Conflicts

• Second World War, 1939-1945

Events

Units

• 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
• Australian Army
• Services Reconnaissance Department

Places

• Ambon
• Caulfield
• Labuan
• Moreland

Subjects

• Member of the Order of the British Empire
• Mention in despatches
• United States Bronze Star Medal

Objects

• PR84/119
• PR89/135
• S02899

Related Objects

• 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 21 - Correspondence Semut I including sketch maps, post war publicity, recognition of service and a transcript for radio broadcast titled: Borneo Jungle
• Correspondence and reports
• Correspondence Semut 1 party mainly in the Trusan area
• Correspondence demobilisation and hand over to civil administration including payment and rewards to local soldier
• Outdoor group portrait of 2/21 Battalion HQ Company football team. Deployed as part of Gull Force ...
• Services Reconnaisance Department (Z Special Unit)
• Barrett, John and Joyce, Roger
• William 'Bill' Thomas Jinkins as a major 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion and a prisoner of the Japanese, 1940-1947, interviewed by Tim Bowden.