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Account by Maj William Sochon on operation Semut III

Informal group portrait of members of the Semut II team at Long Akar, Borneo. This team undertook missions behind Japanese lines. Identified left to right: WX36796 Lance Sergeant (later reverts to corporal) Abu Kassim Bin Marah; WX36793 Sergeant (Sgt) Teh Soen Hin; VB325894 Captain (later Major, Semut III) William Lomas Philip Sochon, British Army; Sgt T. Barrie; QX48608 Major Gordon Senior "Toby" Carter; NX164342 Sgt Charles Walter Pare; TX16283 Sgt Kelvin Walter Hallam; believed to be Dan Illerich USAAF;

The report details Maj. Sochon’s background in ‘Subversive Operations Europe’, SRD training, deployment to Borneo, relations with Indigenous peoples and events regarding the Japanese surrender.

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Conflict:
Second World War, 1939–45
Subject:
  • Maj William Sochon
  • Borneo
  • Operation Semut III
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