60th Anniversary of Operation Jaywick - Photos
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 The
Krait was used in Operation Jaywick to carry the operatives from
Australia to a point near Singapore, from where three two-man canoe
teams were dispatched to lay limpet mines inside Singapore Harbour.
[Australian War Memorial (AWM) image
044211]
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 Members
of Operation Jaywick on board the Krait during the long and hazardous
voyage towards Singapore.
AWM 067336
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 A
group photo of the men of Operation Jaywick taken in Brisbane after
returning from the raid on Singapore Harbour. (From row: left to right)
Lieutenant H E Carse, Lieutenant D M N Davidson, Major I Lyon, Major
H A Campbell (involved in planning but did not accompany the operation),
Lieutenant R C Page; (Centre row) Corporal A A Crilly, Leading Seaman
K P Cain, Leading Stoker J P McDowell, Leading Telegraphist H S Young,
Able Seaman W G Falls, Corporal R G Morris; (Back row) Able Seamen M
Berryman, F W L Marsh, A W Jones and A W G Huston.
AWM 045424
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 Australian
commandos attacking Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, September
1943 Dennis Adams, 1970, Oil on canvas, 208 x 139 cm.
(AWM ART27649)
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 A
memorial to the men of Operation Jaywick erected on Fraser Island,
Queensland. The men spent time training on Fraser Island, along with
other men of Z and M Special Units who operated behind enemy lines
across the south-west Pacific.
AWM P01447.009
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 Two
members of Z Special Unit prepare to enter the water at Refuge Bay,
Hawkesbury River, with a two-man canoe during training for Operation
Jaywick.
AWM P01806.008
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