| Place | Asia: Borneo |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2017.7.169 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/6502 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 78 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 78 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Harrisson, Tom Harnett |
| Place made | Borneo |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Lists of arms allocation to Indigenous soldiers and correspondence
Harrisson, Tom Harnett (Major, DSO, Reconnaissance Corps, British Army and Z Special Unit)
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Description
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 lists of arms allocation to local soldiers and correspondence between Harrisson (A1) and Cpl John Onslow (07).
This file includes:
List of arms [On returns list but not on Belawit];
Lists: Total Arms Position Padas Area as at 25 September 1945, to C.O. B.I.F, Long Meiau;
Note from O7 [Onslow] to A1 [Harrisson] with spreadsheet of arms allocation, Long Meiau, 10 September 1945;
Note from O7 [Onslow], Long Meiau, 9 September 1945 [regarding permission for Fore Sasore from Ta Dulan to return home];
Note from O7 [Onslow], [Long Meiau] [Two soldiers proceeding to Belawit with rifles];
Note: Senapang Balik, Dari L. Noeat, 19 September 1945;
Note from O7 [Onslow], Long Meiau, to A1 [Harrisson], Belawit, 13 September 1945;
Note, 25 September 1945 [regarding rifle allocation];
Note from O7 [Onslow] [Long Meiau] [regarding Pengelon Ukong];
Note from O7 [Onslow], Long Meiau, 10 September 1945 [soldiers returning home carrying rifles];
Note [from Onslow] to A1 [Harrisson], Long Meiau, 18 September 1945;
List of names and allocated arms;
Letter from O7 [Onslow], Long Meiau, 6 September 1945 [Three Tagal Chiefs and soldier guards travelling to HQ];
List of names and allocated arms;
Letter from Lt. Thornton to C.O. B.I.F., Iburu [Regarding requisition for clothing and solders for repatriation];
List: Repatriates - Padas Area, 24 September 1945;
Letter from Lt. Thornton to C.O. B.I.F., Iburu [list of soldiers for demobilisation];
Letter from O7 [Onslow] to A1 [Harrisson], Long Meiau, 11 September 1945 [Soldiers returning home with rifle allocation];
Note to Belowit HQ, 25 September 1945 [list of arms]
Note from O7 [Onslow] to Belowit, Long Meiau, 15 September 1945 [soldiers returning home carrying rifles];
List of Stores Remaining L. Meiau, List of Stores carried by soldiers, 10 September 1945;
Note from O7 [Onslow] to Blowit, Long Meiau, 22 September 1945 [soldiers returning home carrying rifles];
Note from O7 [Onslow] to A1 [Harrisson], Long Meiau, 16 September 1945 ;
Nominal Roll: Soldiers Ex Padas;
Note (Karbeen, Aungan, Bumasap, Refferl), 19 September 1945;
List of local soldier’s' names and rifle numbers;
Note (list of places and arms)
Letter to QC BIF, 23 September 1945 [request for arms to search for overdue men];
Report: Arms returned to BIF HQ, from Thornton, Iburu;
Report: Record of Soldiers, from O7 (Onslow), Long Miau, 20 September 1945;
Note from F7 [Fredericks] to B. HQ.