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106 relations: Aitape–Wewak campaign, Allied Intelligence Bureau, Allies of World War II, Amphibious reconnaissance, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Attack Force Z, Australian Army, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Defence Force, Australian National Maritime Museum, Australian War Memorial, Balikpapan, Borneo, Borneo campaign (1945), Broken Bay, Bungarus, Cairns, Captain (armed forces), Cargo ship, Commando, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Darwin, Northern Territory, Destroyer, Donald Stott, Dutch East Indies, Exmouth Gulf, Far Eastern Liaison Office, Folding kayak, Fraser Commando School, Fraser Island, Full Powers, Garden Island (Western Australia), Gordon Highlanders, Guerrilla warfare, Harbour Defence Motor Launch, Heroes II: The Return, HMAS Cairns (naval base), HMAS HDML 1321, HMAS HDML 1324, Horsepower, Insurgency, Ivan Lyon, Jack Wong Sue, Junk (ship), Kelabit people, Lae War Cemetery, Landing craft, Legacy Australia, Limpet mine, Lugger, ..., Magnetic Island, Malay language, Mike Hindmarsh, Military intelligence, Motorised Submersible Canoe, MV Krait, Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service, New Guinea, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Operation Agas, Operation Copper, Operation Jaywick, Operation Opossum, Operation Platypus, Operation Python (1943–44), Operation Rimau, Operation Scorpion (World War Two), Operation Semut, Paratrooper, Port of Singapore, Rabaul, Raid (military), Reconnaissance, Returned and Services League of Australia, Rockingham, Western Australia, Royal Australian Navy, Sabotage, Samuel Warren Carey, Sarong, SBS (Australian TV channel), Search and rescue, Secret Intelligence Australia, Secrets of the Dead, Services Reconnaissance Department, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southeast Asia, Special forces, Special Operations Executive, Submarine, Surf break, Surveillance, The Heroes (miniseries), The Highest Honor, Thiamine deficiency, Thomas Blamey, Time in Australia, Timor, Tom Harrisson, Townsville, Trentham Military Camp, Troopship, Vulcan (volcano), Wellington, Williamstown, Victoria, World War II, Z Experimental Station. Expand index (56 more) »
Aitape–Wewak campaign
The Aitape–Wewak campaign was one of the final campaigns of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
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Allied Intelligence Bureau
The Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) was a joint United States, Australian, Dutch and British intelligence and special operations agency during World War II.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II, called the United Nations from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945).
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Amphibious reconnaissance
Amphibious reconnaissance is ground and naval reconnaissance in the littoral area bordering coastal or ocean areas.
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Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army.
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Attack Force Z
Attack Force Z (alternatively titled The Z Men) is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese World War II film, directed by Tim Burstall.
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Australian Army
The Australian Army is Australia's military land force.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.
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Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of Australia.
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Australian National Maritime Museum
The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) is a federally operated maritime museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
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Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Balikpapan
Balikpapan is a seaport city on the east coast of the island of Borneo, in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan.
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Borneo
Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.
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Borneo campaign (1945)
The Borneo campaign of 1945 was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II.
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Broken Bay
Broken Bay, a semi–mature tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, is a large inlet of the Tasman Sea located about north of Sydney central business district on the coast of New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the Central Coast.
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Bungarus
Bungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, the kraits ("krait" is pronounced, rhyming with "kite"), found in South and Southeast Asia.
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Cairns
Cairns is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Captain (armed forces)
The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.
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Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter ship is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.
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Commando
A commando is a soldier or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force often specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting or abseiling.
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.
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Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.
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Donald Stott
Major Donald John Stott, DSO & Bar (23 October 1914 – 20 March 1945) was a New Zealand soldier and military intelligence agent during the Second World War.
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East-Indies; Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia.
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Exmouth Gulf
Exmouth Gulf is a gulf in the north-west of Western Australia.
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Far Eastern Liaison Office
The Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO) was a Second World War Propaganda and Field Intelligence unit set up under the orders of the Allied Land Commander, General Sir Thomas Blamey, on 19 June 1942.
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Folding kayak
A folding kayak is a direct descendant of the original Inuit kayak made of animal skins stretched over frames made from wood and bones.
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Fraser Commando School
The Fraser Commando School (FCS) was the main Services Reconnaissance Department training facility after training operations were transferred from the Z Experimental Station in October 1943.
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Fraser Island
Fraser Island (K'Gari, Gari) is a heritage-listed island located along the southeastern coast of the state of Queensland, Australia.
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Full Powers
Full Powers is a term in international law and is the authority of a person to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a sovereign state.
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Garden Island (Western Australia)
Garden Island is a slender island about long and wide, lying about off the Western Australian coast, to which it is now linked by a man-made causeway.
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Gordon Highlanders
The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons).
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Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.
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Harbour Defence Motor Launch
The harbour defence motor launch (HDML) was a British small motor vessel of the Second World War.
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Heroes II: The Return
Heroes II: the Return is a 1991 British/Australian mini-series about Operation Rimau during World War II.
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HMAS Cairns (naval base)
HMAS Cairns is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) base located adjacent to the Trinity Inlet on the shore of Trinity Bay in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
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HMAS HDML 1321
HMAS HDML 1321, also known as Rushcutter was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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HMAS HDML 1324
HMAS HDML 1324, also known as Nepean was a 58-ton Harbour Defence Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done).
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Insurgency
An insurgency is a rebellion against authority (for example, an authority recognized as such by the United Nations) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents (lawful combatants).
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Ivan Lyon
Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Lyon, (17 August 1915 – 16 October 1944) was a British soldier and military intelligence agent during the Second World War.
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Jack Wong Sue
Jack Wong Sue, (12 September 1925 – 16 November 2009), also known as Jack Sue, was a Chinese Australian from Perth, Western Australia.
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Junk (ship)
Junk is a type of ancient Chinese sailing ship that is still in use today.
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Kelabit people
The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak people of the Sarawak/North Kalimantan highlands of Borneo with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei.
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Lae War Cemetery
The Lae War Cemetery, established in 1944, is located adjacent to the Botanical Gardens in the centre of the city of Lae, the capital of Morobe Province, in Papua New Guinea.
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Landing craft
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing vessels such as boats, and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault.
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Legacy Australia
Legacy is an Australian organisation, established in 1923 by ex-servicemen.
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Limpet mine
A limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets.
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Lugger
A lugger is a class of boat, widely used as traditional fishing boats, particularly off the coasts of France, England and Scotland.
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Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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Malay language
Malay (Bahasa Melayu بهاس ملايو) is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Mike Hindmarsh
Major General Michael Simon "Mike" Hindmarsh (born 1956) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army who currently occupies a senior position within the Army of the United Arab Emirates.
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Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.
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Motorised Submersible Canoe
The Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC), nicknamed Sleeping Beauty, was built by British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II as an underwater vehicle for a single frogman to perform clandestine reconnaissance or attacks against enemy vessels.
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MV Krait
The MV Krait is a wooden hulled vessel famous for its use during World War II by the Z Special Unit (Z Force) of Australia during the raid against Japanese ships anchored in Singapore Harbour.
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Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service
Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service (also known by the acronym NEFIS), was a Dutch World War II era intelligence and special operations unit operating mainly in the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia).
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New Guinea
New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
and --> The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German 20 mm Becker design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II, and many versions still in use today.
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Operation Agas
Operation Agas was a series of reconnaissance operations carried out by Australia's Z Special Unit during World War II as part of the Borneo Campaign at North Borneo (present day Sabah).
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Operation Copper
Operation Copper was carried out by the Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II.
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Operation Jaywick
Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II.
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Operation Opossum
Operation Opossum was a World War II raid undertaken by Australia's Z Special Unit in 1945 on the island of Ternate near Borneo to rescue the Sultan of Ternate, Iskander Muhammad Jabit Syah.
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Operation Platypus
Operation Platypus was an operation by Allied special reconnaissance personnel from Z Special Unit ("Z Force") during the Borneo Campaign of World War Two.
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Operation Python (1943–44)
Operation Python was carried out by the Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II.
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Operation Rimau
Operation Rimau was an attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour, carried out by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit, during World War II using Australian built Hoehn military MKIII folboats.
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Operation Scorpion (World War Two)
Operation Scorpion was a proposed operation in World War Two by Australia's Z Special Unit.
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Operation Semut
Operation SEMUT was a series of reconnaissance operations carried out by Australia's Z Special Unit during World War II as part of the Borneo Campaign at Sarawak, northwestern Borneo.
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Paratrooper
Paratroopers are military parachutists—military personnel trained in parachuting into an operation and usually functioning as part of an airborne force.
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Port of Singapore
The Port of Singapore refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in harbours and which handle Singapore's shipping.
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Rabaul
Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea.
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Raid (military)
Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold a location but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to enemy forces being able to respond in a coordinated manner or formulate a counter-attack.
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Reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area.
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Returned and Services League of Australia
The Returned and Services League, Australia (RSL) is a support organisation for men and women who have served or are serving in the Defence Force.
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Rockingham, Western Australia
Rockingham is a city and primary centre in Western Australia south-west of the Perth city centre and south of Fremantle.
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Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force.
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Sabotage
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction.
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Samuel Warren Carey
Samuel Warren Carey AO (1 November 1911, in Campbelltown – 20 March 2002, in Hobart) was an Australian geologist and a professor at the University of Tasmania.
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Sarong
A sarong or sarung (Malay:, formal Indonesian:, colloquial Indonesian:, Tamil: சரம், Arabic: صارون, Sinhalese: සරම; meaning "sheath" in Indonesian and Malay) is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist, worn in South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and on many Pacific islands.
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SBS (Australian TV channel)
SBS is a national public television network in Australia.
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Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
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Secret Intelligence Australia
Secret Intelligence Australia (SIA) was a British World War II intelligence unit commanded by Captain Roy Kendall who reported directly to MI6 in London.
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Secrets of the Dead
Secrets of the Dead, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, is an ongoing PBS television series which began in 2000.
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Services Reconnaissance Department
The Special Operations Australia (SOA), previously known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and later given the cover name of the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), was an Australian military intelligence and special reconnaissance unit, during World War II.
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South West Pacific theatre of World War II
The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Special forces
Special forces and special operations forces are military units trained to conduct special operations.
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Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British World War II organisation.
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Submarine
A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
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Surf break
A surf break (also break, shore break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses.
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Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, activities, or other changing information for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting people.
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The Heroes (miniseries)
The Heroes is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour by the Australian Z Special Unit, based on Ronald McKie's 1960 book The Heroes.
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The Highest Honor
The Highest Honour is a 1982 Australian film about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II.
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Thiamine deficiency
Thiamine deficiency is a medical condition of low levels of thiamine (vitamin B1).
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Thomas Blamey
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, (24 January 188427 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
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Time in Australia
Australia uses three main time zones: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00).
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Timor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea.
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Tom Harrisson
Major Tom Harnett Harrisson, DSO OBE (26 September 1911 – 16 January 1976) was a British polymath.
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Trentham Military Camp
Trentham Military Camp is a New Zealand Defence Force facility located in Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington.
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Troopship
A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime.
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Vulcan (volcano)
Vulcan is a pumice cone in Papua New Guinea.
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Wellington
Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.
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Williamstown, Victoria
Williamstown is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of Melbourne's central business district in the local government area of the City of Hobsons Bay.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Z Experimental Station
The Z Experimental Station (ZES), Cairns was set up in July 1942, jointly by Secret Intelligence Australia and the Inter-Allied Services Department.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_Special_Unit
