Place | Asia: Borneo |
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Accession Number | 3DRL/6502 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 4 boxes |
Object type | Papers |
Maker |
Harrisson, Tom Harnett |
Place made | Borneo |
Date made | 1945 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/035/025 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Harrisson, Tom Harnett (Major, DSO, Reconnaissance Corps, British Army and Z Special Unit)
Description
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. Collection contains a number of maps.
- Wallet 1 - Maps complied by Major Tom Harrisson during his service on operation Semut I
- Wallet 2 - Names of SRD Dayak soldiers; decoded signals sent and received July 1945
- Wallet 3 - Decoded signals May 1945, track reports, maps, medical outfits and lists of goods, stores and supplies
- Wallet 4 - Reports and correspondence between Major Tom Harrisson and members of Operation Semut 1
- Wallet 5 - Reconnaissance, patrolling, Japanese movements, arms for Indigenous soldiers and administration of prisoners of war
- Wallet 6 - Correspondence between operatives connected to activities related to operation Semut I
- Wallet 7 - Orders, reports and correspondence between Maj Tom Harrisson and members of Operation Semut I
- Wallet 8 - Arms allocation to Indigenous soldiers, correspondence between members of operation Semut I, British Borneo Civil Administration Unit and the Australian 9th Division
- Wallet 9 - Maps, reports and correspondence regarding the Japanese surrender and the transition and handover to civil administration
- Wallet 10 - Correspondence between Maj Tom Harrisson and Maj Rex Blow, reports from Pa Bawang P.O.W. Camp and reports on movement of Japanese Prisoners of War
- Wallet 11 - Reports related to reconnaissance and patrolling of Trusan River area, events regarding armistice and recommendations for awards for members of Semut I
- Wallet 12 - Notebooks related to patrolling and reconnaissance in the field by members of Semut I
- Wallet 13 - Correspondence operation Semut I April and May 1945 includes note from 11 US airmen seeking assistance
- Wallet 14a - Reports, decoded signals and correspondence between Major Harrison, the Australian 9th Division AIF, the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit and members of the Semut 1 party
- Wallet 14b - Reports on operation Semut I, decoded signals and correspondence, records related to stores and supply
- Wallet 15 - Reports and correspondence related to Semut I party and work with the British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit
- Wallet 16 - Decoded signals and messages related to war's end and post war administration
- Wallet 17 - Operational messages covering the period of the Japanese surrender including continued fighting post surrender
- Wallet 18 - Notebooks and diaries related to Maj Tom Harrisson, WOII Jonathan 'Jack' Tredrea and Lt Colin Thornton
- 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
- Wallet 20 - Correspondence and papers regarding medical issues and administration
- Wallet 21 - Correspondence Semut I including sketch maps, post war publicity, recognition of service and a transcript for radio broadcast titled: Borneo Jungle
- 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
- Wallet 23 - Correspondence between Tom Harrisson, Jeffery Westley and reports to British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit 1945
- Wallet 24 - Includes several newspaper articles authored by Tom Harrisson