Operation Suncob
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Operation Suncob was a military operation by the Australian Army in Timor in 1945 to investigate what happened to Operation Cobra. It consisted of Captain P. Wynne and Corporal J.B. Lawrence, both AIF and Z Special Unit. They were inserted into Timor on 2 July 1945 despite the Services Reconnaissance Department not hearing back from Operation Sunlag which had been undertaken shortly prior. Both men were captured and tortured by the Japanese.[1]
It had the same aim as Operation Pigeon.
Notes
- "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 1 page 63-65". National Archives of Australia. pp. 155–159.
- Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1990). The Heroes of Rimau: Unravelling the Mystery of One of World War II's Most Daring Raids Hardcover. Birchgrove, New South Wales: Sally Milner Publishing. ISBN 9781863510530.
Australian special operations of the Second World War | |
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| Timor, Sundas and Java |
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| New Guinea |
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| Borneo |
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| Celebes and Moluccas |
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| Malaya and China Seas |
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| Other |
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| Proposed |
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| Other Netherlands East Indies |
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