| Service number | NX125429, 2500, 431704, NP5547 |
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| Birth Date | 22/04/1921 |
| Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Wagga Wagga |
| Final Rank | Colonel |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Unit | Services Reconnaissance Department |
| Places | |
| Event | Operation Semut I |
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Colonel Colin William McPherson
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Warrant Officer Class 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
Timeline
| Date of birth | 22/04/1921 |
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Conflicts
Places
Subjects
Related Objects
- 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 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
- Decoded signals May 1945
- Correspondence between Maj Tom Harrisson (code A1) and members of the Semut 1 party
- Messages and signals related to war's end
- Reports regarding personnel, Japanese movements and plans for attack
- Intelligence reports