Account by Maj William Sochon on operation Semut III

Harrisson, Tom Harnett (Major, DSO, Reconnaissance Corps, British Army and Z Special Unit)

- Wallet 22 - Correspondence and photographs related to training, commemoration of crew of 200 Flight B24 Liberator missing following the successful drop of Semut I reconnaissance party, and an account of Operation Semut III by party leader Maj William Sochon

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Place	Asia: Borneo
Accession Number	AWM2017.7.192
Collection number	3DRL/6502
Collection type	Digitised Collection
Record type	File
Item count	1
Object type	Papers
Physical description	52 Image/s captured
Maker	Sochon, William Lomas Philip
Date made	Unknown
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

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 on Operation Semut I during the Second World War. This file includes an account by Maj William Sochon on operation Semut III. The report details Maj. Sochon’s background in ‘Subversive Operations Europe’, SRD training, deployment to Borneo, relations with Indigenous peoples and events regarding the Japanese surrender.
This file includes:
Account by Maj William Sochon on operation Semut III.