045421 Accession Number: 045421

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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 Cain, RAN; 66175 Major Ivan Lyon, MBE The Gordon Highlanders (officer commanding Operation Jaywick); Lieutenant Hubert Edward Carse, RANVR; B/2575 Leading Stoker James Patrick McDowell, RN. Front row, B3312 AB Andrew William George Huston, RAN; PA2717 AB Mostyn Berryman, RAN; 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. (better quality image held as P00986.001)

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Accession Number
045421
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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