| Accession Number | AWM2016.38.139 |
|---|---|
| Collection number | 3DRL/6502 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Item |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Map |
| Physical description | 1 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
LHQ Cartographic Coy, Australian Survey Corps |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Sindumin [cartographic material] : Borneo 1:250,000
Harrisson, Tom Harnett (Major, DSO, Reconnaissance Corps, British Army and Z Special Unit)
- Wallet 1 - Maps complied by Major Tom Harrisson during his service on operation Semut I
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Description
Map of Sindumin forming part of the records relating to the service of Major Tom Harnett Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as party leader on Operation Semut 1 during the Second World War. A single sheet from the topographical map series (SWPA T531) covering the area around the town of Sindumin in British North Borneo (now the East Malaysian state of Sabah). Shows boundaries between Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo and Dutch Borneo, the southern part of Brunei Bay, populated places, main roads and tracks, telegraph lines, rivers and streams, rubber estates, mangrove areas and terrain features.