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Major Walter Harold Rippin
Major Walter Harold Rippin
Service number
516211, WX16878
Birth Date
1922-06-22
Birth Place
Australia: Western Australia, Perth
Units
Services Reconnaissance Department
Z Special Unit
Places
Perth
Claremont
Sarawak
Conflicts/Operations
Second World War, 1939-1945
Second World War, 1939-1945
Collection items
Document
Correspondence Semut 1 request to stay on and Japanese surrender
Timeline
Date of birth
22 June 1922
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Conflicts
Second World War, 1939-1945
Second World War, 1939-1945
Units
Services Reconnaissance Department
Z Special Unit
Places
Perth
Claremont
Sarawak
Subjects
Operation Semut I
Operation Semut II
Operation Semut III
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
Correspondence Semut 1 request to stay on and Japanese surrender