Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Events

Units

• Australian Army
• Services Reconnaissance Department
• Z Special Unit

Places

• Borneo
• Kadina
• Wallgrove

Subjects

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

Related Objects

• 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 11 - Reports related to reconnaissance and patrolling of Trusan River area, events regarding armistice and recommendations for awards for members of Semut I
• Wallet 14b - Reports on operation Semut I, decoded signals and correspondence, records related to stores and supply
• 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
• Reports and correspondence regarding stores and supply
• Intelligence reports