The Raid on Mubo was a raid by Australian commandos on the Japanese base at Mubo in New Guinea in World War II conducted on 1 October 1942. A party of 60 soldiers from the 2/5th Commando Squadron (Australia) under Norman Winning attacked the Japanese base. It was estimated up to 50 Japanese were killed.[1]
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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