G. S. Carter

Gordon Senior Carter
Australian War Memorial caption: "Informal portrait of Major G. S. Carter DSO and a leading member of the Brunei native underground movement after Major Carter had parachuted into the country."
Birth nameGordon Senior Carter
Nickname(s)Toby
Born(1910-04-20)20 April 1910
Died1 August 1988(1988-08-01) (aged 78)
Allegiance United Kingdom  Australia
Service/branchBritish Army
Australian Army
RankMajor
Service numberVB336939[1]
QX48608 (Q142766)[2]
UnitRoyal Australian Engineers Z Special Unit
Commands heldOperation Semut II
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsDistinguished Service Order

Major Gordon Senior 'Toby' Carter DSO (20 April 1910 – 1988)[2] was a New Zealand surveyor and road engineer[3][4] who worked in Sarawak, Borneo prior to World War II for Shell Oil. He enlisted with the British Army during the war,[5] and served in the Royal Australian Engineers and later in Z Special Unit in Borneo, where he was the Officer in Command of the Semut II operation in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak.[6] In 1962 Carter had the initial idea for and was the driving force behind the establishment of both the Kinabalu National Park and the Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens near Mount Kinabalu in Sabah.[7]

  1. ^ "Honours and Awards – Gordon Senior Carter". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b "WW2 Nominal Roll Service Record: Carter, Gordon Senior". Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ^ Truscott, Major Jim. "Voices From Borneo: The Japanese War" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  4. ^ Horton, Dick (1983). Ring of Fire: Australian Guerrilla Operations Against the Japanese in World War II. London: Secker & Warburg. ISBN 0-436-20157-7.
  5. ^ Carter, G. S. (December 1946). "Sarawak Adventure". New Zealand Surveyor. 19 (3). Institute of New Zealand Surveyors: 246–257.
  6. ^ "Kundasang War Memorial". www.sabahtourism.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  7. ^ Cresswell, Allan (1 October 2006). "KUNDASANG WAR MEMORIAL" (PDF). Borneo Bugle. www.borneopow.info. Retrieved 2 January 2010.

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