045413 Accession Number: 045413

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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 (officer commanding Operation Jaywick), B/1506 Acting Leading Seaman Kevin Patrick Cain, RAN and S3428 Leading Telegraphist Horace Stewart Young, RAN. Operation Jaywick was conducted from 1 September 1943 to 19 October 1943 and involved a clandestine attack by a group of six allied operatives against Japanese shipping at Singapore.

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Accession Number
045413
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass copy negative
Physical Description
Format: Half plate (13x18)
Support: Glass
Date Made
September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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