Operation Semut IV

Date from 01 March 1945
Date to 30 September 1945
Place Sarawak
Category Operation
Alternative Names
  • Operation Semut 4
Description

Operation carried out by the Australian Army's Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) Z Special Unit during the Second World War as part of the Australian Borneo Campaign. Semut IV was led by Lieutenant William Adolphus Chaffey who handed over command to Lieutenant Rowan Errington Waddy NX131582 on 24 September 1945. The operation focussed on the objectives of collecting and reporting intelligence, security work and to occupy the Japanese garrison at Bintulu, Sarawak after the Japanese evacuated.