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Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as party leader on Operation Semut 1 during the Second World War. This file includes reports, orders, maps, financial statements and a memorial for Donald Hudden. Correspondence includes Maj. Tom Harrisson (code A1) Cpl Igor Sterelny (code S6) and Capt Alfred Blondeel (code B2).
This file includes:
Financial Statement: Semut 1, 15 October 1945;
Map: Layout of Jap HQ Sapong Estate, 27 June [1945];
Orders from Bartram to Leut. Le Rosquet and Sgt. Bennett, HQBIC, 3 September 1945;
Report: Notes on Semut from Major Harrisson to Colonel Campbell, 4 September 1945;
Report: BBCAU Reference Semut I Area, from Major Harrisson to Lt-Col Leach, 7 September 1945;
Note from Capt. C.H. Hawke, Lawas, to Officer-in-Charge, S.R.D., Long Semado, 4 September 1945 [Action to be taken against natives with Japanese sympathies];
Note: Ref. Collaborators from Ta Brayong, Trusan River Area, 8 September 1945;
Letter: Hawke v. Duraman Tujoh, from Paul to Tom [Harrisson], H.Q. B.I.F., 25 September 1945;
Report: Collaborators, Cpl. Tungah and Cpl. Kimbi, from Fredericks, Trusan River Area, 29 August 1945;
Report on Operations of Semut I, from Major T. Harrisson to AK, 12 September 1945;
Instructions Issued to Major T. Harrisson on his re-entry into Dutch Borneo under Authority Director SRD HQ Morotai, 12 September 1945;
Report: Arming of Natives, from J.E.B.Finlay to A,B & D Groups and AGAS Control, 19 July 1945;
Instructions Issued to Major T. Harrisson on his Re-entry into Dutch Borneo under Authority Director SRD HQ Morotai, 12 September 1945;
Report: Arming of Natives, from J.E.B. Finlay to A, B & D Groups and AGAS Control, 19 July 1945;
List: Stores for Nawang, Kapala Coolies, 16 September [1945];
List: Stores Malinau, 16 September [1945];
Signals from Harrisson, 16 September [1945] [regarding Japanese behaviour post-surrender];
Note from B2 [Blondeel], 17 September 1945;
Letter from S6 [Sterelny] to B2 [Blondeel], 15 September 1945;
Letter from S6 (Sterelny) to A1 [Harrisson], 15 September 1945;
Memorial for Donald Hudden, Sgt. Jack Tredrea on behalf of Tom Harrisson, 1 October 1945.
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Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and served in Born
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as
Records relating to the service of Major Tom H. Harrisson, DSO Reconnaissance Corps, British Army. Harrisson was seconded to Z Special Unit, Services Reconnaissance Department and served in Borneo as