Operation Lizard
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Operation Lizard was the name given to a series of operations undertaken in Portuguese Timor by Australian troops in World War II using Hoehn military folboats to get from the vessel to the island and return.
- Lizard I, a party of four, were inserted on to the island on 17 July 1942 and evacuated by February 1943.[1][2]
- Lizard II, a party of four, landed in September 1942
- Lizard III, a party enforced the original Lizard parties in November 1942
- Portolizard - people who served with Lizard who stayed behind