| Date from | 01 March 1945 |
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| Date to | 30 September 1945 |
| Place | Sarawak |
| Category | Operation |
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Operation Semut IV
Description
Operation carried out by the Australian Army's Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) Z Special Unit during the Second World War as part of the Australian Borneo Campaign. Semut IV was led by Lieutenant William Adolphus Chaffey who handed over command to Lieutenant Rowan Errington Waddy NX131582 on 24 September 1945. The operation focussed on the objectives of collecting and reporting intelligence, security work and to occupy the Japanese garrison at Bintulu, Sarawak after the Japanese evacuated.
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- Campbell, Lloyd Morgan
- Jinkins, William Thomas
- Waddy, Rowan Errington
- Chaffey, William Adolphus
- Campbell, Royston Harold
- Ellis, Hubert Victor
- Hoey, Ronald
- Muirson, Thomas William
- Chew, Alexander
- Dodds, Stanley William
- Susans, Clem Joseph
- Walne, John William Wardhaugh
- Vincent, Raymond
- Royle, Lester Charles