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.
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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