A tale of a misunderstood British major's role in a guerrilla WWII campaign in Borneo

Apart from the focus on British major Tom Harrisson, the book 'Kill The Major' by Paul Malone is an account of the Allied guerrilla hunt for the last Japanese forces in Borneo.

During Word War II, a small group of Australian, British and New Zealand special ops soldiers were parachuted into the jungles of north Borneo (Sarawak). Their mission, under what was known as Operation Semut 1, was to gather intelligence against the enemy Japanese forces.

Operation Semut was a series of reconnaissance missions carried out by Australia’s Z Special Unit in 1945, during the final stages of WWII.