G. S. Carter
| Gordon Senior Carter | |
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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."
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| Birth name | Gordon Senior Carter |
| Nickname(s) | Toby |
| Born | 20 April 1910 |
| Died | 1988 |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch |
British Army Australian Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Service number | VB336939 QX48608 (Q142766) |
| Unit | Z Special Unit |
| Commands held | Operation Semut II |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Major Gordon Senior 'Toby' Carter DSO (20 April 1910 – 1988) was a New Zealand surveyor and road engineer who worked in Sarawak, Borneo prior to World War II for Shell Oil. He enlisted with the British Army during the war, 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. 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.
Carter was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School, Auckland. Described as "a courteous, soft-spoken, long, lean New Zealander" Carter worked for Shell as an oilfield surveyor in Sarawak, and had pre-war experience of the Baram-Tinjar River basin there. Carter avoided internment on the Japanese invasion of the country in December 1941 (it is unclear whether he escaped or was out of the country at the time); he joined the Royal Australian Engineers in Brisbane in 1942 and saw service in the New Guinea campaign before joining Z Special Unit and later transferring to the British Army and the Services Reconnaissance Department.
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