Place | Asia: Borneo |
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Accession Number | AWM2016.38.165 |
Collection number | 3DRL/6502 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 138 |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Harrisson, Tom Harnett |
Place made | Borneo, Borneo, Borneo: North Borneo |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wallet 19 - Correspondence post war administration, hand over following the Japanese surrender, Semut I operatives requesting to stay and assist in the post war clean up
Harrisson, Tom Harnett (Major, DSO, Reconnaissance Corps, British Army and Z Special Unit)
< Previous Record | Next Record >Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Borneo as party leader on Operation Semut I during the Second World War. This wallet includes records in relation to post war administration, hand over following the Japanese surrender and correspondence from Semut 1 agents requesting a preference to stay on in Borneo to assist in the post war clean up.
This wallet includes:
-Correspondence from Semut I agents requesting to continue working in Borneo, messages regarding Japanese surrender and weekly reports regarding supplies. Correspondence includes Maj Tom Harrisson, Cpl Allen Wheelhouse (code W7), Fl/Lt Paul Bartram, Sgt Walter Rippin, Captain Eric Edmeades, L/Cpl Charles Da Roza, Sgt William Nibbs, Sgt Harold Fredericks (code F7), Cpl Ronald Gibbs, Cpl Victor Rawling, Sig George Edlin and Lt Robert Pinkerton.
- Correspondence between members of the Semut 1 party mainly in the Trusan area of operation, including: Maj Tom Harrisson (code A1), Cpl Allen Wheelhouse, Cpl Ronald Gibbs, Sgt William Nibbs, Sgt Harold Fredericks (F7), Fl/Lt Paul Bartram, Lt Robert Pinkerton, Maj William Jinkins, Lt Colin Thornton and Col Godfrey Courtney.
- Correspondence regarding withdrawal, demobilisation and hand over to civil administration including payment and rewards to local soldiers. Correspondence includes Sig George Edlin, Cpl Allen Wheelhouse, Fl/Lt Paul Bartram, Sgt William Nibbs, Maj William Jinkins, Lt Francis Leckie and Cpl Igor Sterelny.
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- Pinkerton, Robert John Donald
- Wheelhouse, Allen Scot
- Bartram, Paul
- Leckie, Francis James
- McCallum, Ian Archibald Neil
- Fredericks, Harold Richmond
- Jinkins, William Thomas
- Rippin, Walter Harold
- Nibbs, William George Phillip
- Da Roza, Charles Bruno
- Rawling, Victor Merrick
- Gibbs, Ronald John
- Thornton, Colin Reginald