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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1943-09. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF "OPERATION JAYWICK", "Z" SPECIAL UNIT, AUSTRALIAN SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, BATHING AT PALAU BULAT, A SMALL UNINHABITED ISLAND, WITH A SANDY BEACH WHERE IT WAS POSSIBLE TO RELAX IN COMPARATIVE SAFETY ALTHOUGH IT WAS WITHIN EASY REACH OF JAPANESE HELD SINGAPORE. THE OPERATION, WHICH HAD ITS OBJECT THE SINKING OF JAPANESE SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE HARBOUR WAS SUCCESSFULLY CARRIED OUT DURING THE MONTH. SHOWN ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT:- 66175 MAJOR I. LYON, MBE., THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS, OFFICER COMMANDING; ABLE SEAMAN A.W. HUSTON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY; NX19158 LIEUTENANT R.C. PAGE, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ABLE SEAMAN W.G. FALLS, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, ABLE SEAMAN A.M.W. JONES, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1943-09. MEMBERS OF "OPERATION JAYWICK", "Z" SPECIAL UNIT, AUSTRALIAN SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ON BOARD THE MV. "KRAIT" EN ROUTE FOR JAPANESE OCCUPIED SINGAP
A group on board MV Krait en route to the Singapore area during Operation Jaywick. Left to right: back row, S/6543 Able Seaman (AB) Walter Gordon Falls, RAN; B/1506 Acting Leading Seaman Kevin Patrick
A group on board MV Krait en route to the Singapore area during Operation Jaywick. Left to right: back row, S/6543 Able Seaman (AB) Walter Gordon Falls, RAN; B/1506 Acting Leading Seaman Kevin Patrick
Informal group portrait of personnel connected with Operation Jaywick. Back row, left to right, Major (Maj) Herbert Alan Campbell (did not accompany the expedition); B/2575 Leading Stoker James Patric
NX19158 Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Charles Page, AIF, 66175 Major Ivan Lyon, MBE The Gordon Highlanders, and Lt Donald Montague Noel Davidson, RNVR, after the successful completion of Operation Jaywick. T
A group from “Z” Special Unit on board MV Krait during the course of Operation Jaywick. Left to right: B3312 AB Andrew William George Huston, RAN, 66175 Major Ivan Lyon, MBE, The Gordon Highlanders (o