Operation Lizard

Operation Lizard was the name given to a series of operations undertaken in Portuguese Timor by Australian troops in World War II using Hoehn military folboats to get from the vessel to the island and return.

  • Lizard I, a party of four, were inserted on to the island on 17 July 1942 and evacuated by February 1943.[1][2]
  • Lizard II, a party of four, landed on September 1942
  • Lizard III, a party enforced the original Lizard parties in November 1942
  • Portolizard - people who served with Lizard who stayed behind

References

  1. Navy, corporateName=Royal Australian. "HMAS Kalgoorlie". navy.gov.au. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. "A Small South Pole — Central Intelligence Agency". cia.gov. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

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