Semut [electronic resource] : The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo
Christine Helliwell2021
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March 1945. A handful of very young Allied operatives are parachuted into the
remote jungled heart of the Japanese-occupied island of Borneo, east of
Singapore, there to recruit the island's indigenous Dayak peoples to fight the
Japanese. Yet most speak next to no Borneo languages and know little about
Dayaks, other than that they were once headhunters who might kill them on
arrival. For their part, some Dayaks have never before seen a white face.
This is the story of Operation Semut, an Australian secret military operation
launched by the organisation popularly known as Z Special Unit in the final
months of WWII. Anthropologist Christine Helliwell has called on her years of
first-hand knowledge of Borneo, interviewed more than one hundred Dayak people
and all the remaining Semut operatives, and consulted thousands of military and
other documents to piece together this astonishing story. Focusing on two of
Borneo's great rivers - the Baram and Rejang - the book provides a...
Main title:
Author:
Christine Helliwell, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Random House Australia, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (381 MB, 13:53:40 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Christine HelliwellNarrator: Dorje Swallow
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781761044311
Language:
English
BRN:
438912
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eAudiobook |