A collection of forty-three typewritten documents, with maps, diagrams and some manuscript material, relating to military training, assembled by Lieut. R. A. Lever of the Fiji Defence Force.

The majority of the material is on leaves of foolscap paper. The collection is in good condition: lightly aged and with some wear to extremities. Assembled by Lever during the course of his training as an officer in the Fiji Defence Force, it gives a valuable insight into colonial military procedure. Occasional manuscript additions and corrections. Arranged in four folders. FIRST FOLDER ('H.M. Customs, Fiji.') contains: ONE: [2 pages] Army School of Instruction. New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1940. War Equipment Tabel. Infantry (Rifle) Battalion. TWO: [5 pages] Army School of Instruction. Advanced Training Company. Notes on Reports, Orders, Messages. THREE: [1 page] Signals, F.D.F. Signals Tactical Exercise - 11 Feb 40. FOUR: [2 pages + 1 manuscript map of Lami River area of Fiji] [Lieutenant B. Swift] Secret. Signal Section 4 BN Operation Order No. 1. SECOND FOLDER (R. A. Lever Lt, x/41, Battalion & Co[mpan]y. Organisation) contains: FIVE: [1 page] [Lieutenant Colonel W. Munfaly] Army Headquarters, Wellington, C.1. 23rd September, 1941. DANGER AREA - GRENADE RANGES. SIX: [15 pages] How to organize and adminster a battalion. [divided into fourteen sections, including 'Discipline', 'Weekly Inspection'] THIRD FOLDER ('2nd. Battalion F.D.F. Courses Taken & Programmes of Training 1839-194[ ].' contains: SEVEN: [6 pages] 8th. Bde. School of Instruction - Samabula. Lecture Precis. Appreciating a Situation - Written Appreciations. EIGHT: [1 page] Nominal Roll - Territorial Personnel. 1st. Fiji L.A.A.Bty. NINE: [1 page] [signed by the Commandant & Chief Instructor, Major H.A. Pattullo] 8 Bde. Group School of Instruction, Natabua. Course for Junior N.C.O.'s - week. TEN: [1 page] [Captain H. G. Wooller] Syllabus. Officers Course of Instruction - 1st. Bn. F.D.F. ELEVEN: [1 page + illustrations of one New Zealand, two Japanese and two U.S. planes] ['Date? 1940', signed by the adjutant] Secret. [Announcing change of roundels on British aircraft] TWELVE TO FOURTEEN: Three maps, two of them in manuscript. FOURTH FOLDER ('F.D.F. Lectures. 1939/40. R.A. Lever') contains: FIFTEEN TO FORTY-THREE: Twenty-nine files of various sizes, with accompanying manuscript additions and maps. The files, listed on inner flap of folder, include 'Duties in Aid of the Civil Power' by Major A. H. Stafford, 'Planning an Operation', 'Field Engineering', 'Sending Messages & Signals', 'Rearguards and Withdrawals' and 'Standing Orders'.