance Department)." (Letter included with Carter's service record at the National Archives of Australia, online at [1]Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (enter Carter's service number QX48608 in the keyword box).)
