Kuching (110.333E 1.550N) was a small coastal port in northwest Borneo with primitive facilities. It had an airstrip, and a nearby oil field produced some two million barrels a year.
Elements of the Japanese 35th Brigade, 18 Division landed at Kuching on 23 December 1941. Dutch submarines put up stiff resistance, sinking two transports and a destroyer and damaging two other transports at the cost of one of their own number. However, the British were forced out of the city on 25 December.
Climate Information:
Elevation 85'
Temperatures: Jan 85/72, Apr 90/73, Jul 90/72, Oct 89/73, record 97/64
Rainfall: Jan 24/24.0, Apr 20/11.0, Jul 18/7.7, Oct 24/10.5 == 153.7" per annum
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007 by Kent G. Budge. Index